What is this? New Avalon is founded on the idea that the second generation of superheroes is extremely close-knit and some of these people are incredibly famous. There are certain events that have been talked about, logged about, or are supposed to exist in the cultural consciousness of the game, much in the way that everyone in the Marvel Universe knows that Civil War was a thing. So this is a way to really collect all of those events so that anyone in the game can reference those events, as well as add events.
What events go on the timeline? This isn't really a place for birthdays, graduations, or other minor events. Basically, if something rocked the community (Marvel coming out as transgender), or something shocked the public (Mark's suicide attempt), or a massive superhero incident occurred (The District X Incident), then it goes on here. Also, if your character had a PARENT die or undergo a significant event, that's something that goes on the timeline.
How do I add an event to the timeline? Comment to the post with the month, year, and a description of the event. The mods reserve the right to not post an event if it doesn't seem like it belongs on the event timeline (i.e. if it's deeply personal or isn't something that the rest of the community would know or reference).
What are the "OPEN" spaces on the timeline? They're waiting for you! Those "open" spaces are spots for characters to have been directly involved with a superhero team's major incident (right now, we have the District X Incident and the aftermath of it). We don't have all the members of the superhero team, so the slots are OPEN for people who want to include those elements in their backstory.
As of this moment there are four open slots on the timeline. If you want one of those slots, contact us! Just keep in mind the time of the event, the age of your character, and whether or not it's appropriate for that character to be on that team at the time (given parents, power set, etc).
Hopefully as we continue on in the game we'll end up with more past events like this!