Splatoon timeline / lore
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Timeline: End of Humanity
Around 12,000 years prior to the present time of splatoon, humans drove themselves to extinction. flooding sea levels drowned out much of land, humans, flora, and fauna a professor made a cryogenic capsule that could freeze someone for thousands of years, during this time the same professor made a telephone named tartar that stored humanity's knowledge and put it in the capsule along side with the professer's cat, Judd. The professer made Judd a clone which is Lil Judd, Lil Judd is a failed clone of the last member of his species and from birth he knew he was just a clone and has a inferiority complex as a result of it, he resents it and is waiting for a chance to take over Judd's job and stab Judd in the back. For 10,000 years there was no activity of sentient life on Earth. Global water levels recede, forcing many marine creatures on what used to be Earth's dry land to evolve and become more intelligent. Some of these creatures developed a humanoid structure, for example squids evolved into inklings, while octopi evolved into Octarians. And the Mollusk era begins.
Timeline: Before Splatoon 1
The inklings began to use the great zap fish as a prized power source, Judd is released from his capsule and becomes the judge of the earliest known turf war. Around 100 years ago prior to the present day, Cuttlefish and Octavio were born, they later became the leaders of the inklings and octarians. Cuttlefish served as leader as the divison called the "Squidbeak Splatoon" alongside Ammoses, Shellendorf, Judd, and two inkling soldiers. Octavio has been the leader for the octarians for a long time, as far back as when they and the inklings were allies. However, rapidly rising sea levels forced inklings and octarians to fight over land and Octavio held his position as the leader of the octarian army during the resulting Great Turf War. The octarians built powerful machines called "Great Octoweapons" to fight in the war. Despite some early victories for the octarians, a combination of good luck and superior tactics, and a higher number of limbs resulted in the inklings winning the Great Turf War, forcing octarians into octo valley, where they built and lived in underground domes.
Timeline: 5-30 years before Splatoon 1
Shortly after the Turf Wars became a popular competitive sport instead of a serious conflict as they used to be 2,000 years ago, shortly to the prior present day, the octarians underground domes show signs of collapsing and begin to lose power, meanwhile the Inkoplis hosts its first annual Yoth-Folk Singing Contest, Marie and Callie wins the contest One of the judges, Shy Ho Shy recognized their potential and their career and fame as singers begins (also pearl did really really bad to the point she stopped growing and is still 4'9 at age 21)
Timeline: Splatoon 1
In the beginning of Splatoon 1, the octarians stole the great zapfish and other zapfish from Inkoplis to power their homes and the Great Octoweapons, and prepare for war against Inkoplis. Agent 3 enters Inkoplis and joins Cuttlefish's new Squidbeak Splatoon with Callie and Marie (who are agents 1 & 2), as undercover agents who attempts to rescue the zapfish from octarians control. Agent 3 launches several attacks on Octo Valley to save the zapfish, and destroy the Great Octoweapons in the process. Cuttlefish is abducted and brought to Octavio's lair. Agent 3 fights and defeats Octavio and put him inside a snow globe and got the great zapfish back, after the end of splatoon 1 Marie won the latest splatfest which was Callie vs Marie, no splatfests occurred until the arrival of Pearl and Marina.
Timeline: After splatoon 1
because of Agent 3 & Octavio battle and hearing Calamari Inkantaion some octarians life had changed and went to the surface to live with the inklings (hence marina and shiver)
Marie's POV:
Nine months after the Callie vs Marie splatfest Marie and Callie drifted and began doing solo careers, Marie began to worry if the last splatfest harmed their relationship, sharing a day off the two met up to dispel their worries and eventually agreed on taking a short trip home to Calamari County, however Callie never arrived resulting Marie to leave and search for her, realizing the great zapfish had also gone missing and cuttlefish was not around to guard Octavio
Callie's POV:
Callie told marie that shes busy and lonely but eventually agreed on taking a short trip to Calamari County, Callie got overwhelmed and tired over the last splatfest, however she went to the octarians, it really isnt specified what happened but in the relationship chart it says "Fine, I'll hear you out" (Callie towards Octavio) maybe THEN she was tricked by Octavio into putting on the Hypnoshades but other then that she still had her same personality, kept her memories, decorated the base and the octarians comforted her during the time she was hypnotized
Timeline: before splatoon 2
How Off The Hook formed:
2 years have past since splatoon 1 Marina was one of the octarians who heard Calamari Inkantaion and decided to live with other inklings during this she met Pearl on Mt. Nantai. Marina would eventually always go to Mt. Nantai hoping for pearl to show up. Eventually Pearl would stumble to Marina again and heard her singing and Marina asked pearl to start a band with her
Marina past life:
at age 6 Marina enrolled in elementary in the elementary training progam at Slimeskin Garrison, at age 9 she skipped multiple grades and took only advanced courses and graduated at age 10 she was a member of flooder design team, age 13 she joined Slimeskin Garrison in improving Great Octoweapons, at age 16 she was assigned to Octavio's wasabi supply unit and earned multiple commmendations. In the same year she went AWOL after coming within audible range of the Calamari Inkantaion sung by the New Squidbeak Splatoon. According to witness interviews she said "This changes everything" before vanishing and then meeting Pearl
Pearl's past life
shes basically lost the youth-folk singing contest and is emo
Timeline: Splatoon 2
In splatoon 2 it was reported by Off The Hook (Marina and Pearl) that the Great Zapfish was missing again and that Callie was missing, Marie recruited Agent 4 to save callie and the great zapfish in the process. Marie and Agent 4 received radio messages telling them to leave and it was later revealed that the radio messages was from Callie. During the fight with Octavio, Marie shoots the hypnoshades of Callie and bringing callie back to her senses, and Callie was found and the Great Zapfish was back
Timeline: Octo Expansion
During the events of splatoon 2, Cuttlefish and Agent 3 was in octo valley battling against one last octarian (Agent 8) and they were both suddenly attacked by someone and captured and dragged them all to the deep sea metro. Agent 8 loses their memories and works alongside with Cuttlefish to find Agent 3 and get back to the surface. Later they meet a telephone (Tartar) to complete a series of tasks and collect four "thangs" to get to the promised land. After collecting all the things (im not typing out thangs) and later pearl and marina came to help agent 8 with the tasks and to get agent 8 to the surface turned out to be a blender and planned to turn Agent 8 and Cuttlefish to raw material for the sanitized octarians which are octarians who lost all their memories only remember key memories marina signaled a distress signal for agent 3 before tartar can turn on the blender and agent 3 had came and saved agent 8 and cuttefish, eventually agent 8 was forced to fight a partially sanitized agent 3 and eventually agent 8 manages to get to the surface Tartar revealed himself as the telephone the professor had built to aid the next dominant species but quite literally tartar was disgusted by the dominant species and wanted to get rid of them 😠agent 8 used marinas hyperbombs to cover the humanoid contraption completely with ink, pearl used her princess canon to get rid of tartar, agent 8 went back to to Inkoplis square with pearl and marina, agent 3 went out to patrol and cuttefish went back to the deep sea metro (fortunately a whole bucnh of octarians made it to the surface) (also yeah the other 10,0007 subjects were blended to death for raw materials, and those subjects were most likely octarians who were also trying to escape)
Timeline: The Rise of Civilization (again)
Humanity had survived in one location, a volcanic cavern, there they found sustenance through marine life in the sea water in the crater, now led by scientists the survivors made the most of their new home which is called "Alterna". The omniscient recording computer of Alterna AKA ORCA chronicled their journey after years of research it was discovered how to make liquid crystals from the bodily fluids of squids, these crystals could read and realize the wishes, this way after 25 years the inhabitants could once again see a sky through a new crystal dome. Later they had done all they can to advance the civilization of Alterna but young scientists wanted to live outside the liquid crystal dome. The elders issued stern warnings to the young scientists but they still pressed on with their plan: they built a massive rocket to escape Alterna. As the boosters were ignited for the first time during a launch test, the rockets boosters overloaded the the cavern's liquid crystals and a chain reaction ensured, without warning stone walls of the cavern began to shatter, raining debris down on humanity and once again humanity, was no more, and those who escapes the carnage would soon follow it into death. The liquid crystals plunged into the water and squids, octopi became more intelligent blah blah im not explaining this again, but becuase of those crystals plunging into the water, humanity desires, thoughts, culture, dreams live within octarians / inklings and other sea life creatures even tho humanity itself is dead.
Timeline: Return of the Mammalians
Some species had been placed in a cold sleep, placed in a rocket called "The Ark Polairs" and the mission was simple-find a new planet to replace earth, the launch was smooth and it had a smooth voyage, until it reached the edge of the solar system, it was at that point the debris struck the vessel damaging its navigation system, the crew was able to turn the rocket back around but there was not enough fuel to attempt a landing so The Ark Polairs was aimlessly drifting for 10,000 years. Eons past and eventually the rocket found itself inescapable pull of the Earth's gravity. Reentry was not kind to all inhabitants, all died expect for one. Bear #03 who had retained consciousness within his cold hibernation, survived. For 12,000 years he had dreamed and plotted. Fully awaken Bear #03 came to a terrible realization he had not landed on a new planet but instead he was back on earth, it was not the earth he knew of, this earth was dominated by sea creatures, not a single mammal to be found. Bear #03 used navigational systems of the wreckage Ark Polairs and discoverd Alterna, if was a wasteland but a few liquid crystals that had once covered walls and ceilings remained, with the knowledge and built during his thousands of years dreaming he repaired Alterna's facilities and began researching the crystals. The bear eventually compounded some of the liquid crystals with his own fur and made a new substance, it could transform any living creature into a mammal. For such venture he would acquire the acquisition of thousands of golden eggs the golden eggs were used to create fuzzy ooze although details never been recorded, bear #03 had a plan. During splatoon 2 he founded a corporation that would go and employ locals to collect his golden eggs under the name Grizzco Industries (AKA Salmon Run). He was known as "Mr. Grizz" and would pay handsomely for them.
Timeline: before splatoon 3
5 years has past since splatoon 2 and octo expansion since then Agent 3 has been promoted as Captain and aided with agent 1 & 2 also known as the squid sisters. Off the Hook went leaped off the Inkoplis square stage and did a small project helping a rising rock band "Damp Socks feat Off the Hook" and got replaced bt Frye, Shiver, and Big man known as deep cut. And with the fuzzy ooze production peaking because of the help of unsuspecting octarians and inklings, Mr. Grizz took the final steps of his plan in motion. The rocket was loaded and it wouldn't be long now
Timeline: Splatoon 3
The zapfish got stolen again and Cuttlefish was looking for a new agent 3 as the spot for agent 3 was now open as captain 3 (former agent 3) obviously became the new captain. After recruiting the new agent 3. After defeating Octavio for the 3rd time it was revealed that he never stolen the great zapfish and his octarian troop had gone missing, after falling into a hole agent 3 meets captain 3, agent 1 & 2 and soon had to rescue cuttefish, agent 3 had to complete series of tasks turns out Deep Cut real pssion was banditing and wanted Alterna's treasure for themselves. Agent 3 had to complete series of tasks while defeating Deep Cut, eventually Agent 3 got all the treasure and assembled it to remove all the fuzzy ooze. Deep cut came back to reclaim their treasure only for the New Squidbeak Splatoon to give it to them and Deep Cut decided to work for them specifically accepting marie as their new boss. Agent 3 and the others mamaged to get up to the top of the rocket only to find Cuttlefish dried out and that Cuttlefish and great zapfish captor was Mr. Grizz. Mr. Grizz escaped with the rocket left by humans in Alterna into space and planned to cover the earth with fuzzy ooze turning everyone to mammals im losing my insanity i think they got lazy with this but cuttlefish got rehydrated by captain 3's tears and Deep Cut helped agent 3 get to space and eventually Agent 3 and Mr. Grizz had a battle and soon Mr. grizz accepted defeat km losing my mind what
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