The Mazkertis Paradox timeline

This is a condensed timeline of the events that occur in the BZPB epic, The Mazkertis Paradox. All events occur in the Original Universe early in the year 150,084 CMT, continuing on from the story arc of the same name, unless stated otherwise.

Atuar Sadiares

 * Duke Nukem leaves Atuar Sadiares aboard a shuttle bound for Supermax 282.

Saskana

 * The Cabana, which is carrying several injured Knights of the Keruvim, a D-Klak from four years ago, Coro, and TPK in addition to its usual crew, continues to orbit the planet of Saskana. The ship is soon boarded by Lalli Cain's ship, which contains said mercenary, Klak, Nadle, and another D-Klak from three years ago. Klak and Ynot meet and agree that Mazkertis must be stopped at all odds. Upon discovering that the Cabana is also carrying several wounded Knights of the Keruvim, Klak goes to see their leader, Axalara, who is being attended to by Perseus. Sasuken has also collapsed and is being watched over by Coro. Lalli Cain meets Moe and the two D-Klaks from different times in the past meet each other.
 * Sasuken has a nightmare in which a disembodied Kanohi Kraahkan tells him to kill Ynot, ere his Hollow takes over and kills his friends instead.
 * Figlio di Armechio crashes the meeting between Blackout, Malygos, and Rokubungi Gendo on the Divine Providence, which is also orbiting Saskana. To earn a seat at their table, Figlio shows them a hologram that proves that HYDRA knows where the Keruvim is.
 * Black Phantom succeeds in tracking Figlio to the Divine Providence, so he contacts TPK to tell him what he has learned. TPK informs the others on the Cabana of Figlio's location, so they decide to make an entrance.
 * Klak, D-Klak (3), TPK, Perseus, Lalli Cain, Ynot, and Kurenitsu all board the Divine Providence via Cain's ship. In the following meeting, Cain reveals that he is actually working for HYDRA, who, for the moment, are the highest bidder for his services. An argument about this begins to erupt, but Klak redirects the room's focus by reminding them of the threat that the Mazkertis-Ascheron alliance poses to them all. Figlio suggests the others should split into teams to find Mazkertis, while he goes to retrieve the Keruvim himself. Perseus and TPK agree, on the condition that they and their squads accompany Figlio to the Keruvim's location.

Liquid-Metallicon

 * Mazkertis is chased through the streets by Fourteen, Sachiel, Cassius Calm, and John Shepard. Mazkertis cripples Fourteen with a telepathic attack, sending him into a coma.
 * Having previously been put to sleep by Ophelia Valentine, Akzer wakes up in the slums. He considers pursuing Valentine's master, Cassandra Thorne, but reconsiders when he hears an alarm ring, accompanied by a sense of dread, originating from nearby. He hops on a speeder bike and decides to warn Ozar of the danger in the slums instead.
 * Thorne and Valentine sense the dark power in the slums and decide to investigate themselves. There, they join Calm, Shepard, and Sachiel in their battle against Mazkertis. Mazkertis grows tired, so he decides to escape through a portal to fight another day.
 * Akzer returns to the slums with Ozar to find that they are too late. They recover the comatose Fourteen as Calm vows to find Mazkertis and bring him to justice.

Kyras

 * Mazkertis appears in Ascheron's throne room on Kyras, the homeworld of the Republic of Luria. The two villains consolidate their alliance.

The UG

 * Previously, Kakamu had been abducted by DU Monarch and placed in the UG pocket dimension for an unknown purpose. Kakamu awakens, and the two begin to fight. During the battle, Kakamu pulls off Monarch's helmet, which to his surprise, causes the human to suffocate and die due to the absence of air in the room. Soon afterwards, another entity approaches: Dukamu. Dukamu explains to Kakamu that he has been imprisoned there to bait a higher power: User Kon. In the midst of their conversation, Monarch comes back to life, only to suffocate again, which prompts Dukamu to lecture Kakamu on the curse that is immortality. When User Kon arrives just as Dukamu predicted, they charge at each other, but User Kon teleports Kakamu back into the Original Universe before Kakamu can witness their battle.
 * User Kon distracts Dukamu by destroying part of his armour, then creates an air sphere around his own head so he is able to speak into his earpiece. He sends a message to User MK instructing him to open a program on his computer that scans the UG and is capable of extracting the characters he wishes to be extracted. Following Kon's wishes, MK extracts Etende, Micros, Masaharu, and Spanha, who disappear from their stasis pods and reappear in the User HQ. Unfortunately, the computer in the control room Dukamu is in alerts him that people are going missing. Suspecting User interference, Dukamu stops Monarch from dying again by putting his helmet back on and instructs him to subdue the Users at their HQ.

Unknown planet (1)

 * Now finding himself on a random planet, Kakamu vows to solve the riddles that Dukamu had given him, but not before defeating Mazkertis, who is a higher priority. He launches into space, intending to regroup with the Claws of the Phoenix.

User HQ

 * The still-unconscious Etende, Micros, Masaharu, and Spanha are all extracted from the UG and appear behind User MK in the User HQ.
 * Following Dukamu's orders, Monarch teleports into the User HQ with the intention of freezing The Users in carbonite so that they cannot interfere with Dukamu's plans any further. However, User MY teleports Monarch into space before he can do so, and berates MK for allowing "characters" to enter the HQ. User Kon appears next to them, then opens up a separate program on his computer that sends the UG into the far future so that the threat of Dukamu can be dealt with by their characters later. Kon asks MY what he did with Monarch, to which he replies that he sent him into space around the orbit of Conpiom. Kon teleports there to deal with Monarch his own way.

Unknown planet (2)

 * DU Monarch is stripped of his suit and buried alive on an unknown planet by User Kon.

User HQ

 * Kon leads Etende, Micros, Masaharu, and Spanha onto the roof of the HQ and gives them a ship that will take them to wherever they need to go; all they need to do is say the word. They thank him for his help, but are forced to leave without any proper answers.

XTR-686

 * Now that The Reformed Second Brotherhood of Makuta has been scattered, Shattered Mirror Kakamu decides that it is time for him to lead the remnants of his Shattered Mirror invasion army home. He travels to XTR-686, a planet which is home to a large, Stargate-like device capable of opening portals to other universes (which he had previously built with Dukamu). After establishing a connection to the Shattered Mirror Universe, he realizes that he can use the thought transmitter beneath Stelta-Stal to telepathically contact many of the SMU natives that are still in the Original Universe, so he teleports there.

Stelta-Stal

 * SM Kakamu appears in the TrSBoM's former headquarters beneath the crust of Stelta-Stal. He is immediately attacked by the Rahkshi-Nui created by Xikella, which is now being commanded by Kivalon, who accuses SMK of abandoning them in their hour of need. SMK justifies his actions to Kivalon by arguing that their battle against the Brotherhood of Makuta was unwinnable, and that he now has a greater purpose: leading his people home. He tells Kivalon that he intends to achieve this by contacting them all with the thought transmitter and sending them through the portal on XTR-686, but little does he know that Kivalon has actually been corrupted by Dukamu, who has gained partial control of Kivalon's body. Instead, "Kivalon" suggests that they use the portal to enter the UG and kill Dukamu's army of innocents while they sleep. Disgusted by this idea, SMK attacks "Kivalon" and traps him in a nearby stasis pod.
 * SMK succeeds in using the thought transmitter to contact every surviving member of his former army still in the Original Universe. He tells them to meet him on XTR-686 in three days if they are interested in returning home.

Stouttish Islands

 * The Stouttish Islands are swept by the New York Police Department, who have obtained a warrant to search them for Ross Mandell, a former Wall Street banker accused of theft and fraud who was sighted on the islands a few weeks ago. Tourettes Guy, a Moonbase Alpha Astronaut, and a man named Chris are arrested for failing to comply with the sweep and are taken back to Earth for psychiatric evaluation and treatment. The NYPD find no trace of Mandell, so they withdraw from the islands completely shortly afterwards.

Linkit

 * Sheev emerges from a shipwreck on Linkit and witnesses a large gathering of Agrippa and Sahagin worshipping Leviathan. This display makes Sheev reflect fondly on the days when he had an army of his own, so he decides that he must build a new one for himself as soon as possible to prevent creatures like Leviathan from taking his place. Under the assumption that Leviathan's followers will abandon him if he is killed, Sheev attacks Leviathan with lightning; Leviathan responds by drowning Sheev in a sphere of water.

Unknown planet (3)

 * Koranis wakes up on a cliffside, some time after being knocked unconscious by a strange robot on Mordor. He is greeted by the Great Being Viruel, who shows him that her drones are building a new-and-improved Great Spirit Robot intended to be used to retake some of the worlds that they lost in the Uterio War. As a consolation for the struggles he has endured on behalf of the Great Beings in the past, she offers him a new position as the co-pilot of this new robot. After some consideration, he accepts.

Neo Z'Traa

 * As Caiaphus and Ricochet drag the carcass of a huge-mutated scorpion across the desert, Mazkertis appears from a portal. The two Makuta hide from the wizard as he looks for signs of life; when he finds none, he leaves.

Saskana

 * Half a day after Klak and his compatriots first arrived on the Divine Providence, Kakamu arrives and is welcomed onto the ship. The various diplomats in the room finally agree on a plan: Emperor Sefer Yetzirah will work with Malygos and Toa Bob in tracking Mazkertis; Kakamu and Nadle will go to Hei Fon 4 to warn Zev Raregroove of the threat posed by the wizard; and Figlio will be accompanied by TPK, his droids, and representatives of the Knights of the Keruvim as he goes to retrieve the Keruvim.
 * Baron Alfred Ernst von Budberg has granted Captain Eurobeat, the Full Frontal Fighting Force, Strika, and Niflheim a free stay in a hotel in return for their fight against Mazkertis the day before.
 * Captain Eurobeat tells Strika that HYDRA are responsible for releasing Mazkertis in the first place. She is reluctant to believe this at first, but he proves it by showing her video evidence. As a result, she decides to reject HYDRA completely.
 * TPK leaves the meeting of dignitaries to return one of the two D-Klaks (the one which was taken from four years ago, also known as D-Klak (4)) to the past.

Saskana

 * The individuals that had assembled on Saskana split up and set off on their respective quests.
 * The Manticore (carrying Figlio di Armechio, Lalli Cain, Axalara, Perseus, Moe, Spotter, Coro, and a HYDRA footsoldier) and the Zodiark (carrying Eos and Hassan) set off for Shinar-Karana, the location of the Keruvim. TPK and his droids (Black Phantom, Straxus, and IG-88) join them when they arrive on the planet.

Shinar-Karana

 * As the allies approach the Keruvim, the groups turn on each other and a mighty battle ensues. During the battle, the footsoldier, Hassan, IG-88, Straxus, and TPK are all killed, and revelations are made: firstly, Lalli Cain reveals that his true identity is Ezekiel Carter, a Knight of the Keruvim. Figlio also makes several revelations of his own: that it was he who freed Mazkertis to distract everyone while HYDRA took the universe for itself; that he had been allied with Ozar for some time; that he masterminded the breakout of Tiff Ramson from Supermax 429; and that he intended to dress Ramson up as the Supreme HYDRA to fool people into believing that he was the true leader, while in reality it was he himself. Figlio and Turel escape aboard the Manticore before they can be brought to justice.
 * In response to Figlio's revelations, Eos severs his ties with HYDRA and leaves the planet aboard the Zodiark.
 * The Knights of the Keruvim decide to return the Keruvim to Vizima instead of using it against Mazkertis, as there is too great a chance that one of their "allies" could try to steal it again. They leave the planet aboard TPK's ship.

Neo Z'Traa

 * Anzu takes Klak to Neo Z'Traa via his ship. Klak teleports down to the surface, hoping to find leads as to Mazkertis's whereabouts, but he instead finds Caiaphus and Ricochet. Caiaphus offers Klak his help against Mazkertis, which Klak reluctantly accepts.
 * Anzu receives a message from Etende telling him that she, Micros, and Masaharu are alive, and that they are on their way back. Anzu tells Klak the good news.

Hei Fon 4

 * Kakamu and Nadle meet Zev and several members of the Conquistadores Guild on Hei Fon 4, where they tell them that Mazkertis is on the loose and out for revenge. Zev, Namah, Nu-13, and Prudence Franklin agree to go with them to stop Mazkertis, with the rest of the Conquistadores staying behind as backup, ready to dispatch at a moment's notice.

XTR-686

 * Some of the Shattered Mirror Universe natives who received SMK's message meet him on XTR-686, including Shroom. SMK reveals that he has reconfigured the gateway he built there to lead to the SMU, and begins sending people through.

Unknown planet (4)

 * Mazkertis attempts to recruit Drepp to his cause, but fails. Instead, Raziel finds the wizard and offers to help him erase Klak from history so that F-Klak will never exist. Mazkertis gladly accepts.

Malchior IV

 * An unknown assassin shoots and kills President Howard of Malchior IV at his holiday retreat. The assassin deliberately leaves Alan Skedaddle's fingerprints on the murder weapon so that the investigating authorities will suspect Skedaddle of the crime.

Meme World

 * The Ayy-Lmaliums finish making repairs to the Dong Squad and Wang Gang's ship and they all leave Meme World. Both teams receive a new mission: stealing the Keruvim from Vizima.
 * Terugan captain Ade, hoping to replicate the successes of the Dong Squad, forms her own team of joke characters from Meme World inhabitants with the intention of using them to end the Terugan Civil War. Using the reprogrammed matter converter of Hungry-man's log cabin as a replacement engine for the TSS Jet-Ball II, the ship disembarks for Teruga Prime. (NOTE: This plot thread is continued in the spinoff story Alien Intervention.)
 * The Heckler and The Heller combine into The Heckumvirate to combat Stardust. Their battle is interrupted by Gub C. G. Giy, but Stardust banishes him to another realm and continues fighting The Heckumvirate.

Deep space

 * Genetoes returns to the universe and awakens Eclipse from his hibernation, telling him that they are "needed again".

The Hyperdimension

 * The Chousin begin investigating Mazkertis, using their vast reach to gather information about his plans and their possible consequences. They decide to wait and see if the Claws of the Phoenix and other alliances will be successful before taking action of their own.

Mordor

 * Following the death of TPK, Ganos Lal becomes the leader of the Order of the Great Beings. She invites back many Great Beings who were exiled under TPK's rule.
 * Rather than allow Ganos Lal's restructuring of the Council to destabilize their empire, Huriel and Orion Pax conspire to free Angonce from his prison to rule in her place. They retrieve the damaged Black Phantom from Shinar-Karana and take him to Angonce's cell, where they present him to him as a gift, to aid in revealing Ganos Lal's secrets. Black Phantom, however, is feigning weakness: once he learns what they are planning, he detonates an explosive that seemingly kills them all.

Dekan

 * Boltman and the YONBOTS scan the planet Dekan for anime. Instead, they find a strange ship-like vehicle trapped in a time lock. Boltman destroys the time lock, freeing Peacock, Double, and the We'd Warriors from stasis (although the We'd Warriors hide until they know that Boltman can be trusted). Peacock immediately challenges Boltman to a fight, but he responds by blowing her head off, which prompts Double to transform and try to avenge her friend. However, she is eventually overwhelmed and killed with the help of the YONBOTS. Boltman and the YONBOTS raid the ship of its weaponry and destroy it.
 * Before Boltman and the YONBOTS leave the planet, Wal Wal introduces the Yellow Fellow to the We'd Warriors and thanks him for eliminating Peacock for them. Boltman appreciates this gesture and flies away with his army.

Rhadan

 * The Tiger Youth succeed in overthrowing the regime of Lord Gaon and manage to suppress the efforts of his loyalists. Sinjon Wol, the leader of the resistance, is the nation's favorite to lead their country, but it is not a position he wants.

Dekan

 * Lord Zrintch arrives on Dekan and tells the We'd Warriors that they will not be going to Rhadan as they had thought. Instead, they will be going to the Cooperative headquarters to guard it when Space India publicly applies for membership. The We'd Warriors agree on the condition that they are sent to Rhadan afterwards; Zrintch accepts.

Saskana

 * While looking for a way off Saskana, Niflheim is teleported to a crystal palace at the bottom of the ocean. Waiting for him is User Nif, who introduces himself and proceeds to give Niflheim a long meta-commentary about the Users and BZPB as a whole. At the end of this monologue, User Nif summons Levi (Niflheim's familiar that was left behind when he was thrown into the BZPB Multiverse), and returns her to him. He then informs Niflheim that his purpose now is to kill Mazkertis, because killing is what he does best. He then teleports Niflheim and Levi away and erases parts of their memories; with the only remnants of their visit being the lingering knowledge that they must now kill Mazkertis.
 * (After Chapter 9) Nif and Levi decide to team up with Captain Eurobeat and Strika to find and defeat Mazkertis.

The Void

 * The Heckumvirate's battle with Stardust takes them away from Meme World and into the Void, the space between universes. The Heckumvirate finally crushes Stardust's form into plasma with an orb of energy and returns his remains to the Original Universe.
 * Stardust's remains return to the birthplace of his species: a supergiant red star. Stardust's consciousness is freed from the remnants of his physical form, and added to his species' library of knowledge. Stardust's disembodied voice orders the Stardust Crusaders that they must find and kill Mazkertis.

Cooperative headquarters

 * In the middle of Space India's appeal to join the Cooperative, many Stardust Crusaders appear and ask for the Cooperative's help in finding and stopping Mazkertis. Zrintch tells them that they have the same goal, and agrees to an alliance.

Day 8

 * Mazkertis uses a technique he learned when reading Quolas's mind weeks ago to summon Genetoes and Eclipse. They both agree to ally themselves with Mazkertis to spite the Time Guardians and change the past to benefit themselves.

Alaine

 * Mazkertis arrives at a bar on Alaine and absorbs the life force of several bystanders. K'theenya, who happens to be there at the time, prepares to fight him, but is stopped by Blue, who is intrigued by the wizard. Mazkertis tells Blue of his crusade and Blue agrees to help him, so they both leave together. K'theenya decides to track down Klak to warn him about Mazkertis and his alliance with Blue.

Kalta Thaea

 * Mazkertis gathers established allies Gabriel Ascheron, Raziel, Blue, Genetoes, and Eclipse, as well as more characters who are interested in joining his crusade: the Green Goblin, Osseron Tyrok, Mink, Moonman, and Donald Trump, who is known to them as the "Affluent Man". Osseron, Moonman, and Trump decide not to join Mazkertis, but Mazkertis secures the allegiances of Gobby and Mink. He names his new brotherhood the "Kindred of Dawn", to symbolize a new beginning for their universe and another.

Mariejois

 * Boltman assassinates the leader of the Galactic Government, Kong, because he is an anime character. The future of the government is cast into doubt as a result.

Earth's Moon

 * Boltman's old enemy Moonman watches a news report of Kong's death presented by Neil Matheson, and discovers that Boltman is still alive. Moonman prepares to fight him.

Deep space

 * En route to Vizima, Bill Wilson tells the Wang Gang the story of his first encounter with Bane, which is presented in the form of a flashback sequence.

Vizima

 * The Dong Squad and Wang Gang crash-land on Vizima and engage in an all-out war for the Keruvim with its devoted protectors.

The Hyperdimension

 * The Chousin reconvene in the Hyperdimension to share what they have learned about the current threats facing the BZPB Multiverse.
 * Tsunami tells her sisters that she has discovered why the Living Stars and most of the Sha'lythe Sect are missing: they left the Original Universe 2 years ago to absorb their counterparts across the multiverse in order to increase their power for what was to come. Tsunami shares the full story with her sisters via a memory tablet, though the story itself is presented as a flashback sequence within the chapter. In response to this knowledge, Washu and Tsunami decide that they will use the aleph point of the Knowledge Dimension to find the Living Stars, while Tokimi will gather the remaining members of the Sha'lythe Sect left in the Original Universe to tell them what has happened to their masters and warn them of Mazkertis.

Unsorted events

 * The Chousin discover the fate of the Living Stars and inform Quolas what they have learned. However, Mazkertis encounters Tokimi, and extracts from her mind the location of someone who can neutralize the powers of the Chousin. Mazkertis visits this "Counter-Actor", who is revealed to be Misaki Raregroove. Mazkertis telepathically tortures Misaki until the dormant Counter-Actor personality surfaces and escapes.