Community:Shiren Series Speculated Timeline

The Timeline of the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series is hazy at best. Though there is a linear story for the eponymous protagonist and his friends and foes, the exact years are never given. While some aspects of the timeline are canonical, such as character ages in relation to each other, others, such as the years that events take place are entirely speculation based on in-game dialogue and events, primarily those of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 - The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion.

The Story So Far

Years

• Events in Shiren 3 may indicate that the game is set in the 18 century.
• The character Millie in Shiren 4 carries a revolver, which wasn't invented until 1831.
• The character Millie in Shiren 4 flies a hang glider, which weren't invented until 1891.
• The character Millie in Shiren 4 claims to be travelling to Texas, which sets the timeline as far back as 1684.

Locations

• The series' locations are set in feudal Japan, which was suggested by the series' scenario writer Shin-ichiro Tomie.

Timeline

♦ 231 BCE

• Jofuku, a Taoist skilled in fortune-telling and shamanist ways, leads his people across the sea to the land of Japan. After founding Otsutsuki Village at the base of Hourai Mountain, he climbs the mountain and makes a deal with Izanami; in return, she gives him the Ochimizu and transforms him into a dragon. He is presumed to have died there, and over time he is assumed to have become a crane god watching over Otsutsuki Village.

♦ 210 BCE

• Historically, Xu Fu vanished in 210 BCE during the second expedition to find the elixir of life for Qin Shi Huang.

♦ 769

• Jofuku finds the blood of Izana in Shiren's ancestor and Kaguya. After he puts Kaguya to sleep in the Karakuri Palace, he gives Shiren's ancestor the Key of Kudan and implants in him the hope that he can meet Kaguya again in 1,000 years.
• Shiren's ancestor quits the shogunate and goes where the wind takes him. His bloodline survives the next 1,000 years.

♦ 790

• The events between Shiren's ancestor and Kaguya that would become the basis for The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

♦ 1766

• Asuka is born.

♦ 1769

• Shiren is born to Gimensha and his wife, the latter of whom is also Sensei's sister.

♦ 1769 - 1777

• Shiren befriends someone, who later dies. Honoring their dying wish, he wears their kasa and becomes a Wanderer.
• Shiren befriends Koppa.

♦ 1777

• Gimensha entrusts his wife, their son Shiren, and the Key of Kudan to Sensei, then disappears fighting an unknown enemy.

♦ 1779

• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2 - Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion occur. Shiren is 10 years old. Asuka is 14 years old.

♦ 1779 - 1780

• Sensei leaves his sister and Shiren behind after learning that Gimensha would never return.^{[Citation needed]}

♦ 1780

• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden - Asuka the Swordswoman occur.

♦ 1787

• Soon after setting off to look into the legend of the Golden Condor atop a city of gold at the top of Table Mountain, Koppa, a talking weasel, meets Shiren, a Wanderer who travels in memory of his friend. They decide to travel together.
• Six months later, the events of Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer occur.
• The events of BS Shiren the Wanderer: Save Surala occur.
• The events of Shiren the Wanderer: Flowers Dancing in the Golden Town Amteca occur. Possibly in an alternate timeline to the two video games, as it features characters not found in the games.

♦ 1788

• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB - Monster of Moonlight Village occur.
• Few months after, the events of Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island occur.
• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4 - The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel occur.

♦ 1789

• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB2 - Magic Castle of the Desert occur.
• The events of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate occur.

♦ 1790

• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3: The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion occur.

♦ ????

• The events of Tower of Slumber occur.

♦ Unknown years

• The events of Shiren Monsters: Netsal occur.
• The events of Shiren Monsters: The Village of Mahjong occur.
• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer - The Rainbow Labyrinth occur.
• The events of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer: Platina occur.