Okay, so "The Shovel Knight Shared Universe" or SKSU is made of 2 series:
- Battletoads (BT)
- God of War (GoW)
- Shovel Knight (SK)
having established the series we have the next problem, when all of this is set? So for starters i decided to follow GoW more as it is the more serious one, considering the other 2 series have a knight with a shovel and 4 toads...
while the Greek Saga and Norse Saga are set in the same universe, the kratos of both is the same etc... The time of the norse saga doesn't influence that much the Greek Saga, so discussing it now so we can move away from this. Cory Balrog stated that the game happens before the Viking Age which happens in the 8th century; In real life there is a recorded event wich was called fimbulwinter which happened in 536-539 CE. Since Mimir in the game stated that the winter arrived 1 century earlier then GoW4 happens in 436 CE.
Now for the Greek Saga, we can follow 3 sets on dates based on 3 games:
- GoWCoO: has an undefined Persian King attacking Attica, matching with the Persian War of 480 BCE.
- GoWII: Has the Colossus of Rhodes, which was destroyed in 226 BCE.
- GoWIII: Hercules stated that the 1st game happened during one of his 5th Labor which is dated in 1255 BCE.
Since the persian king was intentionally kept unknown, and the colossus of Rhodes doesn't have a big inpact on the storyline (it could have been any other statue that could have fought Kratos) I'm taking Hercules statement as our date, andnow the game is simple, but we have one last problem: How much time is between GoW and GoWII?
During GoWIII, there are the Labyrinth Projects that can be interacted it that reference the fact that it was commioned by Zeus the same day that Kratos was made the God of War and was completed after 4603 Days (or 12.6 years), Which is crucial since also in GoWIII is stated that it was completed recently, so GowII and GoWIII are set in 1242 BCE, however Kratos mentions the Troyan War as of being there (while he only heard of the battle of thermopylae), adding this with Hercules dying and becoming a god in 1234 BCE, then GoWII and III have to happen between 1171 BCE to 480 BCE.
Legend:
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Timeline
Simplified Order
Nintendo Power Magazine (1988) #25
Battletoads (1991)**
Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team**
Battletoads (LCD)** [I have to find out if it's canon]
Battletoads (1992)**
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs**
Battletoads (1994)**
God of War (2005)**
God of War** (Adaptation)
God of War (2010) #1-6**
God of War: Rise of the Warrior (2012) #1**
God of War: Ascension**
God of War: Ascension - Multiplayer**
God of War: The Lost World**
[I Have to find Dates for this]
God of War: Chain of Olympus**
God of War: Ghost of Sparta**
God of War: Betrayal**
God of War II**
God of War II** (Adaptation)
PlayStation: All-Stars Battle Royal**
God of War III Remastered**
God of War: Fallen God (2021) #1-4** [Have to Find Dates for this]
Shovel Knight - All games** [I have to look at this better]
Battletoads: The Lost Adventure (2020) #1-3** [I Have to look when it take place]
Battletoads (2020)**
God of War: The Lost Pages of Norse Myth 1x01-09**
[Have to find dates for this]
God of War (2018) #0-4**
God of War: A Call From the Winds**
God of War: Mimir's Vision** [need to sort out the preceding norse medias in order]
God of War (2018)**
God of War - The Official Novelization** (Adaptation)
God of War: B is for Boy - An Illustrated Storybook** (Adaptation)
God of War: Lore and Legends**
God of War: Ragnarok**
God of War: Raganrok - Valhalla**
