Timeline: Alternate Reality Game
August 26, 2011
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The start of the secret war is delayed by the Council of Venice due to a systems malfunction.
Janauary 1, 2011
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The Fool's Journey event begins, initiated by Apis on behalf of the Sanctuary of Secrets.
February 22, 2010
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Monsters of Maine blog discovered, written by Kingsmouth resident Tyler Freeborn under the alias Cryptoinvestigator.
Janauary 21, 2010
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Kingsmouth town website discovered.
January 11, 2010
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The Dark Places puzzle event begins.
September 1, 2009
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People begin to see something in the static on the Sanctuary of Secrets website.
June 4, 2009
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At the Door event begins in a race against time to get answers for Aveline.
May 27, 2009
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Clues are found inside the box Aveline recovers at the end of Two Lines Twine.
May 26, 2009
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Two lines Twine event begins
April 8, 2009
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Code Name: Wagtail begins with an e-mail from Aveline Belmont.
April 4, 2009
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The ARG Faction, Sanctuary of Secrets is revealed.
April 4, 2009
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They Are Coming Back begins after two years of silence.
May 16, 2007
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The Dark Days Are Coming website is updated with The Countdown in Sanskrit.
May 16, 2007
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Aveline Belmont contacts the community for the first time expressing her anger in falling for an obvious con.
May 15, 2007
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A friend sends a message congratulating the community on cracking the code of The Photo and bids farewell.
May 14, 2007
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Scan of letter on the back of the photo was found.
May 11, 2007
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A friend makes a post about The Photo he received and asks for help figuring out specific details about the photograph.
May 11, 2007
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According to A friend in a post he makes, A.B. sends a scan of The Photo to him.
May 10, 2007
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A friend sends a letter congratulating the community on cracking the Cities and Symbols puzzle and brings the information learned to "powerful friends"
May 7, 2007
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Dark Days are Coming website found, with Cities and Symbols puzzle.
May 7, 2007
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The Poem was found
May 7, 2007
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First letter to various gaming communities from A friend, also first time "A friend" can be identified as "Hide Seek."
June 20,1928
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The Misery arrives in Svalbard, sailing past the port of Longyearbyen. They continue on, sailing through the Scarab Trail and arriving at the Russian mining town of Pyramiden
June 18, 1928
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The Misery sails past Bear Island
June 18, 1928
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Nicolas Belmont makes his first journal entry and receives a secret signal from Amundsen while waiting with a chartered vessel, the Misery, in a bay. The Latham arrives later that day with Amundsen. They then depart westward into the Arctic Ocean.
June 18, 1928
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Amundsen disappears while taking part in a rescue mission.
June 18, 1925
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SS Bergensfjord arrives at Halifax.
1924
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Nicolas Belmont writes a letter in French on the back of The Photo while in Paris.
December 21, 1921
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At 8:12 PM,Nicolas Belmont takes The Photo of the 'gate' and proceeds inside.
December 21, 1921
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Nicolas Belmont heads to the Antarctic in a expedition following in Amundsen's footsteps.
1911
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Roald Amundsen's expedition to the Antarctic.