Ascendancy
The Ascendancy saga refers to the collection of YATA lore surrounding the counter-insurgents and their subsequent adventures. As of 10/09/2024, the saga is comprised of 10 books and three interlude chapters across three volumes. The saga surrounds the machinations of the SDS as well as the plots of several powerful beings that threaten the universe.
Books
Volume 1: Survival
"Survival" is the first volume, comprising of Books 1-3. The common theme that links these books together is a highly dangerous event where survival is against the odds.
Book 1 - The Insurgency (204 CE)
"The Insurgency" takes place at the same time as the Yomtach invasion of the human world - the Insurgency. The main characters are Andrei Varady and Cormac Connolly.
Book 2 - Daybreak (205 CE)
"Daybreak" takes place during the SDS-001 crises on Theia. The main characters are Andrei and Cormac.
Interlude - The Creature, part 1 (205 CE)
"The Creature, part 1" takes place after the SDS-001 crises, focusing on the lore of a specific artefact from Book 2. The main characters are Nadia Szilagyi, Jimmy Navarro, Eldric de Laitinie, and Samuel Gordon.
Book 3 - Total Annihilation (208 CE)
"Total Annihilation" takes place during the second Theian SDS-001 crisis known as "the annihilation." The main characters are Andrei, Cormac, and Lazuli.
Interlude - The Creature, part 2 (210 CE)
"The Creature, part 2" takes place following the Annihilation, focusing on an SDS entity known as "The Revenant." The main characters are Jimmy and Carbonado.
Interlude Volume
Book 4 - The Divine Resurgence (238 CE)
"The Divine Resurgence" takes place thirty years after the Annihilation, during the brief return of divinity to Theia. There is an ensemble cast of the Theian gods known as "The Nine."
Volume 2: World Enders
"World Enders" is a volume that comprises books 5-8 of the Ascendancy Saga. Their common theme is a device with the ability to fundamentally change the world, or end it.
Interlude - Carbonado and Wisteria (319 CE)
"Carbonado and Wisteria" takes place following the final demise of the Theian gods. The main characters are Sakura Sakamoto, Nikolay Petrov, Eucleia, and Carbonado.
Book 5 - From Dusk to Dawn in Miyaki (320 CE)
"From Dusk to Dawn in Miyaki" takes place during the end days of the Miyaki Project. The main characters are Sakura, Wisteria, "Haru", and "the cameraman."
Book 6 - Once more, unto the Digiverse! (401 CE)
"Once more, unto the Digiverse!" takes place during Carbonado's plot to digitalise the universe. There is an ensemble cast consisting of Carbonado, Andrei, Cormac, Samnsonite, Lazuli, Sakura, Ruby, Sapphire, Anahita, and Isla.
Book 7 - The World Machine (407 CE)
"The World Machine" takes place during Cormac's plot to ascend to "godhood" through the fourth dimension. The main characters are Daniel Rand, Peridot, Andrei, Carbonado, and Cormac.
Book 8 - The Flavros Project (408 CE)
"The Flavros Project" takes place during the discovery of, and effort to stop, Amesidian's mysterious "Flavros Project." . There is an ensemble cast featuring Daniel, Peridot, Diamond 1 and 2, Clotho, Sakura, Earendel, Amesidian, Lazuli, Ruby, Sapphire, Wisteria, and Isla.
Volume 3: War of the Worlds
"War of the Worlds" is a volume that comprises books 9 and 10, which form one plot arc around the Eos Incident.
Book 9 - War of the Worlds, Part 1: Guinevere Lacrimae (408 CE)
"Guinevere Lacrimae" takes place immediately where The Flavros Project leaves off, focusing on a mysterious "portal clock" and its relation to the enigmatic Twelverealm Gateway Offering. The main characters are Wisteria, Camellia, Isla and Sakura.
Book 10 - War of the Worlds, Part 2: Eos at the Gates of Dawn (462 CE)
"Eos at the Gates of Dawn" takes place after the epilogue of "Guinevere Lacrimae", 54 years after the appearance of Guinevere's Planet. It focuses on Black Opal after he discovers he is alive on both Eos and Theia simultaneously. The main characters are Black Opal, Guinevere and Carbonado.
Characters
| Character | 1 | 2 | (1) | 3 | (2) | 4 | (3) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Varady | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Cormac Connolly | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔*** | |||||||
| Anahita / The Girl | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Aldren II Tremar | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Lazuli | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Ruby | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Emerald | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
| Sapphire | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| Jade | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
| Carbonado | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔*** | ✔*** | ✔ |
| Eldric de Laitinie | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
| Jimmy Navarro | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
| Amelie Parsons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
| Samuel Gordon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
| "Sanmor" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔** | |||||||||
| Black Opal | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
| Samnsonite | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
| Oliver Fontaine | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
| Isaac Grenier | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Nadia Szilagyi | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Wisteria / Fuji Sakamoto | ✔* | ✔* | ✔* | ✔ | ✔* | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Isla | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| Sakura Sakamoto / Tenno | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Aeneas | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Marcel Mostow / Triton | ✔ | ✔*** | |||||||||||
| Hecate | ✔ | ✔*** | ✔ | ||||||||||
| Aireskoi | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Varuna | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Nihilantis | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Pilirin | ✔ | ✔*** | |||||||||||
| Istaran | ✔ | ✔*** | |||||||||||
| Minerva | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Nikolay Petrov | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Eucleia | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| "Haru" | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| The Cameraman | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Spencer | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Samekh | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Daniel Rand | ✔ | ✔ | ✔*** | ||||||||||
| Peridot | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Ariadne Psomas | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Diamond 1 and 2 | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Amesidian | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Earendel | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Clotho | ✔ | ||||||||||||
| Camellia | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Guinevere | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Psychotria | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||||
| Aldren I Tremar | ✔ |
* Appears disguised as "Aldren Tremar" and/or "Alana Tremar"
** Appears in a flashback
*** Appears as an apparition
Trivia
- The word counts (which are likely to have slight errors) for the following books are:
- Book 1 - "The Insurgency" has 14,912 words across eight chapters.
- Book 2 - "Daybreak" has 8,961 words across seven chapters.
- Book 3 - "Annihilation" has 4,500 words across the prologue and its six chapters.
- Book 4 - "The Divine Resurgence" has 19,309 words across thirteen chapters.
- Book 5 - "From Dusk to Dawn in Miyaki" has 9,279 words across the prologue and its five chapters.
- Book 6 - "Once more, unto the Digiverse!" has 23,566 words across nine chapters.
- Book 7 - "The World Machine" has 13,512 words across the prologue and its eight chapters.
- Book 8 - "The Flavros Project" has 25,286 words across eleven chapters.
- Book 9 - "War of the Worlds, Part 1: Guinevere Lacrimae" has 16,712 words the prologue, epilogue and its seven chapters.
- Book 10 - "War of the Worlds, Part 2: Eos at the Gates of Dawn" has, at the time of writing, 12,163 words across the prologue and the first three chapters.
- The saga has many instances of retroactive continuity:
- Nihilantis was originally the secondary antagonist of Book 1 - "The Insurgency", however as the saga developed and Nihilantis developed as a character in Book 4 - "The Divine Resurgence", his earlier appearance was erased.
- Book 1 - "The Insurgency" has a deleted chapter where Andrei is transported to the planet Skantos, but it is now presented as him falling unconscious en route to TERAPRO.
- Anahita and Isla existed as characters well before the time period in which Book 1 - "The Insurgency" takes place, and therefore their origin stories were adjusted.
- There are many instances in the earlier books in which countries are presented as individuals - any mention of countries outside of Book 5 - "From Dusk to Dawn in Miyaki" is considered as referring to the president of the country or a similar important figure. For example, Jimmy Navarro is referred to where "California" is named.
- There are considerable lore discrepancies concerning Emerald as a character in Book 1 - "The Insurgency." They are now considered a separate character rather than a fusion gem.
- The Digiverse project, although labelled as being in its prototype phase by the events of Book 6 - "Once more, unto the Digiverse!", is inferred to have begun development soon after the "death" of Carbonado in Book 4 - "The Divine Resurgence". This was done in order to preserve Andrei and Cormac's continuity, in other words, provide a way in which they could live past old age.
- Carbonado is the only character to appear in all thirteen installments.
- Book 7 - "The World Machine" was originally titled "Echoes of the Cataclysm".
- Book 8 - "The Flavros Project" was originally titled "The Loom of Fate."
- The title "War of the Worlds, Part 1" was retroactively added to "Guinevere Lacrimae" after its conclusion.
