Timeline

A day-by-day history of major events on Parallel.

2020

A spherical rift begins to form over Spawn Town

• March 30: The server opening is teased on YouTube.
• April 1:
  • Parallel opens to players, with access to Parallel Prime and Nether Prime.
  • The lorebook An Unfamiliar Past touches on the mysterious ruins at Spawn Town and asks where nether portals come from.
• April ?: Four purple parallel lines (later identified as linear rifts) are spotted in the sky over Spawn Town.
• April 9:
  • The four tears in the sky expand into a sphere.
  • Niall first appears, identifying himself as a traveler with an intent to "keep an eye" on the anomaly.
• April 18: The sphere expands and develops an outer layer. Niall deems this a normal occurrence, though occurring sooner than expected.
• April 29: The sphere seemingly collapses into a small 5-block area consisting of end portal blocks surrounded by barriers.
• May 12: A neutral mob, identified by Niall as a wisp, is first observed in the settlement Heiwa Kame; more wisps are later found elsewhere. Niall forbids players from provoking the Wisps by killing them.
• May 15 Construction begins on the Shopping District in Parallel Prime.
• May 28: The sphere in the sky once again expands.
• June 1:
  • The Shopping District officially opens in Parallel Prime.
  • Red, a shopkeeper villager, appears in the newly established Shopping District and sets up a kiosk. He appears perplexed, unsure of where he or his shop supplies came from.
• June 8: The spherical anomaly continues to expand. A team of players towers toward it and encounters unusual effects, such as levitation and glowing. Wisps are spotted at its base. Niall warns that it is growing unstable.