THE YEAR IS 9996 ATF...
07/01/25:
SO.
Blue Horizon deals a lot with differing eras, both science fantasy and IRL. Let's begin by breaking down how Blue Horizon's eras truly work.
Some 100,000 years ago, Earthians became space-worthy. They traveled across the galaxy.
The era they became space-worthy is in "the Early Information Era." There is some implication that this era is somewhere around the years of ~2000 AD.
Here's a few artworks involving "Antonio" and "Alejandro" from the early 2000's to early 2020's.
There are two Antonio characters from the 2010's and 2020's who look like each other, one older holding onto his phone, and one with sparkling eyes behind him. They have lighter brown skin and brown eyes. By them is our typical Antonio Chandrani-Rivera with red eyes and brown skin. They are all taking a selfie. 2020's Antonio's expression is muted and frowning, 2010's Antonio is excited, and far-future Antonio Chandrani-Rivera with his red eyes is worried or fed up.Above sketch was created for the character blog event, Antonio Chandrani-Rivera's Secret Blog: Trio, Antonio, 2005 and the Neko. It features 3 different Antonios, with the implication that the first two are the same Antonio from 100,000 years past (our era on Earth, approximately 2010's to 2020's AD). The last Antonio with red eyes is our typical Antonio Chandrani-Rivera on planet Imion 100,000 years in the future.
alejandro with short dark hair, brown eyes, a black tanktop and dia de los muertos paint on his face over oceanic graphic and white surrounding. on top, in pink, it says messily, "it's easier to learn expressions again away from you.Above is a 2000's AD era Alejandro sketch I was initially not going to share for a long time. He is wearing partial Dia de los Muertos make-up with a focus on red and pink paint.
(Again, for people who keep track of the side stories i've been releasing, just a reminder that 2010's Antonio references being with Alejandro, and I said 2000's Alejandro above.)
Some 90,000 years later AND 100,000 LIGHTYEARS away, the planet Imion winds up in trouble. There is a systemic collapse within their solar system. They become shut away from the rest of the galaxy.
This era is Nasir and Leila Hadid-Salah's era. They are Blasian main protagonists and the past lives of Antonio Chandrani-Rivera and Layla Chandrani.
During Nasir and Leila's era, the calendar they utilize is 19990 EOS. More regarding this era will be revealed within the first novel.
When it comes to this era, due to the actual focal decade (main timeline/era/decade) within Blue Horizon, Nasir + Leila's era will extremely frequently be termed "10,000 years ago."
Nasir, Leila, and their friends Shakir and Luna (both black) are termed "Ancients" by their modern incarnations, who will all exist 10,000 years in the future.
left forefront of the canvas has sketch of leila hadid-salah with wavy hair that falls everywhere, an intense frown and serious gaze. she wears a v-neck.
upper left part of the canvas has sketch of nasir hadid-salah, who is staring upward while wearing a schenti. he has furrowed brows and very short cropped afro. he has an axe on his shoulder, shown behind him.
upper right part of the canvas has shakir, who is smiling toward nasir, is bald and wears a cloak.
right forefront of the canvas has luna adebayo, who is staring a bit drolly at leila hadid, with short cropped afro hair and wears an ankh.
they're all black characters and part of a futuristic fantasy egyptian environment.
the canvas of clip studio is showing.Above is a current sketch of Blue Horizon verse's Main 4's Ancient selves from 10,000 years past…!
Clockwise Leila Hadid-Salah (Layla Chandrani), Nasir Hadid-Salah (Antonio Chandrani-Rivera), Shakir (Alejandro [Caldera-]Altaha) and Luna Adebayo (Alia [Atif-]Akinyemi).
(AKA both "100,000 years ago" and "10,000 years ago" is important in the verse.)
Some 100,000 years after humans spread across the galaxy, planet Imion is attempting to recover. This is the main era Blue Horizon's novels and supplementary material are centered in. The decade particularly crucial is 9990's ATF.
However, many decades prior are crucial during the story, too.
Crucial decades within the main Blue Horizon canon are: 9980's to 9990's ATF and at certain points, 9950's to 9970's ATF.
![Art alt-text begins. a sketch where both diego and fernando are blushing intensely, diego a little more so while soft in the eyes. both are happy while conversing. it says on the left '[hidden date and month] and year 9994. we salvaged a diary entry. diego garza... it turns out there's a further reason my brother antonio's so interested in him. they're both genuinely into astronomy? diego's rather nerdy about math. like me. how odd. this feeling...' by fernando on the right it says 'to be fenrando chandrani-rivera is all trouble. that's all it is. i want to stay fernando. i want to stay at his side! as fernando chandrani-rivera.' Art alt-text ends.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/56e553d30f57d57530873a452d694bb8/dbf7b8ee5e0bf982-e9/s1280x1920/8ed38ec615d5dea0670763c22623942b930c521c.pnj)
a sketch where both diego and fernando are blushing intensely, diego a little more so while soft in the eyes. both are happy while conversing. it says on the left "[hidden date and month] and year 9994. we salvaged a diary entry. diego garza... it turns out there's a further reason my brother antonio's so interested in him. they're both genuinely into astronomy? diego's rather nerdy about math. like me. how odd. this feeling..." by fernando on the right it says "to be fenrando chandrani-rivera is all trouble. that's all it is. i want to stay fernando. i want to stay at his side! as fernando chandrani-rivera."Above is a sketch involving Diego Garza and Fernando Chandrani-Rivera, within which the decade of the 9990's ATF is first noted. This sketch will be cleaned up further soon and so it might change later.
Crucial IRL decades are: [Spoiler era], then 2000's A.D. in particular. There will also be focus on 2010's to early 2020's A.D.
That's all for now.