2014: Bacteria killing fabric known as Silver TNCQ discovered in Melbourne, Australia

2022: Silver TNCQ cloth begins being tested on small animals, found to augment immune system while worn

2037: Silver TNCQ begins being sewn into clothing and tested on humans, but after six months the testing was found out and stopped, scientists involved jailed.

2039: Asteroid found in The Democratic Republic of Congo after being buried within the earth for thousands of years, speculated to be of extra-terrestrial origin. After being taken to Australia for examination it was found that it appeared to be of multicoloured cloth like material, later that year they replicated the Silver TNCQ experiment with similar results.

2042: Australian scientists begin running tests on the asteroid, the cloth like material was found to be sentient and would respond actively to contact with humans. Fragments of the asteroid were woven into the cloth and tested on rats. They began showing a remarkable increase in intelligence and strength, which increased over time, but their lifespan dramatically decreased. Combining the asteroid with Silver TNCQ alleviated this problem.

2044-2047: Asteroid fragments of single colours found in Japan, America, Australia, China, South Korea, India, France, England, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and Thailand.

2047: Asteroid material mixed with Silver TNCQ begins being tested on humans in secret in Honnouji, Japan. The material was given the name "Red Fibre" due to its colour. Humans showed an increase in intelligence and strength, as did their animal counterparts, but also radical changes in behaviour. These included mood swings, schizophrenic symptoms, symptoms of sociopathy, and increased libido. The more Red Fibre one wore, the more severe the behavioural changes.

2048-2049: American scientists emulate the Red Fibre experiment using the native variant Yellow Fibre and other nations follow suit. It was found that no matter the colour, the effects of the fibres were the same and those in the age group 14-24 displayed highest Red Fibre tolerance but also the most severe personality changes.

2050: Red Fibre experiment goes awry, all scientists and test subjects dead save one survivor, Souma Kiryuin. The incident in Honnouij causes the rest of the world to put their test runs to a halt. Experiment data buried, the public was told the incident was a nuclear leak.

2055-2080: Souma Kiryuin restarts his research on Red Fibres in secret, testing the material on his various family members. The newfound intelligence and strength of the family made them rise to prominence, and the Kiryuins became one of the richest and most influential families in Japan.

2088: The Kiryuin Conglomerate in more experiments finds that existing clothing in various parts of the world ended up containing Red Fibres in small amounts, indicating that Fibres have been in use long before they were discovered. Later that year it was found they played a vital role in the evolution of the human brain throughout history, prompting them to be renamed as Life Fibres.

2090: The Kiryuin Conglomerate begins manufacturing clothing imbued with Life Fibres. Crimson brand clothing becomes popular within the country.

2110: Japan becomes the most powerful country in the world; other nations begin producing clothing imbued with their various Life Fibres in order to replicate its success. The behavioural changes however persist, and humanity begins to grow increasingly bipolar and violent.

2124: Human beings who have been wearing Life Fibre induced clothing for more than twenty years start going on rampages all over the world. It was later found that prolonged exposure to Life Fibres caused the wearer to be controlled by them until they would eventually cease to exist. Possessed humans, now known as COVERS, begin to call more to their aid by speeding up the consumption process of other human beings.

2125: Crimson Corporation, now known as REVOCS Corporation, becomes one of the many corporations to aid the COVERS in their conquest of humanity.

2130-2137: The First Life Fibre Invasion, a war between COVERS and their sympathizers and the resistance, begins and lasts for seven years. The resistance is crushed and most of the world's nations are impoverished and their cities destroyed.

2150: Over one half of the world's population consumed or dead, the COVERS, aided by Life Fibre sympathizers, are now a mainstay and free humans have turned to hiding. Economic and social strata are now determined by connection to Life Fibres.

2155: The Spectrum Alliance, an international group of Life Fibre sympathizers, is formed.

2160: Humans begin fusing themselves with Life Fibres to make the benefits of Life Fibre clothing permanent, thus creating Hybrids. They resemble normal humans save for having coloured streaks of hair and abnormal eyes.

2170: Over ten percent of the remaining population consists of Hybrids.

2190-2220: The Second Life Fibre Invasion begins and lasts for ten years, the resistance manages to defeat the COVERS, but Life Fibre clothing is still being produced.

2240: The Kiryuin Conglomerate's eldest daughter, Ragyo Kiryuin, becomes a Hybrid.

2255: Ragyo and her husband, Soichirou begin experimentation on their twin daughters. Attempts to turn the elder one into a Hybrid failed, and the younger one died. Soichirou defects from REVOCS and goes into hiding.

2258: The Spectrum Alliance, which Ragyo is a part of, begins its plans to revive the COVERS.