Sort out the timeline and related questions of the four parts of Underworld

Briana 2021-10-22 14:32:33

The Underworld series is not a work conceived as a whole, but a step-by-step look at the production, so it is normal that there are bugs that cannot be justified in the time and setting. But the director obviously pays attention to this background structure and logical setting, so he spent a lot of pen and ink in Evolution to reconstruct the history mentioned in 1, and in 3, he detailed the origin of the blood family and the Lycans war. Through the explanations of these three films, combined with the official novels, a rough timetable can be drawn up.
1. Timetable
At the beginning of the fifth century, Alexander Corvinus, the Duke of Hungary, activated the undead gene in his body due to plague infection, becoming the first and most powerful undead race, and possessing the unmutated pure Corvinus undead gene. (Official novel of Black 1)
Between the middle of the fifth century and the end of the fifth century, Alexander gave birth to three children. The twins Marcus and William were bitten by bats and wolves and caused genetic mutations, and became the ancestors of Vampire and werewolf. In the third child, the undead gene was not activated, and died during normal reproduction, leaving behind a direct bloodline of Alexander, part of which carried the unactivated and unmutated undead gene, that is, Michael. (Black 1)
William lost his mind and was unable to maintain his human form. He became a beast and wounded others. He kept creating werewolves (the ancestors of Lycans, unable to restore human form). In order to find and stop his brothers, Marcus consciously couldn't fight against so many werewolves, he chose Victor. The dying lord turned him into a vampire and created an army of vampires, the earliest Death Dealer. It is likely that at the same time, Marcus infected Amelia, forming the old-fashioned political prototype of the vampire family.
In 1202 AD, the three elders of the blood family jointly captured William and imprisoned him. At this time, Victor, who was good at playing politics, successfully overwhelmed Marcus with the army and William and became the first person of the blood family. (Black 2 opening)
In 1207, a female werewolf slave of Victor gave birth to a human-shaped baby. Victor originally wanted to be executed, but finally decided to raise it to see what it was, and named it Lucian. It turns out that Lucian has the ability to transform and is no longer a beast. Because of this, Victor used Lucian to infect humans and produce new slaves that are easy to manage and manipulate, the Lycans race.
Sonja was born in 1210 AD. Victor hopes that his wife will enter the Vampire Council, become an administrator and even become an elder (Elder), but Sonja does not love red makeup and arms, and likes to work as a Death Dealer. PS. Sonja is indeed a black-haired girl, just like Selene. As for the image of the blonde at the time of Black 1, the director explained that it was because the money was not enough, and the brunette with good temperament was hard to find, so he found a blonde to deal with it. It is estimated that this is justification. When he made the first film, he did not expect that there would be so many films in the future.
Selene was born in 1383 AD (Black 2 official novel). In Black 2 Selene clearly stated "For six centuries, I was a loyal soldier of the Vampire clan". Alexander also said that Selene has killed Lycans for 600 years.
In about 1388 AD (presumably), William's prison was built (the small and medium Selene part of Black 2). Victor gave the necklace to his daughter and hid the other half of the key in his body.
In 1402 AD, Lucian and Sonja knew each other and fell in love, and the story of Black 3 happened. Victor was injured. Historian Tanis took him and the two other elders' coffins to escape. The vampire suffered heavy casualties and Kraven managed to escape (the relationship between the two began when L was 195 and S was 192 in the official novel)
In 1402 or 1403, when Selene was 19 years old, Victor killed the Selene family in order to prevent William from being released, and first embraced Selene (19-year-old Selene was also blond, and the director was really not particular.)
In 1409, Kraven led the team to regain the lost. Castle, and kill Lucian. It was later confirmed that this was a conspiracy between Lucian and Kraven. (Black 1 official novel). During this period, Victor asked Tanis to modify the history, erasing the existence of Sonja and the origin of the war between the two clans. Because the old vampire was almost dead, the truth gradually disappeared.
In the 18th century, Selene banished Tanis.
In 1975, Michael was born.
In 2003, the Black 1 story began. Because the story of Black 1 and Black 2 is closely connected, the story of Black 2 should also be in the same year, but only a few weeks later at the latest.
In 2012, in Paris, Selene chased and killed one of the werewolf brothers (Night Tale Animation: Endless War). After Alexander's death, no one concealed the existence of the undead, and both races went to the leader to cause chaos. Know the existence of the undead, and began to eliminate the two clans.
It is speculated that Eve will run away in 2024, triggering the Black 4 story.


2. The place where the story takes place
The city part of the story of the legend of the night mainly takes place in Budapest (Michael works in the Budapest hospital), and the vampire house is in the suburbs of Szentendre (Chinese name Shandandan) in the north of Budapest.

Third, pure blood and mixed blood are
the core settings of the Underworld series, Hybird is a very vague thing. The Hybird currently appearing in chronological order are: Michael, Marcus, Selene, Eve, the big werewolves and old werewolves in Black 4, and the little white face of the blood family.
Why Selene is mixed is the key to understanding this problem. Mixed blood involves three kinds of blood. The pure blood of the Vampire, Lycan and Corvinus tribes does not necessarily require a mixture of three to be called mixed blood. The combination of the two bloodlines already belongs to the category of Hybird. Selene's eyes, who had sucked the blood of Alexander Corvinus, had obviously changed, and he was no longer afraid of the sun. Just like the new werewolves in Black 4, they were all mixed races with the help of the pure blood of the Corvinus family.
But the blood of the Corvinus line in this hybrid must be activated, so Lucian in Black 1 cannot be immune to silver even if he is injected with Michael's blood, and Michael, who has become a werewolf, cannot be immune to silver, and can only rely on Selene to inject Vampire Virus. To achieve genetic modification to save lives.
In Black 1, the werewolf scientist mentioned that the blood of Vampire and Lycan was merged with the pure blood of the descendants of the ancestors. This hybrid is actually based on Lucian. Lucian is not the opponent of Alexander Corvinus. The ancestor is pure. The blood is definitely not available, so I can only retreat to find Michael. But this method is also applicable to Michael, so the male pigs are cheaper in the end. And this kind of mixed blood is because of the different strength of the blood of the two races (Michael was infected by Lucian first, and Lucian was much stronger than Selene at the time), causing Michael to become a mixed blood that favors werewolves.
When the subject was changed to Marcus, he had both the blood of the ancestor and the purest Vampire Virus, and then mixed with the blood of the Werewolf Doctor to give birth to a vampire-like hybrid.
Eve's pedigree should be more neutral, so the changes when she transforms are much smaller than those of her father.
In this way, mixed blood has the following conditions and characteristics:
1. The blood of the Corvinus line is the key. Among them, the blood that has activated the undead gene can directly enhance, while the unactivated blood has only the neutralizing effect.
2. For the blood of Corvinus line that has activated the immortality gene, the amount of mixing has a direct effect on the effect. Even if it is the blood of the ancestors, if Selene does not absorb enough, it will not be able to achieve the effect of strengthening. In Black 4, large and small werewolves require multiple injections to achieve the effect of silver immunity.
3. The purity of the blood of the wolf and the blood has a direct impact on the traits of the mixed blood. The older the undead, the purer the blood and the better the mixing effect. Lucian is obsessed with Amelia's blood.

Fourth, several issues
1. The establishment of the elders of the blood family (the Chain). In Black 1, Victor told Selene that this system has been in operation for 1,400 years. According to Black 1, the order is V-A-M. But in 1202 when Black 2 opened, the three elders appeared at the same time. In the early fifteenth century in Black 3, Victor was in power again. In this way, according to each elder's 100 years, Amelia should not be the ruling in the story of Black 1.
Possible explanations for this problem are: (1) In special circumstances, the ruling elder can wake up the other two, such as discovering William; (2) The rotation system was set up to restrict Marcus after catching William. Victor said in Black 1. The 1400 years is nonsense; (3) The time that each elder has been in power is not exactly 100 years.
But until now, no official explanation has been given for this issue.
2. The growing up of Vampire and Lycan. In the vampire story that I thought, the appearance remains the same as when I first embraced it. This work seems to have the same meaning, so Victor is an old man and Selene will always be 19 years old. But the question is that Lucian and Sonja were not bitten, they were born, so at what age should their image be maintained?
3. Lycan is related to Moonlight. Lucian couldn’t transform when he watched Sonja burn to death, and he couldn’t transform when unattended. He only transformed when he saw the full moon. In Black 1, the full moon also promoted Michael’s transformation, but it was not decisive, more like catalyst.
4. The hair color of Selene and Sonja is determined to be black, as mentioned earlier.

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Extended Reading
  • Grady 2022-04-20 09:01:24

    Still 1 and the prequel look good

  • Kamryn 2021-10-22 14:41:17

    I think this one is the best! ! The plot and graphics are great! !

Underworld: Evolution quotes

  • Michael Corvin: [to the Armed Officers] Get the fuck away from me.

  • Selene: What will I become?

    Alexander Corvinus: The future.