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Eras

These 17 Eras serve as a timeline for the many stories represented by the 3879 Eidolon Station entries. Starting with the standard divisions of prehistory (Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age, plus the Lovecraftian epoch that may have come before them), this section also includes eras defined by mechanical advances (Scientific Revolution), artistic movements (Realism, Modernism), and cultural trends (Counterculture). Characters are sorted by the time in which their narratives take place, rather than when they were first published (if different).
Category Eras
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Description These 17 Eras serve as a timeline for the many stories represented by the 3879 Eidolon Station entries. Starting with the standard divisions of prehistory (Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age, plus the Lovecraftian epoch that may have come before them), this section also includes eras defined by mechanical advances (Scientific Revolution), artistic movements (Realism, Modernism), and cultural trends (Counterculture). Characters are sorted by the time in which their narratives take place, rather than when they were first published (if different).
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Prehuman Epoch

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Category Prehuman Epoch
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A time before hominins, before 3.3 Mya, a time of primordial things… protean beasts, sulfuric crawlers, night gaunts, evil gods; where the creatures of the Mythos originated, followed by the dinosaurs. Era The Prehuman Epoch […]
Entry Prehuman Epoch
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A time before hominins, before 3.3 Mya, a time of primordial things… protean beasts, sulfuric crawlers, night gaunts, evil gods; where the creatures of the Mythos originated, followed by the dinosaurs. Era The Prehuman Epoch […]
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Stone Age

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Category Stone Age
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The millennia long after the extinction of the dinosaur and the evolution of ape into man, but before metallurgy. The period of human history when the first known use of stone tools by hominins arose, […]
Entry Stone Age
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The millennia long after the extinction of the dinosaur and the evolution of ape into man, but before metallurgy. The period of human history when the first known use of stone tools by hominins arose, […]
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Bronze Age

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Category Bronze Age
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The Bronze Age is also called the Heroic Age, the era of the Trojan War, the Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules. Adventurers Jason, Perseus, and Theseus confront Talos, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Gilgamesh fights […]
Entry Bronze Age
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The Bronze Age is also called the Heroic Age, the era of the Trojan War, the Argonauts, and the Labors of Hercules. Adventurers Jason, Perseus, and Theseus confront Talos, Medusa, and the Minotaur. Gilgamesh fights […]
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Iron Age

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Category Iron Age
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Of the 3879 Eidolon Station entries, only 13 represent stories that take place during this transitional period. While figures like Telemachus, Nausicaa, and Demodocus continue the Heroic Age themes of warriors and gods, and Near […]
Entry Iron Age
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Of the 3879 Eidolon Station entries, only 13 represent stories that take place during this transitional period. While figures like Telemachus, Nausicaa, and Demodocus continue the Heroic Age themes of warriors and gods, and Near […]
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Classical Antiquity

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Category Classical Antiquity
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As literacy increased during this roughly 1,300 years, Greek and Roman culture shaped modern literature, philosophy, and art. While wars, Roman campaigns, and the subsequent sackings of Rome, reshaped political landscapes many times over, the […]
Entry Classical Antiquity
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As literacy increased during this roughly 1,300 years, Greek and Roman culture shaped modern literature, philosophy, and art. While wars, Roman campaigns, and the subsequent sackings of Rome, reshaped political landscapes many times over, the […]
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Medieval Age

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Category Medieval Age
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This roughly 1000-year period begins with the literary depictions of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain, often set in the 5th or 6th century, and extends to the Robin Hood legends, generally associated with […]
Entry Medieval Age
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This roughly 1000-year period begins with the literary depictions of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain, often set in the 5th or 6th century, and extends to the Robin Hood legends, generally associated with […]
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The Renaissance

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Category The Renaissance
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The Renaissance included Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1440, eventually followed by printed editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy in 1481, widely-shared. The era is highlighted by the work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) […]
Entry The Renaissance
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The Renaissance included Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1440, eventually followed by printed editions of Dante’s Divine Comedy in 1481, widely-shared. The era is highlighted by the work of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) […]
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Scientific Revolution

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Category Scientific Revolution
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This era, named for a rapid accumulation of knowledge, saw groundbreaking work published on electricity, optics, mechanical calculation, and the human body. The “science heroes” Copernicus in 1543, Kepler in 1609, Galileo in 1610, and […]
Entry Scientific Revolution
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This era, named for a rapid accumulation of knowledge, saw groundbreaking work published on electricity, optics, mechanical calculation, and the human body. The “science heroes” Copernicus in 1543, Kepler in 1609, Galileo in 1610, and […]
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Enlightenment and Neoclassicism

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Category Enlightenment and Neoclassicism
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During the 18th century, French and American revolutions weakened monarchies and increased individual liberties. But in such serious times, serious literature was often paralleled with satire. While Defoe’s castaway Robinson Crusoe (1719) reproduced Enlightenment ideals […]
Entry Enlightenment and Neoclassicism
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During the 18th century, French and American revolutions weakened monarchies and increased individual liberties. But in such serious times, serious literature was often paralleled with satire. While Defoe’s castaway Robinson Crusoe (1719) reproduced Enlightenment ideals […]
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Romantic Age

Category Romantic Age
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The beginning of the 19th century saw individualism in the face of the “sublime” emphasized in the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Lord Byron, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who celebrated Nature and the natural world. […]
Entry Romantic Age
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The beginning of the 19th century saw individualism in the face of the “sublime” emphasized in the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Lord Byron, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who celebrated Nature and the natural world. […]
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Realism and Victorian Age

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Category Realism and Victorian Age
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The Realism art movement portrayed life as it really was. Authors most associated with the Victorian – Dickens, Austin, the Bronte sisters – constructed stories around social issues. On the surface, Poe, Stoker, Verne, and […]
Entry Realism and Victorian Age
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The Realism art movement portrayed life as it really was. Authors most associated with the Victorian – Dickens, Austin, the Bronte sisters – constructed stories around social issues. On the surface, Poe, Stoker, Verne, and […]
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Belle Époque

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Category Belle Époque
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During the “Beautiful Era,” amateur detectives multiplied — Sherlock Holmes, Arsène Lupin, Nick Carter, Rouletabille, Father Brown, and Craig Kennedy — alongside occult investigators Carnacki, John Silence, and Sar Dubnotal. Criminal masterminds Fantômas, Fu Manchu, […]
Entry Belle Époque
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During the “Beautiful Era,” amateur detectives multiplied — Sherlock Holmes, Arsène Lupin, Nick Carter, Rouletabille, Father Brown, and Craig Kennedy — alongside occult investigators Carnacki, John Silence, and Sar Dubnotal. Criminal masterminds Fantômas, Fu Manchu, […]
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Modernism Era

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Category Modernism Era
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Between 1914 and 1937, American pulp magazines provided a century’s worth of artistic eras on the same newsstand. Pulps still carried the DNA of 19th-century Romanticism, as in the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Stories […]
Entry Modernism Era
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Between 1914 and 1937, American pulp magazines provided a century’s worth of artistic eras on the same newsstand. Pulps still carried the DNA of 19th-century Romanticism, as in the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Stories […]
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World War II Era

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Category World War II Era
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“They asked for it and Uncle Sam is going to give it to them!” A pop culture infused with American superhero comic books didn’t exist before the late 1930s. By 1945, they dominated. While every […]
Entry World War II Era
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“They asked for it and Uncle Sam is going to give it to them!” A pop culture infused with American superhero comic books didn’t exist before the late 1930s. By 1945, they dominated. While every […]
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Atomic Age

Category Atomic Age
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The 630 entries below represent all the public domain characters introduced during the Atomic Age (1945-1963), in stories set contemporaneously. This period saw many more stories set in eras before or after the Atomic Age, […]
Entry Atomic Age
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The 630 entries below represent all the public domain characters introduced during the Atomic Age (1945-1963), in stories set contemporaneously. This period saw many more stories set in eras before or after the Atomic Age, […]
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Counterculture Era

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Category Counterculture Era
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Of the 35 characters below, the Counterculture era is best represented by Octobriana and Trashman, both subversive underground comix from Russia (or Prague) and San Francisco, respectively. Most works produced during this era were published […]
Entry Counterculture Era
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Of the 35 characters below, the Counterculture era is best represented by Octobriana and Trashman, both subversive underground comix from Russia (or Prague) and San Francisco, respectively. Most works produced during this era were published […]
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The Future

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Category The Future
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The influence of the Flash Gordon film serials on the 435 characters included below is obvious. Many are simply minor variations on Flash, Ming, Dale, Zarkov, and their rayguns, hawkmen, and rocket ships. Of all […]
Entry The Future
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The influence of the Flash Gordon film serials on the 435 characters included below is obvious. Many are simply minor variations on Flash, Ming, Dale, Zarkov, and their rayguns, hawkmen, and rocket ships. Of all […]