1916:

- Adam MacFall (18), an aspiring Scottish actor and playwright living in London with his mother and baby sister, Freya (1), is conscripted to fight in WW1.

- At the Battle of the Somme, Adam fights in the trenches. His fellows abandon him, but he survives thanks to the efforts of a field nurse.

1918:

-WW1 ends. Adam (20) returns home, deeply emotionally scarred from his experiences in the war.
 

1919:

-Adam’s mother dies of tuberculosis.
- Adam (21) moves to New York to start life anew with Freya (5). He becomes employed as an actor in a New York underground theater, “Infinity’s Aperture”, owned by Rufus Powell.  
 

1920:

-Powell takes pity on the strange young man, beginning to view him like a son.
- Adam’s (22) reputation grows quickly. His acting is incredibly evocative, and draws in a large audience, particularly when the Prohibition begins and Infinity’s Aperture doubles as a speakeasy. However, he always had a bigger interest in writing; Powell doesn’t produce any of Adam’s plays due to their macabre nature, but he encourages his craft.

1925:

-Adam (27) acquires US citizenship, after having been in the US for over 5 years.
-Powell entrusts Adam with more responsibilities in running Infinity’s Aperture.

1929:

-The Great Depression begins. Infinity’s Aperture manages to hold on due to the theater still doubling as a speakeasy, but some employees are let go. Adam (31) remains, but is paid less. His sister, Freya (14), begins to get sick.

- Adam writes another new show, but is once again turned down to produce and direct it by Powell.

1930:

-Powell sadly says he must let Adam (32) go due to no longer being able to pay him.
- With no money to care for Freya (15), Freya succumbs to her illness, and dies.
- Adam goes into a deep depression. His writing is the only thing he lives for now.
 

1933:

-The Prohibition ends. Infinity’s Aperture suffers further losses now that alcohol is legal.
-Out of the blue, Adam (35) shows up and asks Powell to put on his newest show. Powell of course declines, and Adam kills him.

-Adam forges Powell’s signature, gaining ownership of Infinity’s Aperture, telling the tale that Powell had always viewed him as a son and was secretly training him behind-the-scenes to take over the business.

1934:

- Adam (36), after taking over the company, rebrands Infinity’s Aperture to “MacFall Theater” to solidify his ownership.
- A young orphan and aspiring actress, Evelyn Campbell (16), auditions for Adam’s play, and is cast instantly. The play depicts the brutalities of war, and Evelyn stars as a young field nurse who commits suicide at the end of the play.
- This play drives away most (if not all) of Infinity Aperture’s usual audience. But its strangeness and macabre nature spreads by word of mouth, and quickly attracts a new, darker audience. Revenue starts to return.
 

1935-1936:

- Adam writes and directs a series of darker and darker plays, each of them starring Evelyn and depicting various horrors that humanity has been responsible for.
- Evelyn (18), despite her success, wants to leave and continue her career elsewhere, but Adam won’t let her ‘abandon’ him. He threatens her, showing her what really happened to Powell.
- Hector Anderson (15), an orphaned street rat at the time, weaseled his way in and saw one of Evelyn’s performances, and was instantly enraptured with the art.

1937:

- Hector (18) begins to shadow Adam (39) as a trainee director, and begins using the nickname “the Hetch”. He is a little too enthusiastic about the nature of the shows, viewing them more as outlets for his innate sadism and narcissism than as cautionary tales about what atrocities humanity is capable of.

1939:

- Jeremy Elbertson (20) joins the cast - he is naive and earnest, believing MacFall’s works to be Shakespearean in their quality and messages.

- Hetch (20) grows increasingly envious of the Evelyn’s limelight, wanting all of Adam’s attention for himself.

- WW2 begins.

1941:

- Adam (43) is drafted to fight in WW2.
- Before he leaves, Adam assigns Hetch (22) to temporarily replace him as interim director.
- In his arrogance and mentor’s absence, Hetch purposely casts Evelyn (23) in demeaning roles and does everything he can to belittle her, while simultaneously forcing her and Jeremy (22) by means of violent coercion to continue working for the company.

1943:

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1945:

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- With covert funding from [[REDACTED]], [[REDACTED]] continues her work from [[REDACTED]] while Adam (47) returns to MacFall Theater in New York with plans to test whatever new technology [[REDACTED]] produces.

- Upon returning to MacFall Theater, Adam promptly closes the doors to the public and purchases the building atop the Theater, as well as the immediate surrounding ones.

- No one on the outside hears from Hetch (26), Evelyn (27), or Jeremy (26) at this time.