Chronology · dates remain approximate

Eighty
thousand years.

B’s history is not a continuous calendar. It survives as memory, testimony, recovered fragments, and stories set centuries apart. Events are placed only as precisely as their sources allow.

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Uncertainty is part of the record. “Ancient world” means the source supplies no defensible year. Publication order does not establish historical order.

01
Originc. 80,000 years agoUnnamed prehistoric settlement

Birth of Unute

B is born after his people seek a weapon capable of ending the attacks that threaten them. The story gives a span, not a calendar date.

BRZRKR #4–8
02
RegenerationPrehistoryPrehistoric world

The first recoveries

Injury and death reveal that B’s body does not remain destroyed. The experience begins the long separation between his lifespan and every community around him.

Original series
03
WarAncient world · date unknownAtlantis

Protector of Atlantis

B safeguards an advanced ancient kingdom whose stability depends on the violence he provides. A hidden cult exposes a danger that physical strength alone cannot contain.

Poetry of Madness #1
04
WarAncient world · date unknownOlos

Fall of Olos

A survivor remembers B as the God King and recounts the destruction of a once-thriving empire. The narrative itself warns that memory and testimony may be unreliable.

Fallen Empire #1
05
RegenerationBronze Age · date unknownBronze Age laboratory

The derived life

Rogue scientists siphon material shed during B’s regeneration and create an independent life. The one-shot records the setting without supplying a precise calendar date.

Light Draws Breath #1 ↗
06
War13th centuryMongol campaigns

Service under Genghis Khan

B becomes an ultimate weapon in the Khan’s expanding wars. The scale of the campaign forces him to confront the purpose and cost of his allegiance.

The Lost Book of B #1
07
RegenerationHistorical period unstatedAt sea

The Bleeding Tide

A pirate captain follows a heartbeat below the water and finds B’s damaged mass locked in a chained box. His return pulls him into an ambush at sea.

The Bleeding Tide #1
08
ProgramPresent dayUnited States

The government bargain

B undertakes operations too violent for ordinary forces. In exchange, the government promises research into the source of his immortality and the possibility of ending it.

BRZRKR #1–12
09
ElsewherePresent day · parallel prose continuityClassified operations

The impossible return

A mortal soldier returns from death, directing B toward a force that may be as powerful and mysterious as he is.

The Book of Elsewhere

Chronology sources

BRZRKR #1–12 · Poetry of Madness · Fallen Empire · The Lost Book of B. · A Faceful of Bullets · The Bleeding Tide · Light Draws Breath

See publication order →