Dead Island - Brief Timeline Explained (LORE)

A brief and summarized timeline of events covering all media within the Dead Island universe on how the outbreak occurred.

Before the events of Dead Island:

In Narapela - GeoPharm:

An international pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in California, was founded by visionary biologist Ronald Crown. GeoPharm's facilities grew throughout the world - with key locations in California, Europe and on the Banoi Archipelago, a volcanic island chain near Papua New Guinea. Ronald Crown, together with Chase Barrister, is obsessed with working on a cure for Kuru.

In order to work freely on his research without any distractions, GeoPharm founder and CEO Ronald Crown buys Narapela, a small island in the Banoi Archipelago located near Papua New Guinea. A research facility is built in order to find a cure for Kuru. Initially, the research by Ronald Crown and Chase Barrister goes really well, but after a horrible discovery they decide to stop their research and seal the labs.

Mr. Emory Crown:

After the death of Ronald Crown, his son Emory becomes the new CEO of GeoPharm. With the help of a mysterious organisation, Emory gets access to additional resources. This allows him to start new and expensive projects, including a new advanced research facility on Narapela, to continue his father’s research of the cure for the Kuru disease.

Planting the Seed:

When Chase Barrister realizes that GeoPharm continued his and Ronald Crown’s work, he threatens Emory Crown that if they won’t stop, he’ll go public with all the results of the original research. A few weeks later, Chase Barrister dies in his laboratory because of horrible accident. Kevin Barrister, Chase’s son, blames Emory Crown and GeoPharm for his father’s death and swears revenge.

Infiltration of GeoPharm:

Suspicious about the recent activities of GeoPharm, the Chinese government sends in two agents to investigate. One, got sent to Narapela to infiltrate the research labs, while the other one infiltrates the GeoPharm executive summit at the Royal Palms Resort on Banoi. The name of this other agent is Xian Mei.

Events of Dead Island:

In Banoi - The Royal Palms Disaster:

During the GeoPharm executive summit at the Royal Palms Resort on Banoi, a terrorist called Charon unleashes a deadly virus which kills most of the attendees, including Emory Crown, and turns them into zombies. This assassination causes the first big zombie outbreak on the whole island. It marks the beginning of a journey of four immune survivors who fight their way through Banoi in order to escape the island; Sam B, Xian Mei, Logan and Purna.

Escaping Banoi:

After defeating Ryder White, who mutated after using a vaccine, the survivors on Banoi escape by helicopter together with Charon. They didn’t know that their journey had just begun.

Events of Riptide:

Near Palanai - Survivors escaped Banoi, but ended up aboard a military ship patrolling around Palanai, only to get immediately arrested by Samuel Hardy and kept against their will. After awaking they meet John Morgan, a former soldier with an unknown past locked up with them in the same cabin.

Events of Escape Dead Island:

In Narapela - Rumors spread about a zombie outbreak on a small tropical island called Banoi. Cliff Calo, son of a media mogul, is excited by the idea of being the first one to show the world that zombies are real and convinces his friends Devan and Linda to go on a journey of a lifetime. They steal Cliff’s father’s boat and set sail to the Banoi Archipelago to unveil the truth about the Royal Palms disaster.

Events of Dead Island: Epidemic

In Amaia - John Sinamoi managed to escape the disaster on Banoi and arrived at the small island of Amaia. He though he is safe, but not for long. He found himself surrounded by infected. But is saved by mysterious group of survivors. All of them armed with provisional weapons and immune to a deadly virus.

Sinamoi decides to stay and help them collect supplies to survive. Despite the deadly virus being still the same, turning defenseless people into hordes of undead, some immune survivors decided to adapt instead of resist.

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