Welcome to Paragon City, the greatest city in America and home to the world's most famous heroes. The city has claimed for itself the title "birthplace of the hero," an assertion that may or may not be true. However, no one can deny the fact that today Paragon City is home to more super powered heroes than any other metropolis on the planet. Why? Because not only is Paragon City the largest city in the US, it also goes out of its way to support its hero population. In Paragon City, heroes fight crime and villainy with the government's approval and to the population's applause. Here a hero can rise to the heights of fame, fortune, and power as long as he keeps his image positive and the local authorities appeased.

• 1823 - Smithport unites with neighboring cities and becomes Paragon City
• 1861 - Paragon City becomes major Army and Navy depot for the US during Civil War
• 1918 - Marcus Cole, who becomes the Statesman, travels the Far East
• 1929 - Stock Market Crash, Organized Crime comes to dominate Paragon City
• 1932 - The Stateman, The Darkwatcher, and Maiden Justice form Freedom Phalanx
• 1933 - The Freedom Phalanx wages and wins its war against organized crime
• 1937 - Citizen Crime Fighting Act legalizes super powered vigilantism in Paragon City

• 1930 - Rise of totalitarian regime in Nazi Germany begins
• 1937 - Germany creates super powered soldiers as World War II begins
• 1940 - Dawn Patrol helps defend besieged British Isles
• 1941 - Axis forces attack Pearl Harbor and Paragon City
• 1941 - Freedom Phalanx helps defend Great Britain from Nazi incursions
• 1942 - Paragon City Becomes training ground for super powered soldiers
• 1942 - Fifth Column attacks Hero Brigade in Liberty Plaza

• 1942 - First Hero Brigade arrives in North Africa
• 1942 - Sand Kings achieve consistant victories behind enemy lines
• 1943 - German Storm Korps terrorize British Isles
• 1943 - Japanese Imperial Wind clashes with US heroes in Pacific
• 1944 - Allied heroes fight Storm Korps on D-Day
• 1945 - Battle of Black Forest marks defeat of Nazi super soldiers
• 1946 - Lord of Frosts kills Captain Volcano and disapears

• 1945 - Nemesis produces final component of robot army
• 1946 - Nemesis seizes Washington DC
• 1948 - Dr Mnemonic Synthesizes airborn antidote
• 1949 - First war veteran turns to life of crime
• 1950 - The Horde and other super villains ravage Paragon City
• 1952 - 2nd Citizen Crime Fighting Act deputizes super powered hero organizations
• 1953 - Freedom Phalanx becomes first legally recognized hero group

• 1956 - Might for Right Act Passed
• 1960 - Super powered covert ops become commonplace
• 1965 - Drafted super soldiers fight in secret across globe
• 1967 - Supreme Court declares Might for Right unconstitutional
• 1976 - Statesman attacked with nuclear weapon over Finland
• 1977 - Hero One brokers arms reduction treaty

• 1981 - Back Alley Brawler launches war on street drugs in Paragon City
• 1983 - Regulators and Dawn Patrol team up to attack drug fields
• 1984 - "Supes" makes its first appearence on the streets
• 1985 - Horrifying nature of drug manufacturers discovered
• 1988 - Dr. Brian Webb smashes Dimension Barrier
• 1989 - Reichsman and Amerika Korps fight Freedom Phalanx

• 1993 - Valiant Defender of The Motherland founded in Moscow
• 1994 - Rebecca Foss founds Hero Corps
• 1995 - Luminary becomes spokesperson for Hero Corps
• 1998 - Hero Corps tries to open franshise in Paragon City
• 1999 - Crey Industries backs failed attempt to franchise Hero Corps
• 2000 - United Nations Founds Special Council on Super Human Activities

• 2002 - On May 23rd, thousands of mysterious lights appear over Paragon City
• 2002 - The alien invaders attack, crippling the city's infrastructure
• 2002 - By May 24th the city is divided into a patchwork of alien and human zones
• 2002 - The United Nations forms the Vanguard to organize super powered response
• 2002 - The invaders begin to concentrate their attacks on the world's heroes
• 2002 - Omega Team travels to Rikti homeworld, never to be heard from again