2011

Unexplained Genetic Expression (UGE) -- elven and dwarven babies are born to human parents.
England's Sizewell B nuclear power station suffers critical meltdown, resulting in a total death count of 17,000.
A nuclear power plant in Dounreay, Scotland suffers a meltdown, creating the Scottish Irradiated Zone.
February 9: The Black Tide hits the North Sea coast, killing thousands and displacing millions in Germany, the Netherlands, UK, Denmark and Norway.
Jul: Operation Discovery, an 8-man Mars Mission, makes planetfall and begins its survey.
Dec 24: The Awakening. Ryumyo appears on Mt. Fuji. Daniel "Howling Coyote" Coleman leaves Abilene DC. The operations module of Operation Discovery crashes on Mars, killing 5 of the 8 astronauts.
Dec 26: ley-lines and standing stones re-emerge all over Britain. First sighting of the Great Welsh Dragon, Celedyr, in Caerleon.