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Dresden Files: Series Timeline
Praeceps:
This is my attempt to make so some of the changes are ready for the timeline:
Approximately 2000 B.C.E.: The Red King is born or possibly reborn.
~1393: The date mortal history says Vlad Drakul was born on. He is a half-mortal like Kincaid, and he is formidable, dangerous, and cruel. Kincaid, called the "Hound of Hell" or the "Hellhound," serves as his right arm for centuries.
~1436: The date mortal history says Vlad Tepes, also known as Dracula, was born on.
1500s: The last major loup-garou rampage before Fool Moon happened around Gevaudan, France.
Mid 1500s: The White Council moved their headquarters to Edinburgh.
1959: The last time the official rate of pay for wardens was set.
At least 25 BSF: Susan Rodriguez is born.
1 ASF, approximately March: Thomas's last involvement with the Oblivion War before Backup.
June 18 -- A rain of toads, Harry makes his deal with Mab, the Council meeting is held, and Elaine returns.
4ASF: Murphy begins teaching Harry to stick fight.
5 ASF, October 29: Dead Beat. Georgia is now in Grad School, which makes sense now that we know she was in college in FM. We're not sure when they started grad school, but we do know that she and the rest of the Alphas are going to graduate in a year and a half. Ramirez is 20, according to Word of God.
October 31: The Darkhallow
7 ASF, Spring (before May): Ghouls attack the Warden training camp known by Harry as Camp Kaboom.
9 ASF, May/June: The Warrior, the short story from Mean Streets. (the reason I say May/June is that they are at the end of their Softball season and are playing in the finals soon.)
11 ASF, October: Changes
And an hour or two later: Aftermath, a novelette from Murphy's POV, published exclusively in Side Jobs.
AGE 24-25: Storm Front
cass:
I know I'm nitpicking, but 1393 and 1436 are years, not dates. Especially considering the uncertainty of the exact timing of these events, may I suggest changing these entries (or at least their first sentences) to something like:
'The (approximate) year in which mortal history says Vlad Drakul was born.'
and
'The (approximate) year in which mortal history says Vlad Tepes, a.k.a Dracula, son of Vlad Drakul, was born.'
A further note on the timing here: we have to assume some number of years (between Drakul's birth and his rise to power (and hence, his employment of Kincaid). The birth of Vlad Tepes(h)/Dracula, however, is a pretty definite time by which Drakul had consolidated power, if Vlad-the-younger went to the Black Court as a way to rebel against his father. (We can also assume that Tepes was fairly young when he did so, if his turning is referred to as a 'teenage rebellion thing'--though I don't think we can necessarily interpret 'teenage' literally.)
Praeceps:
--- Quote from: cass on May 22, 2011, 05:21:04 PM ---I know I'm nitpicking, but 1393 and 1436 are years, not dates. Especially considering the uncertainty of the exact timing of these events, may I suggest changing these entries (or at least their first sentences) to something like:
'The (approximate) year in which mortal history says Vlad Drakul was born.'
and
'The (approximate) year in which mortal history says Vlad Tepes, a.k.a Dracula, son of Vlad Drakul, was born.'
A further note on the timing here: we have to assume some number of years (between Drakul's birth and his rise to power (and hence, his employment of Kincaid). The birth of Vlad Tepes(h)/Dracula, however, is a pretty definite time by which Drakul had consolidated power, if Vlad-the-younger went to the Black Court as a way to rebel against his father. (We can also assume that Tepes was fairly young when he did so, if his turning is referred to as a 'teenage rebellion thing'--though I don't think we can necessarily interpret 'teenage' literally.)
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The tilde is what indicates that they are approximate. As for the content of the further note on timing, it is too vague and based on assumptions to be addable to the timeline.
cass:
The timing of the events, perhaps-- but I think it's fairly safe to say that Baby!Drakul did not begin his existence with a fully formed power base, but acquired it in the fifty or so years between his birth and the birth of his son.
Likewise, Baby!Tepes was not born a Blampire--Blampires are made, not born-- he decided to be turned, and did so, per Eb, in some sort of backlash to his father some years (on the order of one to a few decades, even) after his birth. Given the approximate nature of the years you posted, I don't think the accuracy of the timeline would be damaged by notes on the timing of Drakul's rise to power and the turning of his son to the Black Court. The point is, neither event is immediate to their respective births.
Praeceps:
--- Quote from: cass on May 22, 2011, 06:27:20 PM ---The timing of the events, perhaps-- but I think it's fairly safe to say that Baby!Drakul did not begin his existence with a fully formed power base, but acquired it in the fifty or so years between his birth and the birth of his son.
Likewise, Baby!Tepes was not born a Blampire--Blampires are made, not born-- he decided to be turned, and did so, per Eb, in some sort of backlash to his father some years (on the order of one to a few decades, even) after his birth. Given the approximate nature of the years you posted, I don't think the accuracy of the timeline would be damaged by notes on the timing of Drakul's rise to power and the turning of his son to the Black Court. The point is, neither event is immediate to their respective births.
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But the problem is that we have absolute no clue when either of those things happened beyond just guessing. It is reasonable to say that Drukul wasn't born with a fully formed power base but considering he is Vlad II (and Dracula is Vlad III), it is also reasonable to say the opposite. That is an example of why speculation does not go in a definitive timeline.
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