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Dresden Files: Series Timeline
Lawgiver:
Timeline Note: Somewhere in the 8-9 ASF timeframe, the Big Hoods, the gang under Corpsetaker's control that Harry confronts in Ghost Story were formed.
This is according to Nick Christian late in GS, Ch. 25, while talking to Fitz.
--- Quote ---"Hngh," Nick said. Lines appeared on his brow. "There's one, where they all wear the hoodies with the hoods up all the time. Got rolling maybe three or four years back. They don't call themselves anything, but the gangs call them the Big Hoods. No one knows much about them."
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This timeline puts the gang's formation roughly in the group of --
It's My Birthday Too (February 8ASF)
Heorot (October 8ASF)
Small Favor (November 8ASF)
Backup (early March 9ASF)
Day Off (undetermined 9ASF)
The Warrior (summer 9ASF)
Curses (Summer 9 ASF)
and possibly AAAA Wizardry (between May 9ASF and summer of 10ASF according to the Timeline itself)
cass:
I listened to Turn Coat recently and noticed some details I think would be helpful for the timing. The heat mentioned in the first chapter notwithstanding, Harry says that the lilacs are blooming outside his apartment building-- that generally happens in May/June. Murphy is also wearing a jacket when she meets up with Harry after the encounter with the skinwalker at Billy's, which means that the evening temperatures are cool-- you don't generally need a jacket at any time of the day or night in full-on summer in Chicago. (Or rather, you don't really need it in Minneapolis, and I can't imagine that Chicago is cooler, even with the lake.)
As for locating the series relative to real-world year, Circuit City is apparently still in business, as Harry mentions that he keeps getting flyers from them in his mail. CC closed all of their physical locations in ~2009 (it was announced in January and took effect by the end of March.) Those flyers might have been for their online business, however, which apparently continued for a while, so it's not as firm a date as I would like.
Quantus:
The entry for Drakul's birth says that he is a Half-Mortal, Half-Demon scion. Is that confirmed? There is a lot of speculation circling him and his heritage, with either Demon or Dragon being the front-runners. If this has been settled I want to let folks know.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Quantus on September 15, 2015, 02:06:18 PM ---The entry for Drakul's birth says that he is a Half-Mortal, Half-Demon scion. Is that confirmed? There is a lot of speculation circling him and his heritage, with either Demon or Dragon being the front-runners. If this has been settled I want to let folks know.
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So, the AMA is still in progress, but we got this answered...sort of:
--- Quote ---"Drakul wasn't a scion of anything! He was something entirely unhuman that got trapped in human form."
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Eldest Gruff:
--- Quote from: Quantus on September 22, 2015, 08:22:42 PM ---So, the AMA is still in progress, but we got this answered...sort of:
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Additionally:
--- Quote from: jimbutcher ---Dracula was his half-human child, who naturally had enormous paternal issues, and wound up creating himself as the first Black Court Vampire in an effort to win his father's approval.
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So perhaps if the historical timeline follows the DV, the Black Court is about 500+ years old...the youngest of the Vampiric Courts in all likelihood.
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