Timeline of Events

A complete timeline of major events in the Locked Tomb Trilogy. Some dates/chronology are approximated or inferred, and subject to change with new material. Much of this timeline is originally assembled thanks to darkveracity on tumblr and is cross-referenced, adapted, and expanded here.

## **Ancient History**

### Pre-Nine Houses History

* The First House suffers from catastrophic climate change and a nuclear fission chain reaction.
	+ Construction occurs on Canaan House, attempting to build above rising sea levels.
* Augustine is born.

### The Birth of The Nine Houses (Y1)

* The star, the planets, and the people what will become the Dominican System are killed but the details are unclear.
	+ The death of the nine planets creates nine Resurrection Beasts who scatter to the edges of the Universe.
* John Gaius resurrects A.L. and becomes the first necromancer, The Necrolord Prime—God and Emperor.
* The Emperor performs The Resurrection, resurrecting the star, renamed Dominicus in reference to his own divinity, and the nine planets as the first and only thanergenic systems.
* The Emperor begins to resurrect people in waves, preserving some as insurance.

### Y1-Y1000

* Necromancers begun to be born on the Nine Planets.
* Ten disciples gather at Canaan House, half of which possess necromantic abilities. The Emperor's divine power protects and extends their lives so long as they remain close to him.
	1. Augustine and Alfred Quinque
	2. Mercymorn and Cristabel Oct
	3. Gideon and Pyrrha Dve
	4. Cassiopeia and Nigella Shodash
	5. Ulysses and Titania Tetra
* The five disciples who do not possess necromantic ability take the protection of the necromancers upon themselves, becoming the first cavaliers.
* The Houses are founded. In recognition of their roles as founders, the disciples adopt their arithmonymics. It is unknown precisely how much involvement each pair may have had in founding their own house, nor is it known how the Third and Seventh Houses were founded.
	1. Gideon and Pyrrha Dve found the Second House and the Cohort
	2. Ulysses and Titania Tetra found the Fourth House
	3. Augustine and Alfred Quinque found the Fifth House and the Koniortos Court
	4. Cassiopeia and Nigella Shodash found the Sixth House
	5. Mercymorn and Cristabel Oct found the Eighth House
* Six second generation disciples who grew up in the new Houses come to Canaan House.
	1. Cyrus and Valancy Trinit
	2. Anastasia and Samael Novenary
	3. Cytherea and Loveday Heptane
* The Emperor and his disciples discover the secrets of Interstellar travel via River and Stele.
* In The Facility of Canaan House, the disciples plumb the boundaries of necromantic ability:
	+ Gideon and Pyrrha Dve develop the transference theorem.
	+ Mercymorn and Cristabel Oct develop the avulsion theorem.
	+ Cassiopeia and Nigella Shodash, by way of psychometry, develop the theorems that allow for the creation of Teacher and the other constructs in Canaan House.
	+ And the eventual creation of the Lyctoral Megatheorem.
* The Disciples undertake a number of other activities:
	+ Cristabel and Alfred formalize the cavalier oath "one flesh, one end."
	+ Cassiopeia writes a large number of cookbooks.
	+ Cyrus and Valancy paint a number of nude paintings of each other.
* Cristabel and Alfred make a decision that forces Augustine and Mercymorn to ascend to Lyctor.
* Gideon ascends to Lyctor, Pyrrha is compartmentalized and preserved inside him.
* Cassiopeia, Cyrus, Ulysses, and Cytherea ascend to Lyctorhood.
* Cassiopeia and Anastasia begin working together on the concept of Perfect Lyctorhood.
* Anastasia attempts to ascend—She nearly succeeds, but panics and The Emperor kills Samael Novenary to save her life.
* The Lyctors realize what the Resurrection Beasts are, and that they are hunting them.
	+ The Lyctors fight and kill Number Two.
	+ At the behest of his Lyctors, The Emperor kills Alecto.
	+ Anastasia and The Emperor create The Locked Tomb, unintentionally founding The Ninth House.
		- Anastasia dies.
	+ The Lyctors flee through the River and establish the Mithraeum as a base of operations.

### Y1000-Y5000

* The Emperor, The Nine Houses, and The Cohort begins building an Empire.
	+ In response to necromancy, Blood of Eden, an insurgency group, forms and begins looking for The Empire's forces.
* The Lyctors kill Number Six.
	+ Cyrus dies drawing it into an ultramassive black hole.
* The Lyctors kill Number Eight.
	+ Ulysses dies wrestling it into the stoma.
* The Lyctors kill Number One.
* The Lyctors kill Number Four.

### ~Y5000

* The Empire first encounters Blood of Eden.

### Y5000-Y9000

* The understanding of the role of the cavalier has evolved to include "The Social Cavalier," or the cavalier primary of the House.
* Cassiopeia teaches Mercymorn that pure blood wards can be spoofed with the blood of a parent or child.
* Cytherea attempts to approach the physical corpus of a Resurrection Beast in order to plant a bomb and goes mad for weeks.
* The Lyctors fight Number Seven.
	+ Cassiopeia attempts to draw it into the River and is torn apart by angry ghosts.
	+ Number Seven is unharmed.

### ~Y9000

* Matthias Nonius is born and becomes the greatest swordsman of the Ninth House.
	+ Matthias Nonius fights Gideon the First and comes to owe him a debt.

### ~Y9480

* Mercymorn and Augustine begin plotting Dios apate, major.

### Y9700

* The Cohort acquires its last intelligent report on the status of First House.

## **Modern History**

### Y9899

* The Emperor leaves the Mithraeum and returns to Imperial controlled space.

### Y9919

* The Emperor begins living and ruling from aboard The Erebos, making it his flagship.

### ~Y9950

* The last Black Friar leaves the Cohort.

### Y9957

* Commander Wake becomes the leader of the Blood of Eden. Under her leadership they transition to open-warfare against the Cohort.

### Y9962

* Abigail Pent is born at the Koniortos Court.
* The eldest Asht brother is born.

### Y9972

* Dulcinea Septimus is born at Rhodes.
* Marta Dyas is born on Trentham.
* Protesilaus Ebdoma (18) seeks Cohort placement and does three tours of duty on the front lines.

### Y9973

* Colum Asht (6,8, or 11) begins cavalier training.

### Y9975

* The Edenites learn the true nature of the Resurrection Beasts. They kill a Herald and make anti-necromantic weapons from its corpse.

### Y9977

* Judith Deuteros is born in Interstellar Territory.

### Y9978

* Coronabeth and Ianthe Tridentarius are born on Ida.

### Y9979

* Gideon the First enters into a relationship with Commander Wake. Unbeknownst to him, his cavalier, Pyrrha Dve, does the same.
* Palamedes Sextus and Camilla Hect are born in the Library.
* Abigail Pent (17) and Magnus Quinn (18) break up.
* Magnus Quinn seeks Cohort placement, but is rejected (by Fifth House).
* Sarpedon meets Mercymorn.

### Y9980

* Isaac Tettares's father is killed by insurgents (six years before his birth).
* Mercymorn and Augustine successfully execute Dios apate, major.
	+ Mercymorn's ova die, and Commander Wake inseminates herself as a last resort.
* Mercymorn sees Cytherea for the last time.

### Y9981

* Commander Wake gives self-induces and gives birth aboard her shuttle.
* Gideon the First confronts Wake en route to Ninth House.
	+ Weakened, Wake loses the bout and is pushed out the airlock.
	+ Wake runs out of oxygen and dies; her baby lives and is named Gideon Nav.
* Pelleamena Novenarius and Priamhark Noniusvianus commit the Ninth House Genocide and conceive of Harrowhark Nonagesimus.
	+ Sisters Lachrimorta and Aisamorta are blinded by the nerve gas.

### Y9982

* Harrowhark Nonagesimus is born in Drearburh.
* Marta Dyas (10) joins the Cohort Junior Territorials.
* Abigail Pent (20) and Magnus Quinn (21) get back together.

### Y9984

* Ianthe Tridentarius (6) begins covering for Coronabeth Tridentarius's (6) lack of necromancy.
* Palamedes Sextus (5) visits Swordman's Spire.

### Y9986

* Isaac Tettares is born on Tisis.
* Coronabeth Tridentarius (8) pantses Judith Deuteros (8).

### Y9987

* Dulcinea Septimus (15) and Palamedes Sextus (8) become pen pals.
* Marta Dyas (15) is commissioned to Second Lieutenant.

### Y9988

* Judith Deuteros (11) joins the Cohort Junior Territorials.
* Magnus Quinn (26) becomes Seneschal of the Koniortos Court.
* Abigail Pent (25) and Magnus Quinn (26) are married.

### Y9989

* Augustine sees Cytherea for the last time.

### Y9990

* Naberius Tern (14) becomes cavalier primary to both Coronabeth (12) and Ianthe (12) Tridentarius.

### Y9991

* Judith Deuteros (14) is commissioned to Second Lieutenant.
* Camilla Hect (12) becomes cavalier primary to Palamedes Sextus (12).
* Harrowhark Nonagesimus (9) decides to enter the Locked Tomb and begins working on the outer traps.

### Y9992

* Harrowhark Nonagesimus (10) catches Gideon Nav (11) speaking to her mother's skeleton; they fight.
* Harrowhark Nonagesimus (10) opens the Locked Tomb.
	+ She falls in love with the body, Alecto, which she hallucinates for the next year.
	+ Gideon Nav (11) tattles to Pelleamena Novenarius and Priamhark Noniusvianus, who commit suicide along with Mortus the Ninth.
* Palamedes Sextus (13) and Camilla Hect (13) investigate the Study of Doctor Sex.
* Palamedes Sextus (13) becomes Master Warden.
* Camilla Hect (13) becomes the Warden's Hand.
* Marta Dyas (20) becomes cavalier primary to Judith Deuteros (15).
	+ Both are attached to *Emperor's Dominion*.

### Y9994

* Palamedes Sextus (15) invents a flesh necromancy pulmonary drain for Dulcinea Septimus (22).
	+ Dulcinea Septimus (22) stops attending public events.
* Marta Dyas (22) is promoted to First Lieutenant.
* Abigail Pent (32) becomes the Lady of Fifth House.
	+ Magnus Quinn (33) becomes her cavalier primary.
* Jeannemary Chatur (9) becomes cavalier primary to Isaac Tettares (8).
* The last Ninth House soldiers in the Cohort are lost.

### Y9997

* Judith Deuteros (20) is promoted to First Lieutenant.
	+ Both are attached to *Rigor* and see action.
* Marta Dyas (25) ranks first in the System in her dueling class.
* Isaac Tettares (11) and Jeannemary Chatur (12) seek Cohort placement, but are rejected (on grounds of their age).

### Y9998

* Isaac Tettares (12) and Jeannemary Chatur (13) seek Cohort placement, but are rejected (for having mumps).
* Palamedes Sextus (19) proposes to Dulcinea Septimus (26), who turns him down.

## **References**

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Harrow the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 29
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Harrow the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 8
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Harrow the Ninth," Act IV, Ch. 37
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Harrow the Ninth," Act V, Ch. 51
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Harrow the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 2
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Gideon the Ninth," Glossary
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Harrow the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 17
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Harrow the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 9
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Harrow the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 6
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Gideon the Ninth," Act IV, Ch. 35
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Gideon the Ninth," A Sermon on Cavaliers and Necromancers
12. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 25
13. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 13
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Harrow the Ninth," Act V, Ch. 52
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Harrow the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 14
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Harrow the Ninth," Act IV, Ch. 36
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 "Harrow the Ninth," Act V, Ch. 50
18. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 7
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Harrow the Ninth," Act V, Ch. 49
20. ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 20.16 20.17 20.18 20.19 20.20 20.21 20.22 20.23 20.24 20.25 20.26 20.27 20.28 20.29 20.30 20.31 20.32 20.33 20.34 20.35 20.36 20.37 20.38 20.39 20.40 "Gideon the Ninth," Cohort Intelligence Files
21. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act V, Ch. 42
22. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 3
23. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 30
24. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 25
25. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 1
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 "Gideon the Ninth," Act IV, Ch. 31
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Gideon the Ninth," Act IV, Ch. 34
28. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 24
29. ↑ "Gideon the Ninth," Act III, Ch. 23
30. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act I, Ch. 3
31. ↑ "The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex"
32. ↑ "Harrow the Ninth," Act II, Ch. 21