Timeline

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This is the Timeline for the Syfi Van Helsing TV Series.

## Before The Rising

### 1936

* Mr. Romanski asks Mother Agatha to give him one more chance due to him being low on his debt. Afterwards, he then visits his Mama.

* Mr. Romanski loses in a boxing match, spitting out some blood, catching Dmitri's attention.

* Mr. Romanski gets stabbed in the chest by some dealers. Dmitri talks to him renames him 'Julius', and bites him, making Julius scream in pain.

* That same evening, Julius bites his own mother just as Mother Agatha comes in to tell Julius that visiting hours are over. Julius' mother wakes up and bites Agatha.

### 1960s - 1970s

* Vanessa's mother was a warrior until she learned the (unknown) truth about Vanessa's father. She even tried to stop Vanessa's birth.

* After Vanessa's birth, she hid Vanessa away where she'll never be found by Dmitri.

### mid 2000s

* Felix always gets bullied by The Johnsons.

### 2016

#### April 13th

* As a woman is giving blood at a clinic, the medical technician tries to chat her up, telling her he has seen her before. The woman tells him he was wrong, but he insists he was good with faces. He takes a look at her file and learns that her name is Vanessa, and upon learning that she lives close to him, invites her out for coffee. Vanessa isn't interested and asks for "it" instead, and the technician hands her money in an envelope. He tries to ask her again, but Vanessa doesn't give a straight answer. Meanwhile, her daughter Dylan is in the waiting room outside. She watches a news report about Mt. Washburn erupting at 3 o'clock local time in Yellowstone National Park, where the Yellowstone Caldera is an active seismic region. This has caused an ash cloud, which winds will bring westward. This occurs 100 miles from where Vanessa and Dylan live. As Dylan packs her things, she directs her mother's attention to the news, but Vanessa isn't very interested; she hurries her daughter along, reminding her they had an "important dinner reservation" waiting. As they left the room, Dylan asks how Vanessa's job interview went, seemingly unaware that her mother had actually been selling her blood for money. Vanessa doesn't answer, instead checking to see if someone overheard Dylan's question.
* The technician places Vanessa's blood in a freezer, unaware that a vampire has broken in through the window and was lurking in the room. Once he leaves, the vampire, Bob, steals several bags of bloods. Bob takes them to a rusty car in an abandoned area, smelling each bag before deciding on one, unwittingly choosing Vanessa's bag. After a few mouthfuls of Vanessa's blood, he begins to choke and convulse, and then vomits blood all over the passenger window.
* Meanwhile in a dilapidated apartment, accompanied by several other vampires, Dmitri tells his companion Rebecca that the shadows have allowed them to survive, protecting them for centuries. Rebecca seems not to be listening, more focused on the fact that "he's late." And then she asks if Dmitri has seen the skies today, to which Dmitri replies in Romanian. The door opens and admits a hooded figure as Rebecca implies they should take advantage of the ash cloud keeping them safe from ultraviolet radiation, and Dmitri seems to dismiss the idea as the hooded man is revealed to be Bob, who places a briefcase on the floor and announces the arrival of their "delivery." The vampires block the exit as he attempts to leave, so he turns back and admits that he knows he's sick, but doesn't know how or why. Dmitri explains that he has become human once more, and Rebecca approaches him, wiping her silver-tipped bladed glove across his face and saying, "reversion." She starts to say that she hadn't seen such a thing for a while, but Dmitri cuts her off, chiding her for speaking of past events. Bob tries to leave once more, but Dmitri doesn't allow it. He softly hums while slowly walking closer, singing a song and scaring Bob into urinating on himself. Rebecca and Dmitri demand to know where the blood came from, and he tells them it came from the clinic near the university. Dmitri then allows the other vampires to herd him into the next room. Rebecca commands a vampire named Balthazar to get rid of the source, dead or alive.
* At a diner, Vanessa and Dylan are discussing the volcanic eruption. Dylan is worried about its after-effects, but Vanessa insists they had nothing to worry about and changes the topic to Dylan's birthday. Vanessa states she intends to buy Dylan presents, to which Dylan recalls her saying they couldn't afford presents this year. Vanessa tells her she just made some extra cash, and plans on taking Dylan shopping the next morning. Dylan asks if the money was from the job interview, and Vanessa lies and says it was "a bonus." Dylan is dubious, but generously chooses to let her doubts lie; instead, she expresses a wish that her mother would "get the job." Vanessa quickly changes the subject again, commenting on the ash falling outside and saying it looked like "black snow." Dylan reminds her that it's toxic, and says they should stay indoors until the rain washes everything away. When Vanessa wonders if there was ash falling everywhere, Dylan says they should ask her father if it was snowing ash in Denver.
* As Vanessa and Dylan approach their apartment door, they can hear their neighbor Susan and her boyfriend *Tommy* yelling at each other. Seeing her friend in tears enrages Vanessa, and despite Dylan continuously telling her to stop, she drops her bag and the cake box to confront Tommy on the recent abuse. Telling him to pick on someone his own size, she shoves him and he shoves her back, telling her to stay out of it. Vanessa tells him she can't, because Susan is her friend, making Tommy yell further abuse at Susan. Vanessa tells him to hit her since he likes hitting women, and when he tries to hit her, she catches his punch and slams his face against the wall, breaking his nose, much to Susan's pleasure. Vanessa threatens to put his head through a wall if he came back, which Susan encourages. As Vanessa releases him and storms into her apartment, Tommy tells her he's going to kill her. Vanessa apologizes to Dylan about the altercation in the hallway, presenting her cake, which was smooshed due to her careless handling. She tricks Dylan into smiling at the sad-looking cake, then chases her through the house to tickle her. A laptop begins to sound off, and Vanessa tells Dylan it's her father, *Gary*, and reminds her to get the flight information for her upcoming trip to Denver. He wishes her a happy birthday and asks if she received his present; this makes Dylan stop smiling, suggesting that Gary was lying about the present. She recovers quickly, focusing on her trip and telling him she was excited to spend time with him during the weekend, but Gary starts making excuses for why she can't visit. When he asks to speak to her mother, Dylan aggressively asks whose pink purse was on the table behind him. When Gary has no answer, Dylan motions her mother over and goes to the hallway. Meanwhile, Vanessa angrily rips into Gary for abandoning their child on her birthday for a one-night stand. Gary tells her "it" has nothing to do with the weekend trip and cites safety issues due to the volcanic eruption, but Vanessa doesn't believe him and threatens to kick his ass when she sees him again. As they begin to snipe at each other, Dylan goes to hide in a closet to cry.
* As Vanessa lights the candles on Dylan's cake, Susan knocks on the door. Vanessa spots bruises on Susan's face and asks after her, but Susan tells her to forget about it and presents a bottle of wine as a thanks for being her savior. Vanessa jokingly asks if that makes her Susan's pimp, to which Susan replies the job is available and has perks. Vanessa teases that she needs the money anyway. When Susan tries to come in so they can drink the bottle, Vanessa takes a brief raincheck as it was still Dylan's birthday, instead promising to knock on Susan's door when Dylan was asleep. Susan agrees and leaves the bottle on the side table.
* Vanessa finishes lighting the cake candles and goes searching for Dylan, who is still hiding in the closet. As Vanessa looks under Dylan's bed, she hears a noise in the kitchen; following it, she discovers a dark figure by the door. Assuming it's Tommy, she asks if he came back for another fight, but unknown to her, it is actually the vampire Balthazar. He charges at Vanessa, throwing her all across the apartment; Dylan listens fearfully as Vanessa attempts to fight back, but she is unable to match his strength and speed. As the commotion dies down, Dylan exits the closet, calling out to her mother. This provides a distraction for Vanessa, who grabs a pair of scissors and stabs her assailant multiple times. Assuming he was dead, she starts to crawl towards Dylan, but Balthazar heals up and pulls her back, ripping into Vanessa's throat and stomach. However, ingesting Vanessa's blood causes Balthazar to start reverting; as he chokes and vomits, he runs out of the apartment, ignoring Dylan completely as he passes her by. Dylan comes around the corner to find her mother bleeding out. As Dylan begs her not to die, Vanessa weakly tells her to find Susan, call the police and then her father. Her final words to Dylan were, "I love you," which Dylan manages to say back before Vanessa succumbs to her injuries. Dylan sits on the ground, crying over her mother's dead body.

## The Rising

### 2016

#### April 14th

* Doc unzips a body bag and reveals Vanessa's body inside, calling her pretty and asking for her name. Her assistant identifies the woman as 'Vanessa Seward' and reveals she didn't die in the hospital. Doc demands to know why it wasn't taken to the coroner instead, but all the standby officer can tell her is the coroner's office is swamped with dead bodies. Unable to change the situation, Doc begins to examine the body and discovers the body's lividity and temperature is out of whack, prompting her to take the examination to a more equipped laboratory on the hospital's fourth floor.
* Upon further examination, she finds that while Vanessa was covered in blood, there were no wounds to explain where they came from. A test showed that her blood acted as if it was still alive. Later, she regales her sister Grace with the details of her odd "female DB," which Grace takes an interest in. Doc realizes quickly that her sister knows something, but Grace refuses to speak about it, which only makes Doc more curious. Grace explains that all she can say is the Pentagon issued a classified advisory, then tells Doc that its nothing to worry about. She requests all of Vanessa's blood work, which Doc agrees to send over.
* Some time later, six Marines led by *Major Stoker* accost Doc during her lunch break. Stoker demands that Doc come with them immediately to release the "zombie" they were sent to retrieve. Doc stalls them as soon as Stoker tells her their assignment is a "priority," wanting to know why her female dead body is suddenly important to the military. Another Marines, Sergeant Axel Miller, tries to reason with her, so when Stoker tries to order Doc around, she tells him to tell Stoker to explain herself. Finally acquiescing, Stoker explains that all she can say is that reports were coming in about a viral outbreak in certain cities. Doc questions the merit of a potential virus outbreak since they aren't wearing any hazmat suits; fed up, Stoker tells Axel to "help the doctor up," much to Doc's irritation. However, Axel is distracted when the weather rapidly changes, darkening the sky and slamming debris into the windows hard enough to crack the surface.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Van Helsing: 2.03: Love Bites*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Van Helsing: 1.13: It Begins*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 *Van Helsing: 1.02: Seen You*