Mediochreverse Timeline

## Prehistory

* It is likely that the fairies already existed before any other sapient life evolved
* It is known that some Undead, and also some dragons, including *Draco cthonicas,* already existed before modern humans did
* The mancy-using Neanderthals eventually interbred with *Homo sapiens*, introducing the genetic capacity for mancy into the species - prejudice against the mantically inclined is believed to have started as a result of distrust towards these hybrids
* The majority of the Neanderthals were wiped out by the fairies who preyed on them, but some of the last remnants of the Neanderthals were able to lure the majority of the fairies, including the Fairy King and the Fairy Queen, into a trap which sealed them away for millenia
* At some point most likely in this period, the Krampuses were captured and the mountain of Wunderberg was created to contain them, all by as-yet unknown powers

## Ancient History

* Wiseard the Forgotten rose to power in some unspecified ancient civilisation, creating the Forgotten Triumphs and the White Horde, and ultimately combining with his lover and apprentice White Lillith to form the entity that would become known as the Forgotten Necromancer and whose followers would become the Forgotten Church
* It is likely that Sedicia of Endor existed in or around Ancient Israel in the 10th or 11th Century BCE, before merging with the Forgotten Necromancer on her death

## 12th Century

* Koschei the Deathless was likely active at some point in this time period, before merging with the Forgotten Necromancer on his eventual death

## 13th Century

### 1280s

#### 1286

* *3rd of June*: The Pied Piper is incarcerated, its prison probably eventually becoming Thule

## 14th Century

### 1320s

* The dragon-slaying career and death of Peter of Loschy Hill most likely takes place around here

## 17th Century

### 1610s

#### 1613-1619

* Mediochre's father most likely dies somewhere in this timeframe, leading his mother to blame Mediochre for the death and Mediochre to be raised by his grandmother - this may be Mediochre's earliest memory

### 1620s-1640s

* At some point in this period, Mediochre briefly becomes a monk, but is found to be ill-suited to the vocation
* At some later point, Mediochre becomes a 'dragon-man' or dracologist
* Mediochre also gets married at some point in this timeframe and he and his wife have a daughter

### 1640s

#### 1649

* Mediochre and Melinda first meet, they both first adopt their chosen names ("Seth" and "Melz") and Melz becomes Mediochre's apprentice (seen in flashback in Book 3)

### 1650s

#### 1657

* Mediochre first encounters and confronts Lark (seen in flashback in Book 3)

#### 1657-1659

* At some point in this period, Mediochre has an affair of some kind with Melz, which ends after his wife and daughter find out and disown him (alluded to in flashbacks in Book 3)

### 1660s

#### 1660

* A mantic accident caused by Maelstrom's dragon-slaying leads to Mediochre and Melz becoming infused with dragon's blood.
* Mediochre's wife dies (alluded to in flashback in Book 3)

#### 1661

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 48

#### 1662

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 45

#### 1663

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 43

#### 1664

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 42

#### 1665

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 40

#### 1666

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 38

#### 1667

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 37

#### 1668

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 35

#### 1669

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 34

### 1670s

#### 1670

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 33

#### 1671

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 31

#### 1672

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 30
* Melz physically reaches about age 30

#### 1673

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 29

#### 1674

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 28

#### 1675

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 27

#### 1677

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 26

#### 1678

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 25

#### 1679

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 24
* Melz physically reaches about age 35

### 1680s

#### 1681

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 23

#### 1683

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 22

#### 1685

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 21

#### 1687

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 20
* Melz physically reaches about age 40

### 1690s

#### 1690

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 19

#### 1694

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 18

#### 1699

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 17

## 18th Century

### 1700s

* At some point in this decade, the Order of Saint Merlin founds St Merlin's University

#### 1706

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 16

### 1720s

#### 1722

* Mediochre has regressed to a physical age of about 15

## 19th Century

* At some unspecified point in this century, Ludovico Sola secretly locates the Last Message of the Neanderthals buried in the highlands of Scotland, but is killed on his return to Italy before he can reveal the secret.

### 1810s

#### 1812

* *23rd of February*: The Scissorman is incarcerated, most likely at Thule

### 1890s

#### 1891

* The Old Town Dragon is probably slain around this time, by Springheel Jack.

* Mediochre follows Springheel Jack to London, leaving Melz behind in Edinburgh, and meets Pigeon (seen in flashback in Book 3)
* Springheel Jack murders Detective Inspector Jacob Thess, and Mediochre reconnects with Lark (seen in flashback in Book 3)
* *23rd-24th of Decembe*r: The events of of *Please to Put a Penny in an Old Man's Hat* take place
* *24th of December*: Springheel Jack kills Lark, is apprehended by Mediochre, and is incarcerated (seen in flashback in Book 3)
* Mediochre meets John Dusk and decides to accept a job as a slayer-catcher in the name of the British Crown (seen in flashback in Book 3)

## 20th Century

### 1900s

#### 1908

* Mediochre briefly reconnects with Melz before leaving again (alluded to in flashback in Book 3)

### 1910s

#### 1912

* Pigeon tracks down his long-lost mother and reconciles with her (alluded to in flashback in Book 3)

* *10th of April*: Mediochre fails to interfere with the maiden voyage of the *HMS Titanic*, and reconnects with Melz (seen in flashback in Book 3)

#### 1914-1916

* At some point in this timeframe, Pigeon enlists as a soldier in World War One.

#### 1916

* Mediochre tries to avoid being conscripted to fight in World War One by becoming a conscientious objector on religious grounds, and eventually agrees to sign up as an ambulance driver instead

#### 1917

* *31st of July - 10th of November:* the Battle of Passchendaele Ridge takes place - this is probably the battle in which Mediochre earns a Bar on his Victoria Cross for stepping in front of machine-gun fire to save several lives, but fails to save Pigeon (seen in flashback in Book 2)

#### 1918 or 1919

* *17th of July*: Mediochre begins his annual ritual of mourning Pigeon at the grave of a different unknown soldier every year

#### 1919

* Traumatised from the War, Mediochre becomes a monk for the second time, joining a pacifist monastery (seen in flashback in Book 3)

### 1920s-1960s

* At some point in this time period, Mediochre's monastery is burnt down, most likely by pyromancy

### 1960s

#### 1966

* Jonathan Scruff is apprehended and Mediochre subsequently helps apprehend Valentine Scruff (seen in flashback in Book 3)

### 1970s-1990s

* At some point in these decades, the Mantically Aware Soviet Union somehow uncovered a bone from the Kola Superdeep Borehole that proved the existence of the prehistoric dragon species *Draco cthonicas*

### 1980s

#### 1982

* *February*: Joseph Carrion is born, and Mediochre is declared his godfather, having played a role in helping the birth go smoothly

#### 1983

* Maisie Galsach is born.

* *25th of December*: The events of *To You and Your Kin* take place

## 21st Century

### 2000s

#### 2000

* *1st of Janurary:* Mediochre meets Beth Diamond on the way home from a Hogmanay Party at St Merlin's University (seen in flashback in Book 3)
* *24th-25th of December:* The events of *Born to Raise the Sons of Earth* take place

#### 2008

* *August:* It is likely that Charlotte's family move to Edinburgh around here
* *20th of August*: Charlotte begins her first year at an Edinburgh school, which will also be her final year of school

#### 2009

* *5th of* *January*: The Spring Term begins at Charlotte's school

* *January-February*: Charlotte's first encounter with Mediochre ("the lorry incident") probably occurs somewhere in this timeframe
* *3rd-5th of March:* The main events of *The Good, the Bad and the Mediochre* take place
* *15th-20th July:* The main events of *Black, White and Shades of Mediochre* take place
* *22nd July*: Joseph proposes to Maisie
* *27th July*: Charlotte begins studying dracology under Mediochre
* *August-November*: The main events of *The Trains Run on Time* take place somewhere in this period
* *29th November:* The events of *Bookwyrm* take place
* *2nd-6th of December*: The events of *King in the Mountain* take place

#### 2010

* *22nd February - 4th of March:* Most of the main events of *Caught Mediochre-Handed* take place
* *19th of March:* Valentine Scruff is apprehended by Mediochre, Charlotte and Dhampinella
* *26th of March*: The trial of Simultaneous Velocity Carnage takes place
* *4th of April*: A mass memory-wipe is initiated on the mantically unaware population of the UK, erasing the supernatural and related events of *Caught Mediochre-Handed* from their memory
* *20th of April*: The quarantine placed on Mantically Aware Britain by the Mantically Aware United Nations during the events of *Caught Mediochre-Handed* is lifted.
* *15th of November*: Mediochre, Joseph and Dhampinella carry out a heist to steal the Lost Diary of Ludovico Sola from Fillip Stephano (seen in flashback in Book 4)
* *13th-25th December:* Most of the main events of *Sent Into Mediochre-Drive* take place
* *27th December:* Melinda Quinn dies in hospital
* *31st December*: Onyx is murdered by the tempomancer

#### 2011

* *1st of January*: Mediochre and Amethyst meet
* An emergency MAUN conference in Switzerland, called by Queen MAB, is invaded by Maelstrom and the White Horde