Timeline

A **timeline** of events in *The Bureau of Magical Things*. In the real world, Season 1 was filmed from July to December 2017, and broadcast from July to November 2018 (see Timeline of production).

## Pre-series

* **Lemurian Empire:** Fairies and elves live in Lemuria an ancient land in the Indian Ocean where they worked together to create a single Orb of untold magical power. However, there is dissent over who would control such a dangerous force, leading to a legendary war between fairies and elves. Though some cooler heads hide the Orb in an attempt to end the conflict, it ultimately results in the collapse of the Lemurian Empire, and the destruction of the very society that brought the Orb into existence. The island of Lemuria sinks into the ocean, never to be seen again. ("Forces of Attraction", "The Eye of Horus")
	+ Initially, humans and magical beings live side by side. But as human civilization grows, the magical beings' shrink in numbers and they are forced to retreat into the fringes and the shadows until they are forgotten. ("Magic in the Air")
	+ Over the centuries, the magical beings convince humans that magic does not exist, protecting the secret to this day with the DMI. ("Magic in the Air", "Accused")
* **First millennium:** Kai Kavus, a Persian king, builds a flying throne so that he can travel around his vast kingdom. Supposedly, the throne ultimately crashes in China, but remains undiscovered until the present day. ("Magic in the Air")
* **Over 700 years ago:** By Ruksy's account, the fierce warrior Sir Zoltan fierce warrior lives in this time, distinguished by his armour and sword, which was rumored to be so sharp it could cut through anything. Ultimately, the sword was stolen Sir Zoltan was dying. With his last breath, Zoltan swore that he would never rest until he found it. After his death, Zoltan's spirit passed into his suit of armor, which then roamed the world for centuries, causing mayhem and destroying anything or anyone in its path. ("A Knight to Remember")
	+ **300 years ago:** According to Kyra, Sir Zoltan's armour was designed to penetrate magical defenses. ("End of the Road: Part 2")

*There are conflicting dates for the age of Sir Zoltan. Given her intelligence and experience of the Magical World, it is presumably Ruksy's figure which is correct as opposed to Kyra, who could well be mistaken.*
* Jared Blackwell supports the DMI for many years. ("The Eye of Horus")
* Orla Maguire does her graduating thesis on shapeshifting. ("On the Case", "End of the Road: Part 2")
* **Over a decade ago:** The Library of Magic is constructed, having been designed by Edward Boynton, an elf architect, by this point. ("The Eye of Horus") Professor Maxwell later jokes in the present that the library's shelves have not been cleaned since this time. ("A Magical Mishap")
* Kyra and Peter have been friends since kindergarten. ("A Knight to Remember")
* Kyra's mother Michiko and stepdad steve dress up as a witch and a zombie respectively for her eighth birthday party. ("Magic in the Air")
	+ An 8 year old Peter is convinced that he saw a tiny flying saucer and so calls the air force. Ultimately, the "flying saucer" turns out to be a Frisbee. ("A Knight to Remember")
* **Four years ago:** Maxwell, a half-human, half-elf halfling and eager and young operative at the DMI, is part of a team with Edward Boynton and Giselle, a fairy and his love. While working to keep magic hidden, the young and idealistic operatives share a belief that humans and magical beings can co-exist. As this is not a popular idea, they are forced to meet and discuss their plans in secret and discuss our plans, naming themselves the Bureau of Magical Things and taking a commemorative photograph.
	+ Not long after the photograph is taken, the Orb is detected in a remote flacier in New Zealand as a result of the summer melt and so the three are tasked with the mission of retrieving it by the director of the DMI preceeding Sean Reegan. Though Edward believes that the Orb is too powerful and should remain where it is; Maxwell, however, having just been appointed team leader, wishes to make a good impression on both the director and Giselle and so persuades his colleagues to perform the mission.
	+ Jumping to a glacier in New Zealand, the three find themselves in the midst of a blizzard, with bad visibility and a cold so low they could barely feel their fingers. Not wanting to abandon his first mission as team leader, Maxwell insists that they go ahead. The team find the Orb buried in the wall of a deep crevasse; Giselle, being a fairy, volunteers to fly down to the crevasse to retrieve the Orb, to which Edward objected only to be overruled by Maxwell. Giselle proceeds to dig out the orb when an earth tremor hits, striking her with a piece of fallen ice; Maxwell intended to rope down to get to her, but Edward took his place as he was lighter; just as he goes down, a massive tremor hits, sending ice falling around him. Both Maxwell and Edward black out but ultimately come to to find that Giselle has been killed. ("The Eye of Horus")
	+ Following the incident, Maxwell does not see much of Edward, whose last official report to the DMI states that the Orb of Lemuria was lost. However, Edward retains and secretly hides the Orb within the book *The Theory and Practice of Conjuring*. ("The Eye of Horus") Edward himself eventually drops out of sight. ("On the Beach")
* **Three years ago:** The last birthday of Michiko. ("Prize Day")
	+ Michiko passes away. ("Fairy for a Day", "Prize Day")
* **One year ago:** Lily and Imogen attend the DMI Student Awards. ("Prize Day")
* **One month ago:** Imogen misses class at the Library. ("A Magical Mishap")
* **One week ago:** Steve purchases coffee. ("A Magical Mishap")

## Season 1

* **Friday:** Kyra is caught between Lily and Imogen.
	+ **Saturday:** Kyra awakes with magical powers. ("A Magical Mishap")
* After pacifying the Throne of Kai Kavus, Kyra is accepted into the Maxwell School. ("Magic in the Air")
* **Wednesday:** Maxwell School has a test. ("A Magical Mishap")
* Peter temporarily assumes the personality of Romeo Montague. ("All the World's a Stage")
* **23rd, ?:** On "Letterbox Day", the students save a postman transformed into a dog. ("Gone to the Dogs")
* Kyra thanks Doris for her help. ("Gone to the Dogs")
* Peter wears the same shirt as he will tomorrow. ("A Knight to Remember")
* Kyra stops Sir Zoltan's armour. ("A Knight to Remember")
	+ A medieval music festival is set for next month in River City. ("A Knight to Remember")
* The next week, Kyra meets Orla. ("The Test")
* Kyra is temporarily granted fairy wings by Lily. ("Fairy for a Day")
* Kyra practices with Mathilda.
* The Dragonflies beat the Gazelles. ("Shortcut")
* Peter's uncle Terry attempts to sell the house belonging to Edward Boynton. When a family takes a look, their son vanishes and returns after a couple of hours, claiming that he had been teleported to a beach. He had infact passed through a portal, located in the backyard, to Boynton's abandoned magical construct.
	+ A week later, Kyra gains Orb magic. ("On the Beach")
* Maxwell's Book Shop receives a shipment.
* The following day, the other day from the beach incident and the "other week" from the armour incident, Peter discovers the entrance to the Library of Magic. ("Uncharted Waters")
	+ Maxwell assigns his students to catalog items within the library.
* Peter is trapped in the book *Thrilling Tales from the Forbidden Forest* before being rescued by Ruksy.
* Kyra and Ruksy choose not to wipe Peter's memory ("A Fairy Tale")
* The next week, Peter is set to check the Book Store for *Trinity of Justice, Volume Three*. ("Uncharted Waters")
* Kyra and Mathilda agree to a sleepover at the former's house.
* Kyra and Mathilda have their sleepover, joined by Lily and Imogen.
* Maxwell decides that Kyra should skip class for a few days in light of her new magic. ("Aisle 13")
* Ruksy, Imogen and Lily explore the restricted section of the library to learn about Kyra's power. ("Forces of Attraction")
* After pacifying the Eye of Horus, Kyra discovers the Orb of Lemuria. ("The Eye of Horus")
* The next week, Kyra has the day off magic class as she and Maxwell are summoned to the DMI.
* On the following day, Kyra has weekend lunch with the Reegans.
* Kyra attends class the day after. ("Judgment Day")
* **"Prize Giving Eve":**
* **DMI Student Awards:** Kyra and Steve commemorate Michiko's birthday. ("Prize Day")
* **Wednesday:** Kyra handles her first magical outbreak using Orb magic. That night, Orla informs Sean that the DMI has found a way to remove Kyra's Orb magic, and he quickly makes arrangements for the procedure.
* **Thursday:** Orla steals the Orb of Lemuria while framing Imogen. ("Accused")
* **Friday:** Orla takes Kyra's Orb magic. ("On the Case")
* **Saturday, the morning after:** After ten hours' sleep, Kyra awakes with no memory of the Magical World. Orla uses her new Orb magic to usurp Sean as director of the DMI. ("End of the Road: Part 1")
	+ As the day goes on, Kyra gradually regains her memory. Together with her friends, Kyra takes the Orb back and uses it to recover the Orb magic from Orla before the Orb is destroyed by Maxwell, wielding Sir Zoltan's sword. For her actions, Sean has Orla taken into custody as her position at the DMI is terminated. ("End of the Road: Part 2")
* The Maxwell School students return to class, Sean agrees with Kyra's suggestion to form a new team to deal with magical outbreaks, consisting of the Maxwell School students and Peter. Kyra names the team the Bureau of Magical Things. ("End of the Road: Part 2")
* **c. Wednesday:** Patron Frank is set to visit the Book Store again. ("Accused")
* **Friday:** The Maxwell School students' transformation assignments are due. ("End of the Road: Part 2")
* **Winter:** Jared and his children are set to go to Europe for a break with Mrs. Blackwell. Darra intends to go snowboarding, while Kyra suggests that she could join him. ("End of the Road: Part 2")
* **A few weeks later:** Peter's birthday. ("End of the Road: Part 1")
* **End of the year:** Marcie and Kay are set to change schools. ("End of the Road: Part 1")
* **One year later:** The strangle fig is due to feed again. ("Uncharted Waters")

## References

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