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This article lists the chronology of the main events in the Red Rising Saga. It is a continual Work-in-progress.

Legend[]

Basis[]

Society Sigil post

Morning Star and Iron Gold confirm that Earth’s calendar and time terminologies (a "day" instead of a Martian "sol") are used as the standard time scale across the entire solar system. Iron Gold also establishes that the process of terraforming most planets and some moons involved speeding up or slowing down their rotations as needed to match the 24-hour rotation of Earth. It is therefore assumed that seasons on Mars and other habitable planets are generally aligned with Earth's.

Years are numbered in relation to the Golds’ conquest of Earth, with Pierce Brown and Iron Gold placing the beginning of the first novel in 736 PCE (Post-Conquering Era).[1]

Relation to Earth years[]

In Sons of Ares, Volume 1, mankind is said to have colonizing planets “eight centuries ago” in relation to 720 PCE, indicating that The Conquering occurred within a hundred years of Luna first being colonized.

Several characters reference wars on Earth before and during this period, as well as multiple nation states being consolidated under twenty different factions and empires that do not currently exist in the 21st Century AD. These details make it unlikely for the switch between the current Anno Domini era and the Red Rising Saga’s Post-Conquering Era to have occurred earlier than the 22nd Century AD.

In Morning Star, while mentioning the Roman era and its fashion for Togas, Cassius and Darrow describe Roque as being born "3000 years too late". Depending on the reader's interpretation of the Roman era, this and the other details regarding the timing of The Conquering gives a rough timeline for the saga between 2800 and 3500AD, with the latter being more in tune with other clues left throughout the book.

Iron Gold establishes that October 17th, 753 PCE is a Tuesday. Based on the frequency of years in which October 17th is a Tuesday, this would make 2752 AD the latest possible year in which The Post-Conquering Era could begin, and 2103 AD the earliest.

Retcons & Discrepancies[]

Certain details about the passage of time are changed in later novels. For the purposes of editing the timeline page, please refer to the most consistent versions:

  • Red Rising mentions that the Burning of Rhea occurred “not many years ago”. In Golden Son, the First Moon Lord Rebellion and the Burning of Rhea are said to have occurred forty years ago. All subsequent novels consistently place the end of the First Rebellion sixty years and two hundred eleven days before the second one.MSc40
  • Golden Son mentions that it has been two years since Darrow graduated from The Institute. All subsequent novels consistently indicate that the beginning of the second novel three years after The Institute.
    • In Golden Son, Darrow is twenty at the beginning of the novel and twenty-one at the end. In Morning Star chapter 22, taking place 15 months after the end of the previous novel, Sevro states that he and Darrow are both twenty-three. The latter is reinforced by Iron Gold, where Darrow is stated to be thirty-three after the end of Morning Star.
  • In Golden Son, Fitchner tells Darrow that Bryn was killed when Sevro was two. The comics portray her death occurring when Sevro is only a few months old. Unlike other retcons in the series, this can be explained as Fitchner being an unreliabe narrator when recounting his backstory in the novel.
  • In Morning Star chapter 42, set in 743 PCE, Virginia refers to the Gala in Golden Son as "last year." Darrow being held prisoner for twelve months and being rescued in March 743 puts Darrow's Triumph in March 742. However, in Golden Son chapter 27, set one month after the Gala, Daxo mentions that his mother and sisters will take a few months to reach them because they were visiting Neptune, and Holiday mentions to Vixus in Morning Star that she fought Niobe during the Battle of Deimos. This indicates that at least three months pass between the Gala and the Triumph, putting it in December 741 PCE at the latest.
  • The Prologue for Dark Age is said to take place two months prior to the speech Mustang gives in the previous section, but the actual timing of the novel places it at approximately four weeks.
  • Morning Star and Iron Gold consistently indicate that Vela au Raa is older than her brother Atlas, who is 49 years old in 754 PCE. In Light Bringer, Atlas speaks of bathing his sister after her birth, implying that he is older than Vela.
  • Morning Star and Iron Gold establish that by 753 PCE, it has been seventeen years since Darrow left Lykos at the beginning of Red Rising. In Dark Age chapter 1, he says that it has been fifteen years since he last saw Dago, the Gamma Helldiver.
  • Darrow is consistently established as being seventeen at the start of The Institute and eighteen by the end, but in Dark Age is said to have been sixteen during the Passage and seventeen by the time he graduated.
  • At the end of Dark Age, Virginia claims that she was 19 years old at the time of the Lion's Rain, which contradicts all other information about the timeline, Virginia's age, and The Institute's minimum age of enrollment.

Sons of Ares Comics[]

Sons of Ares, Volume 1 and Sons of Ares, Volume 2 feature multiple contradictions with each other, as well as with the established lore and timeline details of the novels, which make it difficult to determine the correct timeline of the comics.

  • All novels consistently portray travel between Mars and The Rim taking anywhere from a few weeks to several months depending on the current status of Mars’s orbit in relation to the other planets. Zarubal even mentions in Sons of Ares, Volume 2 that space travel normally involves weeks in transit. However, Volume 2 portrays Ryanna flying from Triton to a location in the Asteroid Belt and then from there to Mars all in a matter of hours, despite travel times between Neptune and The Core being 3-6 months in the novels.
  • Chapter 4 of Volume 1 establishes that after Theron au Aktler’s death, it took Fitchner months to locate and hire Zarubal to help him and Bryn have a baby. Fitcher claims in Golden Son that Bryn was then pregnant with Sevro for nine months, and Volume 3 confirms that Bryn was arrested a few months after Sevro was born. In Volume 2, ten months after Bryn’s death, Quicksilver refers to Theron’s death as “last year.”
  • Volume 2 and the first chapter of Volume 1 indicate that Fitchner is 30 years old in 720 PCE, and the second chapter of Volume 1 implies that he left Mars for Triton soon after graduating from The Institute. This indicates that his time on Triton had to have lasted for several years. However in chapter 4 of Volume 1, Arturius estimates that it’s been a year since he last saw Fitcner at his graduation party, and the Reds on Triton describe Fitchner as “just a boy” when they pull him from the water after the earthquake, implying that he’s in his early twenties by the time Bryn is arrested.

Timeframe by novel[]

  • Durations are often given as approximations; for example, Golden Son mentions Lorn au Arcos holding the position of the Rage Knight for both sixty years as well as over sixty years.
  • Events in Red Rising: Sons of Ares Volume 1 take place in 720 PCE, with flashbacks depicting events starting from 690 PCE leading up to the present.
  • Events in Red Rising: Sons of Ares Volume 2 take place in 721 PCE.
  • Events in Red Rising: Sons of Ares Volume 3 take place in 725 PCE between August and November.
  • Events in Red Rising occur between August 736RRc01; MSc37; MSc38; [2];[3] and June 738 PCERRc40; Darrow is sixteen when he joins the Sons of AresRRc08, seventeen when he is drafted into The Institute, and eighteen when he graduates.RRc40 Events in the Institute take place for months.
    • A three-year interval occurs between the first and second novels.GSc04; MSc02; MSc37; MSc38, IGc10, IGc60
  • Events in Golden Son occur between November 741 and March 742 PCE.GSc04; GSc25; GSc51; MSc37; MSc42; DAc91
    • A one-year interval occurs between the second and third novels.MSc02
  • Events in Morning Star occur between March and December 743 PCE.MCc37; MSc59; MSc65; IGc00; IGc10, IGc14, IGc47
    • A ten-year interval occurs between the third and fourth novels.IGc00; IGc32
  • Events in Iron Gold occur between August and November 753 PCE.IGc06; IGc18; IGc35
    • A three-week interval occurs between the fourth and fifth novels.DAc00
  • Events in Dark Age occur between December 753 and March 754 PCE.DAc07; DAc18; DAc91
    • An seven-month interval occurs between the fifth and sixth novels.
  • Events in Light Bringer occur between October 754 and March 755 PCE.LBc07; LBc83

Anno Domini (Pre-Conquering) Era[]

  • Trojan War
  • Napoleonic Wars
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • World War III MSc53
  • Colonization of LunaRRc10

Conquering Era[]

0 PCE[]

1st Century, Post Conquering Era[]

5 PCE[]

Mid 1st Century PCE[]

Late 1st Century PCE[]

  • The construction of Sungrave and terraforming of Io begin.IGc22; LBc47
  • The terraforming of Venus is completed and House Carthii become the first humans to migrate to the planet's surface.IGc45
  • The last pre-Color humans die off after the Conquerors sterilize the remaining population of Earth with solocene.IGc06

2nd Century PCE[]

c. 150 PCE[]

  • The first Reds are sent to Mars to initiate the Terraforming process by mining for helium-3.RRc10; GSc04; MSc14; MSc31; M2c32
  • Lovelock Engines are installed at Mars's poles.MSc31; MSc32
  • Colonization of Phobos begins.MSc14; MSc31; M2c32

Mid-2nd Century PCE[]

  • The city of Olympia is founded on Mars.DAc22
  • Asteroid 12193 is discovered.LBc35
  • Construction of the Venus Dockyards begins.LBc16

195 PCE[]

  • The Institite of Mars opens and accepts its first students.RRc20; GSc04

196 PCE[]

  • The first class of Mars' Institute graduates.GSc04

3rd Century PCE[]

200 PCE[]

  • The Obsidians instigate the Dark Revolt against the Golds, which fails and results in the massacre of 90% of their race.MSc32
    • The survivors are stripped of technology and imprisoned on the polar landmasses of Mars, Earth, and other solar bodies.

236 PCE[]

  • The House of Bounty is built on Io in the city of Plutus.LBc85

Mid 3rd Century PCE[]

Late 3rd Century PCE[]

4th Century PCE[]

5th Century PCE[]

Early 5th Century PCE[]

  • The Colors not already working in the Helium mines begin migrating to Mars.RRc09

Mid 5th Century PCE[]

  • House San is founded.DAc06
  • The doors of the queen's sanctuary in the Valkyrie Spires on Mars are constructed.MSc34

455 PCE[]

  • Cyraxes the leviathan is born.LBc57

493 PCE[]

  • The first docks of the Ganymede shipyards are constructed.MSc49

6th Century PCE[]

520 PCE[]

543 PCE[]

554 PCE[]

  • The mining colony of Lagalos is established on Mars.DAc47
  • Dozens of colonies and mines are wiped out by the Green Death.LBc12

Late 6th Century PCE[]

7th Century PCE[]

c. 638-640 PCE[]

c. 641-643 PCE[]

649 PCE[]

c. 650-652 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Nine year old Octavia au Lune incites a riot by throwing diamonds from an aircar.GSc14

653 PCE[]

656 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • The beginning of the House War between House Augustus and House Bellona.GSc28
      • The father of Nero au Augustus has a dispute with Julius au Bellona, Cassius's grandfather.
      • House Augustus attempts to assassinate the entire Bellona family, but the plan fails.
      • ArchGovernor Cylus declares his forces for House Bellona.
      • ArchGovernor Cylus puts House Augustus to death, sparing only seven-year-old Nero, raising him.
  • Deaths:
    • All members of House Augustus, with the exception of Nero au Augustus.

c. 673-675 PCE[]

676 PCE[]

c. mid-late 670s PCE[]

681 PCE[]

682 PCE[]

683 PCE[]

c. mid-late 680s PCE[]

690 PCE[]

c. early 690s PCE[]

694 PCE[]

696 PCE[]

c. mid-late 690s PCE[]

698 PCE[]

8th Century PCE[]

Early 8th Century PCE[]

701 PCE[]

702 PCE[]

703 PCE[]

705 PCE[]

707 PCE[]

c. 708 PCE[]

708 PCE[]

  • Events:

710 PCE[]

711 PCE[]

712 PCE[]

713 PCE[]

715 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Atlas is sent to Luna as a hostage in Octavia's court.DAc09

716 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Quicksilver completes his revenge on the Gold who murdered his children and first husband.LBc39

717 PCE[]

718 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Ragnar is taken from the Valkyrie Spires to become a Stained.MSc34
    • Sefi takes a vow of silence in response to her brother's departure.MSc34
    • Fitchner au Barca is seriously injured in a terraforming incident on Triton.GSc46; SOAv1; [9]
    • Fitchner falls in love with Bryn, a Red and fellow patient at the hospital.[9]
    • At some point after June, Bryn and Fitchner enter a romantic relationship together.GSc46; [9]

719 PCE[]

720 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • November:
      • Zarubal is arrested by the Board of Quality Control and discloses Bryn and Fitchner's identities for a reduced sentence.GSc46; [10]
      • Bryn and Sevro are captured by the Board on the orders of Arturius and taken to Whitehold. Fitchner and his team infiltrate the facility in a attempt to rescue them.[10]
      • Bryn is executed with achlys-9 for illegally marrying a Gold.[11]
  • Deaths:

721 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Agala si Ken invents the first Psyche, and promptly destroys it.[12]
      • Agala releases six protype Psyches into the wild, including The Figment, before taking her own life.[12]
    • March: Quicksilver fires Fitchner in order to protect himself.[10]
    • June: Fitchner and Ryanna arrive on Triton to introduce Sevro to his grandmother and hold a funeral for Bryn.[10]
    • September: The Sons of Ares infiltrate the Vardan estate, where Fitchner attempts to kill Arturius's newborn son Drusus.[10]
      • Fenix is captured as they exit the compound, and later dies while being tortured in interrogation. 
      • Ryanna takes Sevro with her back to Triton, for fear of his safety. 
      • Quicksilver sends Fitchner to assassinate Hecuba au Rhodes of Ganymede.
    • November: Hecuba and her daughter Prospera are killed at each other's hands.[13]
    • December: Arturius and Fitchner face off against each other at Ganymede, where Arturius falls to his death.[13]

722 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Roque's mother becomes a Senator.GSc05
    • An Iron Rain is called.GSc36
    • February: Fitchner and Quicksilver agree on an alliance, officially establishing the Sons of Ares.[13]

723 PCE[]

725 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • August:
    • September:
      • September 3rd: Ryanna infiltrates Nagasos and shows Roran and Corthus the terraformed surface of Mars.SOAv3
        • Roran and Corthus are tasked with recruiting a hundred men and women of Nagasos to the Sons.
      • September 5th: Matteo gives Fitchner etiquette lessons in Agea.
        • Quicksilver and Fitchner go over the data they obtained from the Logos and discuss their plans.
      • September 6th (Approx.): Construction of Tinos begins.
      • September 29th: Harmony oversees her fellow recruits digging a secret tunnel in Nagasos.SOAv3
        • Roran and Ryanna share a drink after their work for the day is done.
        • Fitchner approaches Nero au Augustus at the Agea Forum to apply for a position as a Lancer.
    • October:
      • October 10th: Harmony and the Sons of Ares recruits in Nagasos train how to use firearms.SOAv3
        • Fitchner meets with Ryanna to discuss their plans and reveals their official objective.
      • October 26th: Fitchner participates in war games on Phobos as part of his audition for the Lancer position.SOAv3
    • November:
      • November 3rd: Roran and Corthus are arrested by the Nagasos mineMagistrate.SOAv3
        • Fitchner travels back to Mars from Phobos.
      • November 4th: The Nagasos Uprising occurs.SOAv3
      • November 5th: Fitchner loses the Lancer position for failing to kill Ares.SOAv3
  • Deaths:

726 PCE[]

  • Births:
    • Aeneas au Raa is born.MSc43
    • Ephraim graduates from boot camp and begins his service to the Society's Legions.IGc27; IGc30
  • Deaths:
    • Dale MSc50
    • Unnamed second wife of NeroGSc33; MSc28; DAc20

727 PCE[]

728 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Dancer is recruited into the Sons of Ares.GSc46, DAc29
    • Dago becomes the Helldiver of Gamma clan in Lykos.RRc01, DAc01

729 PCE[]

730 PCE[]

731 PCE[]

Births:

732 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Matteo wins a hundred million credits from Atalantia in a game of Karachi at the Aristotle Club on January 11th.DAc28

733 PCE[]

735 PCE[]

736 PCE (Red Rising)[]

  • Events:
    • February: Darrow marries Eo.RRc01;[3];[17]
    • August:
      • August 7th: Darrow's mining clan, Lambda, loses the Laurel to rival clan Gamma.RRc03;[3];[17]
        • Darrow and Eo are caught in the Bubble Garden after sunrise without authorization.
      • August 10th: Darrow and Eo and are publicly punished by Ugly Dan.
        • Eo sings the Reaping Song during her punishment, and is sentenced to death for treason by ArchGovernor Augustus.RRc05
        • Darrow sneaks out in the middle of the night to cut down his wife's body and bury her.RRc06
      • August 11th: Darrow buries his wife, and is hanged for it.RRc06; RRc08
        • Darrow's uncle Narol cuts down Darrow as he falls into a coma, and secretly sends his body to the Sons of Ares.RRc08
      • August 12th: Darrow meets Dancer and Harmony of the Sons of Ares and agrees to join the Sons of Ares. RRc07, RRc08, MSc39
        • Dancer and Harmony take Darrow to Mickey's shop.RRc10
      • August 13th: Darrow undergoes his first surgery to be carved into a Gold.
  • Deaths:

737 PCE (Red Rising)[]

  • Events:
    • In May,
      • Matteo the Pink begins educating Darrow on the culture and mannerisms of Golds in the Society.
      • Dancer guides Darrow in formulating his thought processes to emulate those of a Gold.
    • Darrow briefly meets Mustang while learning how to ride horseback.
    • In August, Darrow takes the entry tests of The Institute and passes.
    • December:
      • December 7th: Darrow is escorted to The Institute in Agea.[17];[18]
      • December 8th: Darrow is brought into The Passage where he is forced to kill Julian to pass.RRc16
      • December 9th: Fitchner outlines the objectives of The Institute and gives the students of House Mars a tour of their territory.RRc20
      • December 10th: The Institute's war game officially begins.RRc22
      • December 12th: House Pluto and The Jackal trap themselves in the tunnels beneath their castle after being blitzed by House Vulcan.RRc38
      • December 13th: Vixus captures the first slave of House Mars and establishes the credibility of Titus's faction.RRc23
        • House Mars fractures into four tribes.
      • December 14th: Vixus attacks Lea and steals her food.RRc23
      • December 15th: Darrow's tribe abandons Castle Mars as House Mars begins a civil war.RRc23; RRc24
        • Titus's tribe begins raiding House Ceres.RRc24
      • December 16th: Trigg ti Nakamura's platoon is sent to destroy the Hysperia Gardens and kill all inside.DAc21
        • The Grays' standard combat stimulants are replaced with Zoladone to ensure compliance with all orders.
        • Trigg attempts suicide after realizing he did, and joins the Sons of Ares on Holiday ti Nakamura's advice.
      • December 17th: Darrow and Cassius observe Titus's siege of Castle Ceres.RRc24
        • Darrow convinces Cassius that Titus was the one who killed Julian.
      • December 19th: House Pluto kills one of the girls in the House and eats her legs in order to survive.MSc63
      • December 29th: House Ceres tosses a basket of bred to Titus's allies with razor blades baked inside.RRc24
        • Titus has one of the captured Ceres students beaten by her fellow slaves that evening.

738 PCE (Red Rising)[]

  • Events:
    • Octavia commissions the construction of a moonBreaker at Ganymede Dockyards.DAc80
    • Trigg and Ephraim meet in a bar at Atlas Interplanetary Docks on Luna.[7]
    • January
      • January 10th: Fitchner tells Darrow that the Proctors will turn a blind eye to Titus's raping of his slaves.RRc25
      • January 11th: Cassius duels Titus after Vixus cuts off Quinn's ear.RRc25
      • January 12th: Darrow and Cassius use House Minerva, led by Mustang, to eradicate the tyrannical Titus.RRc25; RRc26
        • Darrow gains the loyalty and allegience of Sevro,[18] and together they steal Minerva's standard.
        • After trading Minerva's standard back for control of Castle Mars, Darrow finds out Titus' true identity as a Red.RRc28
      • January 13th: Titus is killed in a duel with Cassius.RRc29
      • January 14th: Fitchner provides House Mars with horses.RRc29
    • February,
      • February 13th (Approx.): Darrow holds a war council with Cassius, Roque, Sevro, and Quinn.RRc30
      • February 14th (Approx.): Darrow and Sevro meet with House Diana to form an alliance against House Minerva.RRc30
      • February 21st (Approx.): House Mars and House Diana conquer Castle Minerva.RRc31
        • House Diana betrays House Mars
      • February 26th (Approx.): House Diana is captured while trying to sneak out of Castle Minerva.RRc32
        • Darrow becomes Primus of House Mars and sends Cassius to lay siege to House Diana's castle.
        • Lilath delivers the holocam containing footage of Julian's death to Cassius on behalf of The Jackal.
        • Antonia, Vixus, and some of Titus' original followers murder Lea and leave Roque for dead.
      • February 27th (Approx.): Cassius challenges Darrow and wins the duel, leaving Darrow for dead.RRc33
        • Mustang finds Darrow and begins nursing him back to health.
    • March:
      • March 3rd (Approx): Roque returns to Castle Mars.MSc50
      • March 26th (Approx.): Darrow regains consciousness after being left for dead by Cassius.RRc34
      • March 27th (Approx.): Mustang catches Darrow up to speed on what he's missed.RRc34
    • April:
      • April 24th (Approx.): Darrow takes care of Mustang, who has fallen critically ill, and Proctor Fitchner gives aid.
        • Proctor Fitchner reveals that Proctor Apollo gave the Jackal the recording of Julian's murder.RRc34
    • May:
      • May 6th (Approx.): Darrow and Mustang defeat a band of Oathbreakers led by Milia and gain their allegiance.RRc35
      • May 14th (Approx.): Darrow and Mustang's army of Oathbreakers free twelve slaves from House Mars, including Pax.RRc35; RRc36
      • May 18tth (Approx.): Darrow's army defeats and enslaves House Ceres.RRc36
      • May 19th (Approx.): Tactus is whipped for attempting to rape Nyla.RRc36
      • May 20th (Approx.): Darrow sends out scouts out from Castle Ceres.RRc37
      • May 21st (Approx.): Darrow's army begins moving south.RRc37
      • May 22nd (Approx.): Darrow's army passes the castle of House Juno on their move south.RRc37
      • May 23rd (Approx.): Darrow encoutners Novas and ambushes House Apollo's scouts during the night.RRc37
      • May 28th (Approx.): Proctor Apollo attempts to kill Darrow with a bear.RRc37
      • May 29th (Approx.): Darrow's army begins raiding House Apollo's holdings.RRc38
    • June:
      • June 4th (Approx.): Darrow's army defeats and enslaves House Apollo.RRc38
      • June 5th (Approx.): Darrow's army sets out for House Jupiter's castle.RRc40
      • June 9th (Approx.): Darrow's army reaches Castle Jupiter.RRc40
      • June 11th (Approx.): Darrow's army captures Castle Jupiter.RRc40
        • Darrow's army invades and captures Olympus.RRc42
      • June 12th (Approx.): Mustang captures The Jackal and delivers him to Olympus.RRc43
      • June 13th (Approx.): Darrow graduates from The Institutue as a Peerless Scarred.RRc34; RRc44
    • July:
      • Roque and Virginia spend the summer in Agea enjoying opera and the arts.IGc03
      • Lorn au Arcos begins training Darrow in the Willow Way.GSc11
      • As a favored Lancer for House Augustus, Nero takes Darrow on a tour of Mars to show him the House's domains.GSc04
    • Sometime after Darrow's graduation from The Institute, Nero travels to Mercury to for trade talks with House Votum.DAc34
      • A month later, Nero sends Darrow to deliver a box of grapes to Scorpio au Votum as a warning.
    • December: Harmony murders a group of vacationing senators at a villa on Mars' Gorgon Sea and breaks away from the Sons of Ares.GSc46
      • Fitchner reveals his identity to Dancer while saving the Sons from a lurcher raid that occurred in response to Harmony's actions.

739 PCE[]

740 PCE[]

741 PCE (Golden Son)[]

  • Events:
    • The Sovereign appoints Fitchner au Barca as Rage Knight and Cassius au Bellona as Morning Knight.GSc11; GSc13
    • January: Darrow begins his classes at The Academy.[23]; GSc01
    • May:
    • August:
      • The Howlers have a layover on Triton during their voyage to Luna.GSc23
      • Dancer approaches Sevro on Triton and shows him the footage of Darrow's carving.GSc23
    • October:
      • Darrow's time at The Academy comes to an end.[22];[23]
    • November:
      • The Howlers arrive on Luna (est.)GSc17;GSc23
      • Pliny convinces Nero to terminate Darrow's contract at the Summit.GSc04
      • November 25th (Approx.): House Augustus leaves Mars for the Summit.[24]; GSc04
    • December:
      • December 16th (Approx.): House Augustus arrives on Luna for the Summit.[24]; GSc04
        • Darrow allies with The Jackal and reunites with Harmony.
      • December 17th (Approx.): The 741 Summit begins.[24]
      • December 19th (Approx.): The Martian Civil War begins with the Gala Massacre on Luna.[24]; GSc04
  • Births:
  • Deaths:

742 PCE (Golden Son)[]

  • Events:
    • Aurae infiltrates House Raa as a spy for the Daughters of Athena.LBc52
    • January:
      • January 16th (Approx.): Nero au Augustus meets with his advisors to plan their next move.GSc25
      • January 17th (Approx.): Nero leaves the fleet to take a strike force to the ship yards of Ganymede and steal all of the ships.GSc25
      • January 18th-29th (Approx.): Mustang is captured when Karnus and Pliny's forces attack her raiding party during their approach to The Academy.[25]
      • Januuary 29th (Approx.): Lorn's great-granddaughter is born.GSc28
      • January 30th (Approx.): Darrow meets with Lorn au Arcos on Europa to convince his old mentor to join their cause.GSc27
        • Nero is captured by Fitchner and Cassius during his raid on Europa.[26]
    • February:
      • February 1st (Approx.): As the newly expanded fleet departs for Hildas Station, Mustang arrives with news of Pliny’s betrayal.[27];[28]
      • February 3rd (Approx.):
        • House Bellona seizes control of Agea from House Augustus.GSc51
        • Darrow leads a war party consisting of himself, Mustang, Lorn, the Howlers, and Ragnar, to retake the Augustan fleet from Pliny.[29];[27];[28]
    • March
      • March 2nd: Octavia au Lune arrives on Mars.GSc37
      • March 3rd: The Lion's Rain occurs.[24]; GSc51; MSc66
      • March 10th: Darrow awakens a week after the Lion's Rain.GSc43
      • March 11th: Darrow and the Sons of Ares rescue Harmony, Mickey, and Evey from The Jackal.[30]; GSc44; GSc45; GSc46
      • March 12th: Darrow returns to Lykos, bringing Sevro, Mustang, and Ragnar with him.[30]; GSc51
      • March 14th: The Triumph Massacre takes place.[24]
      • March 15th: The Battle of Deimos occurs.MSc42
      • March 23rd: Nine days after the massacre, Mustang's spies aid in the escape of the Moon Lords' children from the Citadel on Luna.MSc10 MSc40; [24]
      • March 25th: The Second Moon Lord Rebellion begins: Eleven days after Darrow's Triumph, the heirs of House Raa stole or destroyed the entirety of the eighth fleet garrison from its dry docks on Callisto with the help of the Codovan family of Ganymede. Under the leadership of Romulus au Raa, the Moons of Jupiter declare their independence from the Core and war against the Sovereign, pressuring the other moons of the Rim to join them.[24]; MSc10, MSc37, MSc40
    • May:
      • May 27th: The Sword Armada arrives in Jupiter orbit to crush the Moon Lords' rebellion.[24]; MSc10
    • June:
      • June 13th: Darrow is placed inside the Jackal's stone table after three months of interrogation.[24]; MSc01; MSc37
      • June 14th-30th (Approx.): A body double of Darrow is executed in Agea on a live HC broadcast.MSc08; MSc37
    • July:
      • Sevro releases the footage of Darrow's carving onto the holo-net, beginning The Rising.MSc10; MSc37
      • Calliope is captured by the Boneriders.MSc02; MSc37
    • December: Mustang gives birth to her and Darrow's son Pax in secret.[24]; MSc65
  • Births:
  • Deaths:

743 PCE (Morning Star)[]

  • Events:
    • March:
      • March 6th: Theodora's informants discover that Cassius and Aja are preparing to transport Darrow from Attica back to Luna.[26]; MSc08
      • March 9th: The Sons of Ares rescue Darrow and Victra when the former is removed from the Jackal's table after 270 days of solitary confinement to be transferred to Luna for dissection.MSc01, 37, DAc37;[26]
      • March 11th: Darrow awakens in the medical facilities of Tinos and reunites with his friends and family.MSc08;
      • March 12th: Darrow is briefed on the state of the Solar System the following morning.MSc09
        • Victra accepts Darrow’s offer to join the Sons of Ares.MSc12
      • March 13th (est.): The Boneriders rob Octavia's secret vault of nuclear warheads.MSc37
      • March 15th: Mickey arrives to carve Darrow and Victra back into fighting shape.MSc11; MSc12
    • April: Darrow and Victra finish recovering from their Carvings and begin working out to get back into fighting shape.MSc13
    • June:
      • Antonia is dispatched to reinforce the Sword Armada on the Rim.MSc60
      • June 1st: Mustang leaves Ilium and travels to Phobos in secret to negotiate terms of peace.[31]
      • June 29th: Victra, Holiday, and Darrow are formally inducted into the Howlers.
      • June 30th: The Howlers infiltrate the Sun Industries tower on Phobos.
        • The Battle of Phobos occurs.[31]; MSc24
        • Darrow, Ragnar, Mustang, and Holiday sneak away from Phobos to liberate the Obsidians from Mars’ south pole.
        • Their ship is shot down by Aja and Cassius, but Ragnar cripples their ship as well.
    • July:
      • July 1st: Darrow and his allies confront Aja and Cassius.
        • Aja kills Ragnar before escaping, while Cassius is taken prisoner.
        • Darrow, Mustang, and Holiday are imprisoned by Alia Snowsparrow.
        • The Fall of Asgard occurs.MSc24; MSc37
        • Sefi deposes Alia and calls her people to join the war against the Society.
      • July 9th: Darrow, Mustang, Holiday, and Sefi return to Tinos to begin coordinating the migration of Obsidians away from Mars’ south pole.MSc37
      • July 10th: Cassius warns Darrow that the Jackal now has access to world killer-grade nuclear weapons.MSc36
        • Darrow declares that they will destroy the Sword Armada in forty days.MSc38
        • The Sons of Ares begin helping the Obsidians migrate from the south pole.
        • Darrow and the Red Armada begin their voyage to Jupiter.MSc39
    • August:
      • August 4th: The Jackal kills Narol and broadcasts the recording so that Darrow will see it.MSc38; MSc50; MSc53; MSc54
      • August 18th: The Red Armada arrives at Ilium. Darrow and Mustang meet with the Moon Lords on Io.MSc38; MSc47
      • August 19th: The Battle of Ilium occurs.MSc38; MSc47
      • August 21st: Darrow and Romulus meet via holo conference.MSc50
      • August 24th: The Red Armada departs the Rim.MSc50
        • Darrow holds a funeral for Roque aboard the Morning Star and remenisces over the Institute with Cassius.MSc50
      • August 25th: Victra catches up to Antonia and takes control of the Julii fleet, resulting in the capture of Antonia and Thistle.MSc50; MSc51
        • Antonia and Thistle are interrogated about the Jackal's plans. Antonia kills Thistle before she can reveal anything.
        • Late in the fleet's nightcycle, the Pandora receives a the broadcast of Narol's execution, causing tensions between lowColors and Golds within the Red Armada to boil over.MSc53
      • August 26th: Darrow and company return to the Morning Star hours later to find Sefi and the Obsidians preparing to hang Cassius.MSc53; MSc54
        • To quell the infighting and prevent further bloodshed, Sevro hangs himself alongside Cassius, forcing Sefi to cut them both free.
    • September:
      • September 2nd: Sevro and Victra marry in the hangar of the Morning Star.MSc55
        • Darrow receives a live holoCall from the Jackal during the reception and steps away to speak with him, followed by Mustang.
    • October:
      • Icarus Base is abandoned by the Sons of Ares as its garrison sails to join the Red Armada.LBc02
      • (Approx.) October 18th: Octavia declares martial law across all Society territories.MSc57
    • November:
      • (Approx.) November 4th: The Fall occurs.MSc57
      • (Approx.) November 11th: The Jackal is hanged for his crimes.MSc64
        • Following her brother's execution, Virginia abolishes capital punishment the same day.IGc27
    • December:
      • December 5th (Approx.): Cassius departs Luna with Lysander after acquiring the Archimedes.MSc65;[17]
      • Late December: Mustang introduces Darrow to their son Pax for the first time.MSc65
  • Deaths:

744 PCE[]

745 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Pytha xe Virgus joins Cassius and Lysander aboard their ship, the Archimedes.
    • Ephraim deserts the Rising.IGc06
    • Fel becomes a Republic long-range scout in the asteroid belt.LBc12; LBc22; LBc42
    • Quicksilver beguns funding off-book mining operations in the asteroid belt.LBc35; LBc42

746 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • After the Gold who tortured his unit is pardoned for information, Ephraim ti Horn deserts The Rising.IGc06, IGc18
    • Cassius meets a pirate at an asteroid cantina who tells him the story of when Darrow had Pax au Telemanus whip him at The Institute.LBc77
    • The Battle of Luna comes to an end.IGc31
    • Darrow launches an invasion of Grimmus-held Africa on Earth.DAc03, 38, 55
      • During the campaign, Darrow visits North Africa to personally recruit Harnassus as a Praetor.DAc03, 55
      • House Grimmus is ultimately driven from their ancestral home in New Sparta.LBc15

747 PCE[]

748 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Ephraim ti Horn meets Volga Fjorgan on Earth outside a loading dock in Echo City.IGc06
    • Society forces are fully driven from Earth.DAc08
    • Kieran becomes head of the Howlers' engineering department.IGc30
    • Ajax duels Darrow and cuts off his fingers.LBc15
    • Electra is given access to the Pandora's simulation puzzle rooms.DAc51
    • A Venusian assassin attempts to infiltrate Dicteon Antron and kill Daxo, only to be devoured by seven Gigavok.DAc20

749 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • The Battle of Mars occurs.DAc18
    • Dago enlists in the Solar Republic legions.DAc01
    • Alexandar au Arcos begins training as a lancer to Darrow.DAc00
    • Rhonna enters basic training to become a Drachenjager pilot. IGc30
    • The Rat War begins.
    • The Darkstar Conservatory is founded on Mars.LBc14

750 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • The Ash Lord is poisoned by men paid by Apollonius.IGc60
    • Atalantia takes command of the Society Remnant but maintains the illusion that her father is still in charge.
    • The Battle of Ceres occurs.
    • The Abomination first hears one of The Jackal's pre-recorded messages.

751 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • Lagalos is liberated by Sons of Ares under the command of Dancer.IGc04; IGc29
    • The Rat War ends.
    • Dancer becomes a senator for Red.
    • The Siege of Mercury begins.IGc01
      • Screwface is carved by Mickey so he can infiltrate Atalantia's legions as a deep-cover mole.DAc15
      • The Nessus is captured by Quicksilver's men.IGc30
    • Cassius and Lysander are attacked by Syndicate assassins on Ceres.DAc06
    • Duncan joins the Red Hand.DAc67

752 PCE[]

  • Events:
    • During the Siege of Mercury, Darrow returns home to Luna for a brief visit.IGc01
    • Rhonna graduates from Legion bootcamp but is given a position as a lancer to Darrow before she can see combat.IGc16
    • Quicksilver purchases Glirastes' sculpture Dawn of Hermes in an auction run by the Ophion Guild.DAc25

753 PCE (Iron Gold)[]

  • Events:
    • February: The Red Hand takes over Maeve's village.IGc23; IGc31; IGc50; DAC23; DAc65; DAc67
    • March (Approx.): Sevro makes a brief visit to Luna during the Siege of Mercury.
      • Victra becomes pregnant with her and Sevro's fourth child.
    • July: Dido au Raa sends Seraphina to purchase evidence of Darrow's destruction of the Ganymede Dockyards from the Ophion Guild.IGc47
    • August: Food rationing is instituted on Io.IGc36
      • August 16th (Approx.): Darrow proposes an Iron Rain to finally take Mercury. The Senate refuses and orders him to maintain the siege. IGc01
      • August 18th (Approx.): Darrow disregards the Senate's orders and launches an Iron Rain.IGc03
      • August 19th (Approx.): Darrow and Sevro leave Mercury and sail back to Luna.IGc02
        • Julia leave Mercury to present Atalantia's false peace offer to the Republic Senate.IGc10
      • August 30th: Cassius and Lysander have a run in with Martian Scar Hunters.IGc08
    • September:
      • September 17th (Approx.): A Liberation Day parade is held when Darrow returns to LunaIGc01; IGc03
        • At night on Mars, Red Hand forces led by Harmony launch an Attack on Assimilation Camp 121.
        • At night on Luna, the Horn Gang steal the Sword of Silenius from the Conqueror's Exhibit in the Hyperion Museum of Antiquities.IGc06
      • September 18th (Approx.): Ephraim meets with Oslo to have the sword's value appraised and collect his payment.IGc07; IGc03
        • Lyria and Liam leave Mars with Kavax after their family are killed by the Red Hand.IGc17
        • Darrow appeals to the Senate for additional funds and troops for the liberation of Venus.
        • Dancer presents Julia to the Senate, who reveals that Darrow had ignored the Society Remnant's offer of peace talks.
        • Ephraim meets up with Holiday that night to share a drink in memorial for Trigg on his birthday.
        • Darrow gathers the Howlers and plans to flee Luna for an unsanctioned mission to kill the Ash Lord.
        • Ephraim is captured by the Syndicate and tested to determine his fitness for a job they want to hire him for.
        • The Republic Senate votes to remove Darrow from command and issues a warrant for his arrest.
        • Darrow and Sevro stop at Silene Manor to see their children one last time before they depart Luna.
        • Virginia attempts to talk Darrow out of his plan, then summons the Wardens when she cannot persuade him.
          • A skirmish breaks out, leading to the accidental death of Wulfgar in the chaos.
        • Darrow and Sevro flee the manor and rendezvous with the Howlers.
      • September 26th: The cargo ship Vindabona is boarded by Ascomanni pirates while transporting Seraphina to asteroid S-1392.
        • Cassius, Lysander and Pytha receive the ship's distress signal while travelling toward Lacrimosa station for repairs.
      • September 27th: Cassius and Lysander board the Vindabona and rescue survivors.
        • The Archimedes flies to S-1392, where they are captured by the Rim destroyer Charybdis and learn Seraphina's identity.
    • October:
      • October 9th (Approx.): Lyria and House Telemanus arrive on Luna.IGc23
      • October 16th: Darrow and the Howlers infiltrate Deepgrave to free Apollonius.[32]
        • Ephraim and his crew visit Kobachi’s Tech Emporium to have equipment custom made for their heist.
      • October 17th Lyria visits Hyperion City for the first time to see the sights.
        • Ephraim's gang frames Lyria for pickpocketting, enabling Ephraim to bail her out so he can get close to her as part of his plans.IGc50
        • Darrow and the Howlers leave Earth and begin their voyage toward Venus.
        • Kieran and the support Howlers disperse across Earth to carry out other missions.
      • October 29th (Approx.): Kobachi finishes his work on the miniaturized tech, which Ephraim gives to Lyria under the pretense of a gift.IGc31
      • October 31st (Approx.): Darrow discovers that Rhonna has stowed away on the Nessus.IGc34
        • Darrow and Sevro make a deal with Apollonius for his cooperation in their plan to assassinate the Ash Lord.
    • November:
      • November 1st: The kidnapping of Pax and Electra occurs.
        • Lyria escapes from Ephraim and turns herself over to the Republic Watchmen.IGc31, 35
        • The Charybdis arrives on Io.
        • Lysander and Cassius are saved from execution by the beginning of Dio au Raa's coup.
        • Cassius's identity is exposed during dinner with House Raa.
        • Cassius is forced to fight several consecutive duels for his role in the deaths of Revus and Thesalia in 742 PCE.
        • Lysander reveals his identity and gives up the code to his and Cassius's safe.
        • Dido unveils footage proving Darrow destroyed the Ganymede Dockyards at the Battle of Ilium.
        • Diomedes moves Cassius to his estate on Europa and tells everyone that he died from his wounds.
        • Gaia au Raa asks Lysander to help restore Romulus to power.
        • Lysander chooses to report Gaia to Dido to guarantee his and Pytha’s survival.
      • November 2nd: Lyria handed over to the Lionguard and interrogated by Daxo and Theodora.
        • Virginia, Lyria, and Holiday figure out Ephraim's identity and The Syndicate's involvement.
        • Ephraim drives Volga away from him.IGc51
        • Romulus confesses to covering up Darrow's actions at Ilium and walks to his death at the Dragon Tomb as punishment.DAc02
        • Lysander convinces Dido to send him to The Core as an emmissary to unite Gold against the Solar Republic.
      • November 3rd: Holiday and Lyria confront Ephraim at the skyhook terminal.IGc51, 57
        • They and Virginia compel Ephraim to help find and recover the children.
        • Eprhaim rescues Pax and Electra from the Duke of Hands and steals the Duke's shuttle so that they can escape.
        • The Syndicate Queen takes control of the autopilot on the Duke’s shuttle, forcing Ephraim to detonate a cache of grenades.
        • Scavengers find the crash side, and the Obsidians in the group offer Ephraim and the children to Sefi.
        • The Syndicate tries to re-capture them, but are driven back by Valdir and the skuggi.
        • A new leg is carved for Ephraim before he and the children are transferred to a shuttle bound for Mars.
      • November 14th: Darrow's strike team arrives on Venus and helps Apollonius retake control of his household.IGc52
      • November 15th: The Battle of Gorgon Isle occurs.
        • The Battle of Caliban occurs the same day.
        • Darrow races to Mercury with half of their team while Sevro and the rest return to Luna.
      • November 20th (Approx.): Darrow arrives on Mercury.
    • December:
      • December 2nd (Approx.): Sefi, Ephraim, and the children arrive on Mars.
      • December 9th (Approx.): Darrow and Alexandar rescue Orion from the Gorgons.DAprologue
      • December 13th: Sevro, Clown, Pebble, and Min-Min arrive back in Luna.IGc65
      • December 16th: Ephraim wakes up in Olympia and meets Ozgard.DAc23
        • Ephraim is informed of the Obsidian Alltribe.
        • Sefi offers Ephraim a contract teaching the Skuggig how to operate like freelancers in exchange for Lyria and Volga's freedom.
  • Deaths:

754 PCE (Dark Age & Light Bringer)[]

  • Events:
    • January:
      • January 5th: The Battle of the Ladon begins.[33]
      • January 6th: The Battle of the Ladon ends.DAc16; DAc17
      • January 7th: Virginia begins preparing relief supplies to send to the Free Legions on Mercury
      • January 8th: Virginia gives a speech aboard the Echo of Ares.[34]
        • During the speech, the relief supplies are launched toward Mercury.
        • Virginia meets with Daxo and their Optimate political aides at Dictaeon Antrom.
      • January 9th: Virginia meets with the Zenith Ring.DAc26, DAc29
        • Sevro kills The Syndicate's Duke of Heads.DAc26
        • Theodora's Splinter operatives successfully capture the Duke of Hands.
        • After interrogating the Duke of Hands, Virginia uses him to draw out Sevro.
      • January 10th: Virginia and Sevro confront Dancer about his affair with the Duke of Hands.
      • January 11th: The Day of Red Doves occurs.
      • January 14th: Ephraim and the children arrive on the Heart of Venus.DAc37
      • January 15th: Apollonius begins stalking Lysander across the Ladon.
      • January 16th: Diomedes au Raa departs Mercury to prepare for the Rim's entrance into the war.DAc89
      • January 17th: Atalantia contacts Darrow to deliver the news of Caraval's coup and outline her terms for his surrender.DAc18; DAc35
      • January 18th: The Free Legions receive Virginia's relief supplies.DAc18
        • Darrow has Glirastes begin work on their plans to escape from Mercury.
      • January 19th: Lysander, Cicero, and Kalindora encounter a sandstorm while crossing the Ladon.
        • Kalindora and Cicero are captured by Republic patrols and taken to Helipolis.
        • Seneca au Cern and a squad of Iron Leopards attempt to assassinate Lysander on Ajax's orders.
        • Lysander hears the voice of Apollonius criticizing him, but he is uncertain if the experience is real or a hallucination.
      • January 21st: The Obsidian Alltribe seizes control of Cimmeria.DAc37
        • Afterwards, Ozgard gets Ephraim drunk for three days straight.
      • January 23rd: Lysander reaches the edge of the Ladon and treats his burns with an aloe plant he finds in an abandoned farmouse.
      • January 24th: Ephraim sobers up after Ozgard got him drunk following the seizure of the mines.
        • Sefi and her Valkyrie, accompanied by Pax and Electra begin a hunt for a Nidhoggr ice drake.
      • January 25th: Lysander leaves the abandoned farmouse and sets off toward the Valley of Erebos.DAc42
      • January 26th: Lysander arrives in Erebos and is captured by the Gorgons.DAc42
      • January 30th: Sefi and the Valkyrie bring down the Nidhoggr.DAc43
        • Freihild is killed by Volsung Fá.
        • Valdir murders Sefi's griffin, Godeater.
      • January 31st: The Pandora is boarded and overrun by Kuiper Ascomanni, forcing all aboard to abandon ship.DAc52
        • Ascomani begin dumping bodies from the Pandora over Agea using ships bearing Alltribe markings.
        • Sefi places Olympia on lockdown.
        • Ephraim manages to smuggle Pax and Electra out of Olympia aboard the Snowball to search for survivors.
        • Lyria finds Fig while searching for survivors and receives The Figment.
        • The Red Hand approaches Victra's crash site, forcing Lyria, Volga, and Victra to flee.
        • Lysander meets with Atlas and learns that Atalantia is planning a chemical attack in five days that will destroy all life in Heliopolis.
        • Lysander stages Atlas' capture and helps his cellmates Alexandar, Drusilla, Hadrian, Ignacius and Crastus to escape.
        • Darrow manages to save Alexandar, Lysander, and their prisoner from pursuing Gorgons and airlift them back to Heliopolis.
    • February:
      • February 1st: Lysander is released from the Republic field hospital after Glirastes vouches for his cover identity.
      • February 5th: The Long Night begins.[35]
      • February 6th: Atlas au Raa is freed from the brig of the Morning StarDAc78; DAc89
      • February 13th: Victra gives birth to Ulysses au Barca.[36]
      • February 14th: Victra and Volga are captured by the Red Hand while Lyria escapes.DAc66
        • Lyria discovers that local Red girls are being forcibly taken by the Red Hand as brides.
      • February 15th: Lyria infiltrates the Red Hand base.DAc68
      • February 16th: The Red Hand base falls.DAc69
        • Ephraim and Pax discover that Xenophon is a traitor.
        • Ephraim returns to Olympia to expose Xenophon, but is captured and framed for the Logos's crimes.
        • Virginia is placed on trial by the People's Tribunal after they execute Servilla au Arcos and Theodora.[37]
        • Virginia's trial is interrupted by the arrival of Lilath and the surviving Boneriders.
        • With the People’s Tribunal held captive in the Citadel along with Sevro and the Howlers, Lilath unveils her master: a young clone of the Jackal.
        • Adrius II has all of the Howlers but Sevro, Clown, and Pebble executed by cooking them inside an enormous iron wolf.
        • The Boneriders hold a banquet to celebrate their takeover of Luna, where Virginia manages to start driving a wedge between the clone and Lilath.
        • Virginia manages to distract the clone and Lilath with the Night Lilies in her office and throw herself into an escape tunnel out of the Citadel.
        • Virginia is evacuated to the Reynard as the Telemanus fleet fights their way through the Vox blockade to escape Luna.
        • Kavax reveals that they've received a warning that the Rim is coming.
        • Virginia is forced to leave Sevro and the Howlers behind as she sails for Mars.
      • February 17th: Volsung Fá arrives in Griffinhold and duels Sefi for the throne of the Alltribe. DAc74; DAc88
        • Volsung Fá kills Sefi and eats her heart before telling the Obsidians to sack Olympia.
        • Ephraim kills Xenophon by planing his old heartspike in the White's pocket with an explosive attached.
        • Volsung Fá rips out Ephraim’s heart and eats it as he dies.
      • February 18th: Lysander’s triumph is held in Heliopolis.[38]
      • February 19th: Kalindora tells Lysander the truth about his parents' death and her role in it, and dies later that night.DAc90
      • February 20th: The Obsidians depart Olympia and Martian ships arrive in the city to provide aid to the other Colors.DAc88
        • Victra, Lyria, Volga, and the children hold a funeral for Ulysses.
      • February 21st: Volga and Lyria load Ephraim’s body into a racing ship to return him to Earth for burial.DAc88
        • ArchGovernor Kieran O’Lykos arrives and reveals that news has reached Mars of the fall of Heliopolis.
        • Kieran explains that Volsung Fá is offering to leave Mars without further violence in exchange for Volga.
        • Volga agrees to leave Mars with the Obsidian so that she can get close to Volsung Fa and kill him as vengeance for Ephraim's death.
        • After the Obsidians depart, Pax comes to Lyria with information about the parasite she inherited from Figment.
        • Lysander begins overseeing the reconstruction of Tyche on Mercury.DAc89
    • March:
      • March 4th: Volga attempts to assassinate Volsung Fá, but he convinces her to stay her hand and help him build a kingdom for their people.LBc67
      • March 9th (Approx):
        • The allied fleets of the Rim and the Society Remnant retake Earth.
        • Virginia arrives on Mars and reunites with her son after flying the Iron Circle.
      • March 10th (or later):
        • Lysander meets with Apollonius in the desert and convinces him to serve him as a warrior in exchange for his chance at revenge and glory.
        • Quicksilver's flagship is sighted by a Republic military outpost on the inner fringe of the Asteroid Belt.LBc22; LBc35
    • April: Dido and the Dragon Armada seize control of Eros from the Solar Republic.LBc18; LBc22
      • Pax enrolls at the Darkstar Conservatory.LBc14
    • May: The House Grimmus destroyer Panthera passes within 50 clicks of Icarus Base.LBc01; LBc02
    • June: The Figment stops giving Lyria directions.LBc12; LBc14
    • August:
      • August 7th (Approx): The Syndicate delivers Sevro to Venus after selling him to Apollonius in an Ophion Guild auction.LBc01; LBc04
        • Apollonius begins broadcasting a message that Darrow has ninety days to come to Venus and face him or Sevro will be killed.LBc04
      • August 24th (Approx): Cassius and Aurae leave Icarus base on a mission to steal helium-3 for the Archimedes from Starhold.LBc01; LBc07
    • October:
      • October 5th (Approx): Cassius and Aurae return from Starhold with Colloway and a stolen torchShip full of surviving Republic Legionnaires.
        • Cassius delivers the news of Sevro's capture.
        • Darrow, Cassius, and Aurae take the Archimedes to try and rescue Sevro.
      • October 18th: Cassius and Darrow arrives at the Venus Dockyards to rescue Sevro, but end up being captured themselves.LBc07; LBc16
        • Colloway and the rest of the survivors from the Long Night begin sailing toward Mars.
      • October 20th: Sevro, Darrow, and Cassius escape from Venus.LBc08; LBc16
        • Tharsus is executed by Atlas and the Gorgons.
        • Lysander secures an alliance with Valeria.
      • October 21st (Approx): Lyria reaches the Tabula Rasa.LBc14
      • October 22nd (Approx): Lyria has The Figment surgically removed.
      • October 24th: Aurae informs Darrow and Sevro of her true mission.LBc11
      • October 25th (Approx): Virginia dispatches five Republic senators to persuade Quicksilver to rejoin the fight.
        • Lyria undergoes surgery to remove The Figment.
        • Virginia vists Pax at the Darkstar Conservatory.
      • October 26th: Lysander arrives on Earth for Atalantia's summit.LBc15; LBc16
      • October 27th: Atalantia holds a summit on Earth to announce her plans for the next phase of the Solar War.LBc15; LBc16
    • November:
      • November 14th (Approx): Thraxa, Colloway, Screwface, and Harnassus arrive back on Mars.LBc22
      • November 15th (Approx): The Twins of South Pacifica fire debris from the White Fleet in the direction of Mars' north pole.LBc21
      • November 20th (Approx): The Siege of Phobos begins.[39]
    • December:
      • December 03rd (Approx): Virginia and Lysander parlay to negotiate an end to the Siege.[39]; LBc32
      • December 08th (Approx): The Republic evacuation of Phobos is completed.LBc34
        • Virginia contacts the Archimedes and orders Darrow to seek out Quicksilver for additional ships.
      • December 16th: Lysander is poisoned at a gala aboard the Lightbringer.LBc36; LBc37; LBc39
      • December 21th (Approx): Volsung Fá attacks Ilium.LBc36; LBc37; LBc39
      • December 22nd (Approx): Gaia au Raa relays news of the Obsidian attack to the Rim fleets in the Core.LBc36; LBc37; LBc39
      • December 24th (Approx): Lysander boards the Dustmaker as the Rim fleets sail back to Ilium.LBc36; LBc37; LBc39

755 PCE (Light Bringer)[]

  • Events:
    • January:
      • January 3rd (Approx): The Lightbringer and the House Votum fleet set off for Ilium to reinforce the Rim armadas.LBc36; LBc37; LBc39
      • January 13th (Approx): The Archimedes arrives at the Tabula Rasa.LBc35; LBc37; LBc39
      • January 14th (Approx): Lyria meets Darrow for the first time.LBc40
        • Helios destroys two Volk torchShips (Approx.).LBc43
      • January 15th (Approx): The Archimedes leaves the Tabula Rasa for the Rim.LBc35; LBc37; LBc38; LBc39
      • January 18th (Approx.): Diomedes and Lysander have lunch in Helios's office.LBc43
      • January 23rd (Approx): Lyria is caught stowing away aboard the Archimedes.LBc42
      • January 24th (Approx.): The Kalyke Massacre occurs.LBc49
    • February:
      • February 3rd (Approx.): The Archimedes arrives at Kalyke and discovers Diomedes au Raa's escape pod.
        • The Obsidian fleet invades Io.LBc46
        • Lysander is informed of the extent of Atlas's plans.LBc47
      • February 4th (Approx.): Sevro attempts to torture Diomedes.LBc51
      • February 9th (Approx.): Lysander and Atlas meet with Volsung Fá.LBc49
        • The Archimedes arrives in Io's orbit.LBc51
      • February 12th (Approx.): Darrow and the crew of the Archimedes infiltrate Sungrave to contact Athena.LBc51
      • February 13th (Approx.): The Archimedes arrives on Europa.LBc57
        • Callisto is razed by the Obsidians with nuclear weapons.
        • The Daughters of Athena put Darrow on trial for destroying the Ganymede Dockyards.
      • February 15th (Approx.): Lyria is taken to Volga.LBc63
      • February 17th (Approx.): Lysander rendezvous with his personal fleet at Kalyke.
      • February 18th (Approx.): Darrow kills Volsung Fá in a duel.LBc68
      • February 19th (Approx.): Volga is elected Queen of the Volk.LBc76
      • February 20th (Approx.): The Sack of Demeter begins. LBc78;LBc83
      • February 21st (Approx.): The Sack of Demeter ends.LBc89
      • February 22nd (Approx.): The Daughters of Athena arrive on Io to provide relief aid in Demeter's Garter.LBc89
    • March:
      • March 14th (Approx.): The Covenant is signed between the Republic, the Volk, the Daughters of Athena, and the Rim Dominion.LBc89
      • March 15th (Approx.): Pytha joins the Volk fleet as they sail toward Mars.LBc89
        • Darrow and Sevro watch Cassius's old Institute footage.
  • Deaths:

Notes and references[]

  1. Pierce Brown, Facebook - The Sigil of the Society - July 18, 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stefan Kyriazis, Daily Express. “WATCH Red Rising Author Pierce Brown: Top 10 Fan Questions, Top 3 Howler Pick-up Lines!”, February 3, 2018
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Details in Morning Star establishes that in mid-July 743 it’s been “nearly seven years” since Darrow first met Dancer, putting Eo’s death sometime in late July or early August.
  4. Lorn would later attend Nero's wedding as the Rage Knight and the Sovereign's representative.
  5. HowlerPod, Episode 31 - Pierce Brown Interview - 20:16. August 5th, 2019.
  6. Golden Son refers to Darrow as being 20 for the first 3/4th of the novel, which would indicate that Orion is 40 at the time of the Summit Gala. However, subsequent books treat Darrow as being 23 in 743 PCE, and details in Golden Son and Morning Star put the Gala night where Darrow and Orion met in late 741 at least 3 months before the Triumph. This would make Darrow 21 at the time of the gala, making Orion 42. However details in Golden Son and Dark Age suggest that Darrow's real birthday might differ from the official birth date that the Sons of Ares put on his fake records as a Gold, allowing for a situation both details are correct.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Trigg is said to have been two years into the Legion when he and Ephraim first met. Details in Iron Gold establish that 16 is the minimum age to enlist in training for the Legion, and that training lasts for three years. This indicates that Trigg was 21 when he met Ephraim. Iron Gold mentions that Ephraim, who is 46 in 753 PCE, spent a quarter of his life in the Legions, and had been out for two years by the time he and Trigg met. Based on the fact that Golden Son and Morning Star mention a mandatory 20 years of service to the Legion, a 10-year enlistment period for Ephraim would make the most logical sense, as Iron Gold indicates that he was already working at Piraes Insurance by the time he was 34. This all adds up to indicate that Trigg and Ephraim met in 738 PCE, putting Trigg's birth year in 717.
  8. Details in Iron Gold establish that Darrow's departure from Luna occurred approximately four weeks before October 16th, and that Trigg's birthday was the same day as Darrow's senate hearing.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Details in Golden Son, Morning Star and Sons of Ares Volume 1 establish that Fitchner and Bryn moved to Mars in 719 PCE and arrived no later than June, as it took at least 2 months for Fitchner to find a Carver and Morning Star establishes that Sevro had already had his birthday by the end of June. Fitchner and Bryn's relationship is shown beginning after the Reds of Triton bury their dead at the "mid-summer equinnox" in Issue #3. This is likely meant to refer to the summer solstice, which occurs on June 20th or 21st each year, since equinoxes only occur in the fall and spring. Based on the speed of Mars and Neptune's orbits, as well as the travel times between Neptune and the Core established in Golden Son, their relationship would've begun in mid to late 718 PCE and the would've left Triton for Mars in late 718/early 719.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 When sharing art of Agea from issue #1 of Sons of Ares: Volume 1, Pierce captioned the present day scenes as 720 PCE, confirming the year of Bryn’s death. In issue #6, Fitchner and Bryanna are shown holding a funeral for Bryn on Triton and introducing Sevro to his grandmother. The funeral is depicted as a bonfire, and was first depicted in Issue #3 as a ceremony where the Reds of Triton bury their dead at the “mid-summer equinox.” This is likely either a meant to be the summer solstice, which occurs on June 20th or 21st each year, since equinoxes only occur in the fall and spring. Based on the orbital periods of Neptune and Mars, as well as the travel times between Neptune and the Core that were given in Golden Son, Mars and Neptune would be on opposite sides of the sun in the summer of 720 PCE, meaning it would’ve taken Fitchner several months to get to Triton and several months to get back. Which does not fit with Sons of Ares: Volume Two establishing that he was on Mars being fired by Quicksilver four months after Bryn’s death. However, there is a six month gap between Fitchner being fired and his infiltration of the House Vardan estate. Based on the rate of Mars’ orbit, Neptune being in farOrbit in the summer of 720 means that it’ll be in nearOrbit in the summer of 721. So if Bryn’s death occurred in November 720 PCE and the funeral was held the following June, that would give Fitchner and Ryanna a travel time of three months to get there and 2-3 months back based on the pattern of travel times from Neptune in Golden Son. This would mean that Fitchner was fired in March 721 and infiltrated the Vardan estate in September.
  11. Pierce Brown, Facebook "Agea, Mars, 720 PCE." March 29, 2017
  12. 12.0 12.1 Details in Light Bringer indicate that Agala's creation of the Psyche occurred after Bryn's death but before Quicksilver and Fitchner formalized their partnership as leaders of the Sons of Ares, putting Agala's work and death sometime in 721 PCE.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Based on the travel times to Jupiter and Neptune from Mars that are mentioned in the novel, as well as the rate of the three planets' orbits, it would've taken Fitchner about 2 months to reach Jupiter from Mars September 721 PCE, putting Hecuba and Prospera's deaths in November. Since Ryanna, Fitchner, and Arturius were able to all arrive at Locus Folium 9 on the same day, despite travelling from multiple different planets, the Mars-Jupiter and Mars-Neptune travel times indicate that each would've had a travel time of one month, putting Arturius's death in December, and Fitchner and Quicksilver's partnership sometime in February 722 PCE
  14. Drusus is said to be "not even four months old" when the Sons of Ares infiltrate the House Vardan estate.
  15. 15.0 15.1 In Light Bringer chapter 83, Lysander says that he is now the same age that Cassius was during the end of Morning Star. Details in Iron Gold indicate that Lysander was 20 years old in September 753 PCE, while details in Dark Age and Light Bringer place the events of chapter 83 in late February/early March 755 PCE, meaning that Lysander has to have turned 22 by now, meaning that Cassius would've been 22 in 743 PCE.
  16. Light Bringer establishes that Valdir was a teenager during the Lion's Rain, and was already "a butcher" by that point, indicating that his training at the Agoge was completed in 741 PCE. Based on the fact that Ragnar was harvested from the ice at around 15 years old and Iron Gold establishes that Legion training at the Agoge takes 3 years, Valdir would've been 18 in 741 PCE and turning 19 in 742.
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Red Rising chapter 10 establishes that Golds have made generations “dependent on the seventh day of each new Earth month”, implying that important events on The Society calendar such as the the Laureltide and the first day of The Institute take place on the 7th of whichever month it begins in. This is supported by Sons of Ares Volume 3, where the epilogue shows Eo and other girls from Lambda getting ready for Laureltide a short time after November 5th.
  18. 18.0 18.1 Details in Iron Gold and Morning Star indicate that the "almost six years to the day after we first met" line about Darrow and Cassius refers to their meeting at the Institute before the Passage rather than at the entrance exam, and that this occurred in December 737 PCE. Darrow's brief alliance with Mustang against Titus occurs on the 31st day of the Institute, putting it in January 738 PCE.
  19. This happened about 15 years prior to Dark Age, but at which Lysander is already old enough to be fond of his parents.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Golden Son consistently treats Lorn's move to Europa as synonymous with his retirement from the position of Rage Knight, and Light Bringer chapter 77 establishes that Lorn left for Europa before Darrow left for the Academy.
  21. The Jackal's comment in Golden Son chapter 08 indicates that Lorn and Venetia both retired in the same calendar year.
  22. 22.0 22.1 Details in Golden Son Morning Star place the ending of Golden Son in March 742 PCE. Details in Golden Son and Morning Star indicate that roughly three months pass between the Gala and Darrow's Triumph, putting the Summit in December 741, and Darrow's graduation from The Academy in October. Since Darrow left Mars "almost a year ago" at the beginning of the novel, this puts Darrow's departure from Mars in either October or November 740 depending on when in October 741 his graduation occured.
  23. 23.0 23.1 Red Rising establishes that a standard school year at The Institute is ten months, and details in Golden Son indicate that the same is true for The Academy
  24. 24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 Details in Golden Son and Morning Star establish that Darrow's Triumph occurs at least three months after the Gala, and details in Golden Son indicate that about eleven days pass between the Lion's Rain and the Triumph. Details in Morning star establish that Darrow's rescue 12 months after the Triumph took place on a Friday, and Dark Age refers to Darrow's 9 months in captivity as 270 days, implying that the 3 months of interrogation beforehand were exactly 90 days. Asssuming that the time between Golden Son and Morning Star was exactly 360 days, then the Triumph would be on a Tuesday in March 742. Details in Morning Star indicate that the Second Moon Lord Rebellion began in March 742 about 11 days after Darrow's Triumph, and that the Sword Armada reached Ilium in May 742. The latest Darrow's triumph could occur while still fitting those details would be March 14th, which would put the Lion's Rain on approximately March 3rd and the Summit Gala in mid-December 741. Golden Son chapter 11 references snow-covered pine trees as part of the decorations for the Gala's "winter fairyland" theme, which would fit with the dates of Saturnalia, an ancient Roman holiday that was held from December 17-19 on the modern Julian calendar and is apocryphally referenced in pop culture as the alleged origin of the tradition of Christmas Trees. Given how the Golds' have modelled their Society after ancient Rome, it would be fitting for their major once-a-decade event to coincide with an ancient Roman holiday.
  25. In Golden Son chapter 31, Mustang indicates that she had already been captured and Pliny en route to Hildas when Nero's raid on Ganymede occurred.
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 Golden Son chapters 26 and 27 establish that Darrow had a head start of a few hours when sailing to Jupiter, while Nero followed the next day. However Europa is closer to Jupiter than Ganymede is and has a faster orbit, and chapter 28 mentions that it's night on Europa when Darrow comes to recruit Lorn. So it's possible for Darrow and Nero to both reach their respective destinations on the same day despite Darrow leaving earlier because he has farther to travel than Nero does. It would also make sense if Europa was on the far side of Jupiter from Ganymede, as it would mean based on Light Bringer chapter 78 that having Jupiter between the two moons would disrupt comms and prevent Darrow's ships from detecting anything amiss at the Dockyards.
  27. 27.0 27.1 Golden Son chapter 34 establishes that Lorn brought all 3 million people in his household when the fleet left Europa, and chapter 28 established it was night on the moon when Darrow arrived. Due to the number of people who needed to be evacuated, it would've taken a minimum of 1 full day to organize and move everyone. Even if the entire family left most of their belongings behind, as Light Bringer chapter 77 indicates Lorn himself did, it would still take at least a while, as Morning Star chapter 39 mentions it took the Sons of Ares 24 hours to move 800,000 Obsidians from the ice to Tinos. So Darrow's departure likely occurred two days after arriving on Europa.
  28. 28.0 28.1 Details in Golden Son chapters 33 and 34 indicate that Darrow's war party boarded the captured supply ship the morning after Mustang joined the fleet, while chapter 34 establishes that their flight to Hildas station on the camel vessel took over 16 hours, and it's lunch time when they arrive according to chapter 35. Darrow's interactions with Orion, Theodora, and the Telemanuses in chapters 30 and 32, indicate that they've only recently left Europa and have not yet had a chance to rest after completing the evacuation of Lorn's household. It would also make sense for the retaking of the fleet from Pliny to coincide with House Bellona taking control of Agea, as Victra mentions in Golden Son chapter 51 that the Bellona had the Citadel for a month before the Iron Rain, and there's no mention of the city being taken by force or surrendering prior to Mustang's mention in chapter 32 of Nero's execution at the citadel being planned as the means of sealing Pliny's deal with Octavia. This and the timing of Darrow's arrival on Europa would imply that control of Agea was handed over to the Bellona on the day that Pliny was meant to formally surrender House Augustus's forces to Octavia as part of that same surrender.
  29. Details in Morning Star establish that a smaller ship such as a shuttle or torchShip can traverse distances that fleets would take days to cross in a matter of hours.
  30. 30.0 30.1 Details in Golden Son chapters 43-51 regarding locations, time of day, and Martian time zones indicate that the rescue of Mickey, Harmony, and Evey occurred in the morning on the day after Darrow awakened following the Lion's Rain, and that his reunion with Mickey and Dancer occurred later on the same day as the rescue. Based on the amount of food he would need to throw the Reds of Lykos a feast and the need to make arrangements with Mustang, Darrow's return to Lykos could not have occurred less than a day after the rescue in Attica, while at least one day has to have passed between Darrow taking Mustang to Lykos and the Triumph.
  31. 31.0 31.1 Details in Morning Star place the Battle of Phobos in June, the Red Armada's departure for Jupiter in July, and the Battle of Ilium in August. In chapter 42, Romulus mentions that Mustang left Ilium two months ago for her meeting on Phobos in chapter 17. Details in chapters 35-39 indicate that it took Darrow's fleet about 39 days to sail from Mars to Jupiter when they left in July. In order for Mustang to both leave Ilium and arrive on Phobos in June based on the planets' orbital positions, she would've had to have left the Rim on June 1st and arrived on Phobos in slightly less than 30 days. Given that Quicksilver being sighted on Phobos to host the secret peace talks was what prompted the Howlers to infiltrate Quicksilver's tower, and that chapter 15 establishes that it was 3:00 AM local time by the time they got up to Phobos and into the tower, this would put the beginning of the talks on June 29th, and the Battle of Phobos on June 30th.
  32. Iron Gold presents the events of Chapters 22-30 as taking place within the same 48 hour period.
  33. Details in Dark Age establish that the battle began on the first Friday of January 754 PCE. Since Iron Gold states that October 17th 753 PCE was a Tuesday, this would make January 5th the beginning of Atalantia's invasion.
  34. Dark Age chapter 17 establishes that the Battle of the Ladon takes place over the course of a little over 38 hours. In chapter 18, Virginia states that she was notified of the battle's beginning on Friday evening, Luna time. Even if the time delay between the actual events and the Republic Reconnaissance Division becoming aware of them was as small as a few minutes, the earliest Virginia would've been notified of the outcome of the battle would be Sunday morning, Luna time. During her speech, Virginia states that the Seventh Legion will sail for Mercury in four days, with the vote being in three days to determine if they sail alone. Her message to Darrow in chapter 34 states that the vote will have occurred and the fleet underway or not "five days from the time this message is recorded". The urgency of the situation on Mercury makes it unlikely that she would've waited to start getting the supplies ready and start rallying support for the vote, indicating that she received word of Darrow's victory the day before her speech.
  35. Details in Dark Age establish that the Long Night occurs on the fifth Monday after the Battle of the Ladon. Since the Battle of the Ladon began on January 5th, 754 PCE, this would put the beginning of the Long Night on February 5th, the first Monday of February.
  36. Dark Age chapter 65 establishes that Lyria, Victra, and Volga were in the wilderness for two weeks before Ulysses is born. Lyria then says in chapter 88 that Volsung Fa took down the Pandora, Sefi, and Valdir in "just two weeks", indicating that Sefi's death is still in the second calendar week after the fall of the Pandora. This is supported by the fact that Cormac claims that his wife is out on a fishing boat until week's end, indicating that they find his cabin earlier in the week, while details in Dark Age indicate that four days pass between the birth of Ulysses and the death of Sefi, putting Sefi's death later in the week.
  37. Dark Age chapter 57 implies that Virginia is rescued while Victra was lost in the wilderness. However, Pax implies in chapter 74 that he and Electra were reunited with Victra before his mother was rescued, as he says Virginia is still in captivity, while he is made aware of her rescue by chapter 88, which takes place five days later. The most logical explanation is that Victra's return to Attica and Virginia's rescue occurred on the same day, and the Telemanus fleet only received word of Victra being found once they and Virginia had started sailing back to Mars.
  38. Kieran's comment in Dark Age chapter 88 that "by noon, all of Mars will know" about the fall of Heliopolis, when combined with the fact that Kieran reveals that Lysander had returned and Kieran's belief that all of the Free Legions had been slaughtered, indicates that the news of Heliopolis' fall came from a public source, such as a propaganda broadcast from the Society Remnant celebrating their victory. And since Atalantia was originally planning to assassinate Lysander during the Triumph, it doesn't make sense for her to make his allegiance to the Society public before the event.
  39. 39.0 39.1 Details in Light Bringer indicate that Colloway, Thraxa, and Screwface's arrival on Mars, as well as the Siege of Phobos, take place in November 754 PCE. The mention of Votum warships in Colloway's footage but not Rim ones when chapter 10 states that Mercury is closer to Venus than Earth is indicates that Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the sun at this point in the timeline. Based on the travel time of Diomedes's corvette from Jupiter to Mercury in Dark Age and the average distance between Mars and Earth, the Rim fleet would've taken approximately 19.5-22.4 days for Lysander and the Rim ships to reach Mars from Earth. Chapter 16 indicates that the Summit occurs on October 27th. Assuming that the Rim war fleet left for Mars on the same day as the summit, their arrival would occur between November 15th and 20th depending on how many hours it took the war fleet to prepare before leaving Earth. Details in Lysander and Virginia's parlay indicate that their parlay occurs on a Monday or Tuesday, thirteen days after the first day of the Siege, putting the beginning of the Siege on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Based on the 753 PCE calendar seeming to align with the 2017 calendar, this would put November 20th 754 as a Tuesday.
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