Broken Homes timeline

Imported from tumblr.

This is one of the really difficult two timeline-wise, so bear with me! The dates are approximate, not definite, in all cases (the closest I can get to a specific date is the Spring Court, which could have taken place anywhere from March 22nd to April 8th.) We begin about eight weeks after the end of Whispers Under Ground.

( The timeline )

Notes:

I added an extra day in when I realised Peter didn’t find out about the stolen grimoire and go to check it out the same day - doesn’t change the overall timeline much, though.

Holy shit the timing is difficult for this one. It’s compounded by the fact that Varvara has been staying at the Folly for “two months” by the beginning of Foxglove Summer. Now, seven days into FS Hannah gives a statement on the 22nd of June, meaning the girls disappeared on the 15th and Peter drove to Herefordshire on the 16th. Which fits with our mid-April date for Skygarden’s destruction, yay! BUT. It’s also August. Don’t ask. So…not that helpful for dating Broken Homes.

Furthermore, the Spring Court has to happen on March 22 or later, because of the time of sunset (6.15 on that date, just barely “around six thirty” as per Nightingale). We can’t open any later than Feb 20th to have time for the month to change and for it to still be winter in the beginning. If the Spring Court is March 22nd, then Skygarden is destroyed around April 15th - we’re not missing more than a day or two. Interestingly, while the book covers 2-3 months, the majority of the action takes place over one week at the beginning and two at the end; everything in between is scenes here and there (plus the Spring Court).

And finally, note that Lesley only spends six months as an apprentice at the Folly; mid-October to mid-April. She may not even have joined until November, as Peter refers to himself as having had “nine months head start”, and he didn’t master lux until early March. Either way, it’s not long at all.