Rough Timeline

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

All incidents under PRE-GAME take place before the game's inception in May 2011.Click here to jump to IN-GAME events.

NOTE: Bold indicates Face Card timelines or persons connected to them, or former Face Cards.

PRE-GAME:
1956: Maggie born into Spades, Dybbuk born on-Deck.
1959: Frankie born into Clubs.
Somewhere between 1961 to 1971: Itchy joins Hearts, David is born outside Deck.
Somewhere between 1971 to 1981: Edgar, Andrew born into Clubs.
1968: Lancelot born into Clubs.
1972: Lindsey born into Diamonds.
1973: Rachel born into Clubs, Danielle born into Clubs.
1974: Argine born into Clubs.
1975: Carmella born into Clubs, Mel born into Hearts, Ben born outside Deck.
Between 1976 to 1989: Frankie leaves Deck for medical training.
1977: Victor, Julien, Christopher born outside Deck.
1978: Cooper born into Clubs. Damon, Sieben born outside Deck.
1979: Athena born into Hearts, Urania born into Spades, Säde born outside Deck.
1980: Ceiro born into Hearts.
1981: Marcus born into Spades, Elisha, Katya born outside Deck, Maggie joins Hearts.
1982: Andrea born into Spades.
1983: Margo born into Clubs, Cadogan born outside Deck.
1985: Dafydd born into Spades and smuggled out by David, Sophie born into Diamonds, Iggy born into Hearts. Penny, Avery born outside Deck.
Somewhere between 1986 to 1991: David joins Spades, Judith born into Hearts.
1986: Evan, Tess born into Clubs, Adrien, Annie's brother Jimmy born into Spades. Lasandra born outside Deck. Rachel's mother killed in a challenge.
Somewhere between 1986 to 1996: the Joker joins the Deck and no one knows what to do with him.
1987: Tegan born into Clubs.
1988: Avery and parents join Hearts, Chives born into Spades. Damon joins military academy.
1989: Isaac born into Diamonds, Annie born into Spades, Gideon born into Clubs. Rachel becomes Two of Clubs.
1990: Helena born into Diamonds, Mel joins Diamonds.
1991: Rachel joins Diamonds, Beth born into Diamonds, Elani born into Clubs, Zoë born into Hearts, Hadyn born into Spades, Delilah born outside Deck.
Somewhere between 1991 to 1996: Athena joins Spades. David becomes King of Spades.
1992: Annie's brother Martin born into Spades, Justin born outside Deck, Aoife born outside Deck.
1993: Säde’s brother Juuso joins Diamonds, Iota born outside Deck.
Somewhere between 1993 to 2002: Andrew becomes Jack of Clubs.
1994: Julien joins Spades as a Six.
1995: Lindsey becomes King of Diamonds. Tegan's father Daniel dies under suspicious circumstances, Tegan's mother Nicole leaves the Deck. Cooper leaves the Deck.
Somewhere between 1995 to 1999: Mel's fiance killed by David in a challenge.
1996: Säde joins Diamonds, Piper mysteriously appears on Deck as a small child. Danielle's brother Wengcheng dies under mysterious circumstances.
1997: Helena’s parents die, Helena leaves the Deck.
Somewhere between 1997 to 1998: Rachel becomes Ace of Diamonds.
1998: Lasandra's family moves to the Deck, Lasandra joins Hearts. Danielle joins Diamonds. Juuso dies. Damon graduates from Royal Military Academy of Sanhurst.
1999: Medea dies is killed by Athena in a challenge, Athena becomes Queen of Spades. Avery joins Diamonds. Annie's parents divorced, Annie, Jimmy and father leave Deck. Hadyn's father killed, Hadyn's mother joins Hearts with Hadyn and his brother. Lasandra's mother dies, Lasandra's family returns to Outside.
2000: Eileen born. Säde is married, widowed, becomes Ten. Hebert and Margarite Berthier die off Deck in a car accident. Sophie enters Deck as a 2 of Diamonds.
2001: Victor joins Spades. Christopher joins the Deck as a Club. Frankie becomes Ten.
2002: Jimmy dies, Annie goes into coma.
2003: Penny joins Hearts.
2004: Edgar dies, Ophelia dies, Rachel becomes Queen of Diamonds, Säde becomes Ace of Diamonds; Andrea, Margo leave the Deck, Adrien joins Diamonds.
Somewhere between 2004 to 2006: Andrew becomes King of Clubs, Lancelot becomes Jack of Clubs.
2005: Elisha joins Clubs, Annie comes out of coma.
2006: Andrew and Argine marry, Argine becomes Queen of Clubs, Eileen is made Ace of Clubs, Annie returns to Spades, Leah joins Clubs. Tegan leaves Deck.
Somewhere between 2006 to 2008: Isadore joins Spades.
2007: Lindsey goes on EXTREMELY extended holiday, Helena returns to Diamonds, Cadogan follows after, Katya joins Spades. Lasandra returns to Hearts. Sophie throws 3 challenges in a row and plummets to 5 of Diamonds.
2008: Delilah joins Spades, Blythe joins Hearts. Tegan returns to Clubs.
2009: Anastasia joins Hearts, Monty joins Clubs, Sieben joins Spades. Christopher is divorced from wife.
Somewhere between 2009 to 2010: Iota joins Clubs, Ben joins Diamonds.
Somewhere in 2010: Hector leaves on assignment, eventually assumed to be missing or dead. Damon joins Clubs.


IN-GAME: (Currently Under Construction!)
June 2011:
-Helena instated as Jack of Diamonds after Hector's status as 'missing' is changed to 'dead'.
-The Spade Masquerade is held. Andrew, King of Clubs, is assassinated. Athena attempts to kill David and announces his death. In fact, David survives and hides away during his recovery. Athena does not select a new King of Spades during this time.
-Alexander is instated as King of Clubs.
-Lancelot leaves to make his own way investigating Andrew's death.
July 2011:
-David returns and scares everyone half to death. Because that's how he rolls.
-Säde leaves to care for her mother. The Diamond end of investigations is left to Delilah and the Tens.
Aug 2011:
-Lancelot returns to the Clubs, investigations having made little headway.
-Säde returns to the Diamonds, more than a little displeased about her mother and investigations and life in general.
September 2011:
-Delilah successfully challenges up to Eight.
-Athena and Julien hatch a plan to pin Andrew's assassination on Marcus.


Drop a comment in and I'll edit whatever's needed! Please keep it to MAJOR events in your character's life, or events that will otherwise greatly affect a Suit/the Deck. Challenges count.

Comments

[needsnomirror.livejournal.com]

You, my dear, are awesome.

(Also, I can tell you all my muses ages, if it you wish?
Athena's 32.
Noelle's 22. Born a Diamond.
Iota's 17/18. Came to the Clubs about... a year ago. I think.)

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

<3

Also, down in the comments, Angela wants to know when Athena became Queen of Spades.

[softestdiamond.livejournal.com]

♦ Beth is 20, Her mother was a Diamond (Servant class)
♠ Eli is 40, But he lies like it's going out of fashion. But he's always been around the suit.
♦ Lindsey is 39, he married as mentioned when he became King, So if we were to say 16 years ago he could have been married until widowed just before Rachel became queen. He left for holiday three years later (Roughly?) And he's returned recently.

[headfollowheart.livejournal.com]

Zoë's 18-19, and was born into Hearts.
Elisha's 30, and arrived in the deck six years ago and spent most of that time as the Six of Clubs.

[lowtohighest.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this helps, but!

Eileen is (officially) currently 11 and turning 12 in January (however you want to count 'years in the past' from that).
Edgar died when Eileen was 4 years old.
Andrew and Argine got married when Eileen was 6 years old.

Cadogan is 27 and joined the Diamonds 6 years ago (unless Helena was still gone then).

[lowtohigh.livejournal.com]

Oh and.

I don't think Argine became Queen until after Andrew was already King. Which was after Edgar's death--Andrew was Jack when that happened.

[ratherberiding.livejournal.com]

What Rekla said.

Mel is 36 and was born to a Heart mother, but joined the Diamonds at 15 out of rebellion against her mother and has been a Diamond ever since.

[cardiosurgery.livejournal.com]

Isadore and Dafydd are probably closer to 26--he grew up with a pair of parents who knew when they adopted him and from what agency, and he's been claiming 26.. And Isadore joined the deck perhaps 3-5 years ago.

Also, I specifically want to know when Athena became the Queen of Spades--the Queen she killed to take the rank was Lillian, Isadore and Dafydd's mother.

[needsnomirror.livejournal.com]

Athena became Queen about 12 years ago.

And... The Queen she killed was homicidal, prone to torture and named Medea.

[bare-your-heart.livejournal.com]

:O So many numbers!
Um...well, Helena returned 4 years ago. At the most. So she left her Aunt's house at the age of 17.
And...Greatly done!

[heartafterheart.livejournal.com]

XD

Ceiro is actually 31, if that helps?
Also, Victor is 34. Originally I wasn't sure if I was going to stick with that age, and never changed his profile. He's only been with the deck, however, 10 years. He joined when he was 24/25ish

[acethatmatters.livejournal.com]

Julien is 34 (I never specifically said, but that's the age in my mind). I don't have a birthdate pinned down for him though. He joined the Deck at the age of 17 (jumped right into being a 6, hah.)

Justin is 19 (no, really!) and joined the deck like...uh. In June? I think it was? Right around whenever his first post on the Big Freaking LIst is.

Elani is also 19 (very soon to turn 20 as I've bestowed upon her my birthday, the 21st of September) and was born in the Deck. I think she's been an 8 for only about a year and I think she may have gained that rank because Argine and Andrew wanted her to teach Eileen music/dance (and probably to be a positive influence on their little Ace).

[pendulousheart.livejournal.com]

Penny joined the Hearts at 18, eight years ago (she's now 26)
Delilah joined the Spades almost 3 years ago at 17, and she's about to be 20

And... let's make Argine 37? A year younger than Rachel.

dunno if anyone cares about Marcus, but he was born into the Spades and he's 30-ish.

[upcardjack.livejournal.com]

Lance is 43, born into the Clubs.
Lance took Jack when Andrew became King, and he was noted as holding Eileen as a bebe, so... that window of 12-6 years ago for Andrew becoming King can be narrowed to 12-10 years ago? Right? (Math defeats me.)

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

Qi says that Edgar died while Andrew was still Jack, and Edgar died when Eileen was four (which I missd and forgot to edit in up there). I guess Lancelot might have been friends with them before that?

[ladyoftheclubs.livejournal.com]

Can this be linked into the profile of the community? That would make it easier to find...

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

I'll ask Rekla? It's up to her.

[onlytolerable.livejournal.com]

Probably doesn't matter, but 26 years ago (October) Sophie was born into the Diamonds.

And, I'm not sure. 55 years ago, Maggie was born into the Spades.

30 years ago Maggie joined the Hearts.

[threecardmonty.livejournal.com]

Monty arrived 2 years ago and joined the Clubs.

Katya joined the Spades 4 years ago.

[cipherspeak.livejournal.com]

God, I need to update this.

Urania is 32, and was born into Spades.
Ben is 36 and was born in Aberdeen, arrived at Diamond Castle while on the run a year and 8 months ago.
Avery is 26 and was born in Vancouver. She arrived at Hearts with her parents 23 years ago (age 3) and joined the Diamonds 12 years ago (age 15)

[awearytraveler.livejournal.com]

Welp now, been meaning to do this.

Andrea is 29 and was born into Spades, left the Deck at age of 22 over a dispute. Recently returned.

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

Done! And... you reminded me that I wanted to change these all to proper years. New project.

[somuchheart.livejournal.com]

Oh man, did I actually... never comment on this? :O

1986: Adrien is born into Spades.
1996: Piper mysteriously appears on Deck as a small child.
2004: Adrien goes to the Diamonds.
2008: Blythe joins the Hearts.

I think that's all? And Suzanne joined the Spades in 2011, but I dunno whether you're including those dates.

Anyway. Sorry for being so late! :O

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

I... am really afraid of summarising what's actually been played out. Because even when boiled to the most important bits it's a hell of a lot.

So I'll let the actual mods handle that one B|

[maskofhearts.livejournal.com]

I believe Zoe was born in 91. Also, Hadyn would have been born in 91, to the Spades. And then in 99 would have moved to the Hearts with his Mother and brother after his 'father' was murder/killed.

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

added~

[graceandwit.livejournal.com]

1987: Tegan born into Clubs
1995: Tegan's father Daniel dies under suspicious circumstances. Her mother Nicole leaves the Deck.
2006: Tegan leaves Deck
2008: Tegan returns to the Deck.

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

added~

[heart-the-art.livejournal.com]

Christopher
1977: Christopher Kahl is born in South Carolina.
2001: Christopher earns his Masters in Education and fired , joins the Deck as a Club.
2009: Christopher is divorced from his wife.

Lasandra
1986: Birth in New York City.
1998: Parents move to the Deck. Sandy becomes a two.
1999: Her mother dies and the family moves back to the Outside.
2007: Sandy moves to the deck.

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

added~

[thediamondqueen.livejournal.com]

1986: Rachel's mother is killed in a challenge.
1989: Rachel starts as a Two in Clubs.
Around 1997-1998: Rachel becomes an Ace.

You are so, so awesome for this. <333

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

♥!

[club-me-already.livejournal.com]

Born: 7-19-1978
1988:Joins military academy at age ten
1998:Graduates from the Royal military academy of Sanhurst.
2000: Works odd jobs here and there, but can't hold anything down
2002: Opens his bookshop.
2008: Asks his mother for help getting him something more stable.
Late 2010: Damon joins the clubs and rises fast through the ranks by fighting dirty and doing his best in challenges.

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

added

[sevenbyright.livejournal.com]

Sieben: born outside Deck in 1978. Joins Spades in 2009

Frankie: born in-Deck in 1959. Gone from Deck for medical training between 1976 and 1989. Finally climbs to Ten of Clubs in 2001.

(Also we nixed the idea of Dafydd and Isadore as siblings, so Dafydd's the only lucky Spade-infant to be smuggled out.)

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

Done!

[heartstrine.livejournal.com]

Katya born in 1981.

Cooper born into Clubs in 1978. Left Deck in 1995. Returned to Deck and joined Hearts in 2003.

2000: Hebert and Margarite Berthier die off Deck in a car accident.
Sophie enters Deck as a 2 of Diamonds.

2007: Sophie throws 3 challenges in a row and plummets to 5 of Diamonds

(Not sure if you want the added Sophie stuff.)

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

added! I need to revise this thing again.

[castsalight.livejournal.com]

Margo's timeline on the Deck:

Birth date: 4 February 1983 (born into Clubs).
Challenged up to 3: 14 September 1999 but this may not be worth recording.
Left for the Outside: December 2004.
Returned: July 2012 but you won't need to list that.

[ishineon.livejournal.com]

Done!