Dresden Files: Series Timeline

[Longfellow]

In 1961, you forgot to include that Justin Dumorne acquired Bob the Skull from the "smoldering ruins of Kemmler's lab". 

[Priscellie]

In 1961, you forgot to include that Justin Dumorne acquired Bob the Skull from the "smoldering ruins of Kemmler's lab". 

Great catch! Added!

[Longfellow]

Cool!  Only a few posts in and already contributing!   

[Sharlee]

For completeness's sake, the entry for Ivy's birth probably ought to list the deaths of her mother (suicide) and grandmother (car crash), the Archive's two previous carriers, also.

I don't know if Kincaid getting paid to continue his stint as Ivy's bodyguard rates a mention, but if so, one such payment was coming due in the April after Death Masks. 

[Sharlee]

No exact date given, but Bombshells strongly implies that either Daniel or Matthew Carpenter served in Afghanistan.  Can we figure out which, and narrow down when this may have happened?

[Longfellow]

No exact date given, but Bombshells strongly implies that either Daniel or Matthew Carpenter served in Afghanistan.  Can we figure out which, and narrow down when this may have happened?

Assuming that Jim knows that you need to be 18 and a high school graduate to join the service, I believe the only possible person it could be is Daniel.  I'm not sure any of the other kids are out of high school yet (during "Bombshells")

[Tami Seven]

Assuming that Jim knows that you need to be 18 and a high school graduate to join the service, I believe the only possible person it could be is Daniel.  I'm not sure any of the other kids are out of high school yet (during "Bombshells")

Daniel is about 22 as of Bombshells.  He would have had to join about 4 years prior to that date (assuming that he did, since it hasn't been fully confirmed). That would have been around the time of Small Favor,  give or take.

[Priscellie]

Assuming that Jim knows that you need to be 18 and a high school graduate to join the service, I believe the only possible person it could be is Daniel.  I'm not sure any of the other kids are out of high school yet (during "Bombshells")

At the time of Bombshells, Matthew is 19-20, so he's definitely out of high school.  The next-oldest, Alicia, is 17, so it's possible she's taking college classes.

[Sharlee]

A couple more, caught while re-reading Small Favor:

- Luccio refers to the Archive as having five thousand years of memories to deal with, suggesting that's how long ago the construct was created.

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Also how long the Oblivion War has been led by the Archive.

- Nicodemus recalls that Thorned Namshiel used his strangler spell to distract and pickpocket an unspecified Saint in Glasgow in the thirteenth century.

[Sharlee]

And some more references, from Changes this time:

- Harry's office building was bought by Nuevo Verita, Inc., a Red Court business, almost 8 years before Changes.

- Martin worked for 150 years to infiltrate the Fellowship of St. Giles, an assignment it took him another 50 years of service as a priest to be approved for.  The first 50 years of his mission, he spent ingratiating himself, then 100 years ostensibly "rooting out the Fellowship's secrets" while awaiting his chance to betray the Red Court.

[Sharlee]

Another suggestion that just came to me, no specific reference: If we assume Mouse had a normal development pattern for a dog (and his vet didn't seem to spot anything odd), he would've been born about 8-9 weeks before Blood Rites.  Old enough to be paper trained and to handle Thomas's large breed puppy chow, but still be small enough that Harry doesn't initially realize he's that adopting a woolly rhinoceros. 

[Quantus]

Another suggestion that just came to me, no specific reference: If we assume Mouse had a normal development pattern for a dog (and his vet didn't seem to spot anything odd), he would've been born about 8-9 weeks before Blood Rites.  Old enough to be paper trained and to handle Thomas's large breed puppy chow, but still be small enough that Harry doesn't initially realize he's that adopting a woolly rhinoceros. 

I doubt he is normal on any side of that.  By angelic confirmation we know they dont age normally, and even an exceptionally young puppy of a 200+ lb breed would never have been small enough to fit in harry's duster pocket.

[Longfellow]

Another suggestion that just came to me, no specific reference: If we assume Mouse had a normal development pattern for a dog (and his vet didn't seem to spot anything odd), he would've been born about 8-9 weeks before Blood Rites.  Old enough to be paper trained and to handle Thomas's large breed puppy chow, but still be small enough that Harry doesn't initially realize he's that adopting a woolly rhinoceros. 

Aging and Growing, are two separate things.  I think the growth pattern matches exactly to a normal dog (gets to full size in same amount of time).  For a dog that big, just like my Newfoundland I own, it take about 3 years to finish their growth cycle.  I think that matches up pretty well with how mouse was portrayed in growth in the books.  So yeah, I think Mouse was definitely no older than 10 weeks old when Harry found him. 

[Priscellie]

This is a Tibetan Mastiff at 10 weeks.

[Mr. Death]

This is a Tibetan Mastiff at 10 weeks.

Harry's coat pockets must be bigger on the inside.