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Ancient Times

The Beginning: Seven legendary witch covens rule -- Woodbanes, Rowanwands, Vikroths, Brightendales, Burnhides, Wyndenkells, and Leapvaughns. After practicing for several centuries independently, the Clans unite to form a single domain of magick. But soon the clans begin battle against each other. This battle lasts for thousands of years.

1600s

Burning Times: Around the era of the Burning Times, a mysterious cataclysm destroys many witches from the legendary tribes, killing around 95% of all witches. The surviving clan members fall into a Dark Age.
Dark Age: A two-hundred year span where the Wicca religion is almost vanished from existence. Wiccan practices and rituals are almost lost during this time period. Blood Witches that survive the Burning Times become incoherent. They start intermarring with other different clans and humans. A lot of blood witches pose as people of the Church and practice in secret.
Year 1680: Wodebanyes are the most despised blood witches by all other clans.
April, 1680: Rose MacEwan meets Diarmuid. They continue to meet in secret.
Beltane, 1680: Rose and Diarmuid conceive a child.
Mid-July, 1680: Diarmuid dumps Rose. Rose finds out he is engaged to another woman named Siobhan MacMahon, a Vykrothe.
Lughnassadh (Lammas), 1680: Thanks to Siobhan, the Presbyterians think Rose is a witch. Rose is sent to jail. She is tried and sentenced to hang at the gallows the very next day.
Lughnassadh (Lammas), 1680: Rose sends the dark wave to Lillipool (where Siobhan and Diarmuid live). The dark wave kills everyone.
Lughnassadh (Lammas), 1680: In fear, the town folk release Rose from prison. Rose is disowned by her mother. Rose joins a new coven and becomes their high priestess. The coven practices dark magick.
Imbolc, 1681: Rose's daughter is born.

Note: The first chapter in Origins states 1680; however, in Seeker Daniel Niall says the memoir starts in the year 1682. The year 1682 is also seen on the back cover summary of the US edition (not sure about any other editions). I will keep Rose's timeline around "1680" until further notice.

1700s

November, 1767: Brother Sinetus Tor (along with 5 other brothers and a priest) travel to Barra Head, Scotland in attempt to convert some villagers to Christianity.
May, 1768: Brother Sinestus encounters Nuala Roirdan, a Woodbayne witch, for the first time.
April, 1769: Brother Sinestus is remanded to Habeustadt, in Prussia. Nuala disappears.
Summer, 1769: Nuala has a daughter.
March, 1771: Brother Sinestus returns to Barra Head. He is attacked by a black wolf.
October, 1771: Nuala is sentenced to be burned at the stake.
December, 1771: Brother Sinestus is buried. He died at the same exact moment Nuala burned at the stake.

1800s

18??: The International Council of Witches is founded (called High Council of Witches at the time).
18??: Belwicket coven renounces the traditional Woodbane ways and do magick for good.
Year 1865: Oona Boyle and her husband move from Ireland to the Gloucester, Massachusetts. They start the Ròiseal coven.
Year 1866: An influenza epidemic hits Gloucester. Oona's husband and two sons die. Oona survives but is left mentally ill.
October, 1888: Oona hexes her daughter, Máirín. This hex leaves a curse on the female line. Every first born daughter inherits uncontrollable telekinetic powers. For generations the female line is ignorant to this curse and blames Oona's spirit for the chaos that plagues them.
October 13, 1888: Oona dies by drowning.

1930s

April 14, 1931: Aoibheann (Evelyn) is born.

1940s

???, 1944: Selene Belltower is born.
April 14, 1945: Evelyn is initiated in to the Ròiseal coven at age 14.

1950s

June 23, 1951: Evelyn marries Hugh Curtis.
July 30, 1951: Evelyn's father dies of a heart attack.
Spring, 1953: Sarah Curtis is born.
February, 1955: Sam Curtis is born.

1960s

???, 1960: Angus Bramson is born in Ballynigel, Ireland.
Beltane, 1962: At age 17, Selene meets Patrick, a Woodbane witch four times her age. She eventually marries him.
Imbolc, 1962: Maeve Roirdan is born in Ballynigel, Ireland.
September, 1968: Patrick dies.
August 7, 1968: Selene discovers Patrick's Turneval Book of Shadows. Selene vows to study it.
November 5, 1968: Selene has her first meeting with Turneval, Patrick's old coven.

1970s

May 17, 1970: Selene flies to Wales to seeks out Clyda Rockpel (a witch mentioned in Patrick's BOS). She wants Clyda to teach her more about magick. Eventually, Clyda agrees to take Selene under her wing.
May 18, 1971: Selene survives the Great Trial.
September 3, 1971: Sam, Sarah Curtis' brother, discovers Harris Stroughton's book, On the Containment of Magick.
September 15, 1971: The Lady Marie ship goes down. All five fisherman aboard die. The wreck is caused by Sam using one of the spells from Stroughton's book.
September 20, 1971: Sarah tires to hide the book in her parents' library.
September 20, 1971: Sarah realizes that the telekinetic events that have been happening are her fault.
October 8, 1971: Sarah strips herself of her magick.
October 14, 1971: Sarah's parents find out about Sarah's stripping. Sarah decides to leave home and head for Houston, Texas.
Imbolc, 1976: Maeve is initiated into the Belwicket coven.
March 4, 1977: Ciaran MacEwan marries Grania MacMuredach.
Lammas, 1976: Clyda dies. Selene settles in her old house. She has a fling with Ciaran. She meets Daniel Niall and falls in love with him.
July 15, 1977: Ciaran and Maeve meet with each for the first time. They quickly fall in love.
Beltane, 1977: Kyle MacEwan is born.
Beltane, 1979: Daniel and Selene marry.

1980s

July 15, 1981: Ciaran heads back to his birth home, Ballynigel, Ireland.
December 14, 1981: Greer, Grania's mother and High Priestess of the Lithach coven, is dead. Ciaran secretly contributed to her death. With Greer's death, Ciaran now has control over Lithach.
Imbolc, 1982: The entire Bellynigel village is destroyed by the mysterious dark wave. Maeve and Angus are the only known survivors. They flee to the United States.
March, 1982: Angus and Maeve move to New York city.
May, 1982: Killian MacEwan is born.
June, 1982: Calhoun "Cal" is born to Daniell Niall and Selene Belltower.
September 1, 1982: Angus and Meave move from New York city to Meshomah Falls, a small farming town.
Yule (est), 1982: Hunter Niall is born to Daniel and Fiona Niall.
Samhain, 1983: Ciaran leaves Lithach.
February 28, 1984: Maeve and Ciaran reunite and have an affair.
August, 1984: Daniel leaves Selene for Fiona.
November 23, 1984: Morgan is born.
June 21, 1986: Ciaran kills Angus and Maeve. Morgan is adopted by Sean and Mary Grace Rowlands.
November, 1987: Selene moves back to San Francisco, California. She finds out about Daniel's extramarital affair.

1990s

February 13, 1991: Sarah Curtis dies from breast cancer.
Litha, 1991: Daniel and Fiona escape from the dark wave. They leave their three children behind.
July, 1991: Daniel and Fiona take refuge in Bordeaux, France. They move to Milan (for a short time). Fiona becomes ill.
Litha, 1996: Hunter is initiated into his coven.
January 6, 1999: Liden is killed trying to summon the dark spirits with Hunter.
February 13, 1999: Hunter is put on trial for Linden's murder. He is found not guilty.

2000s

June, 2000: Hunter puts in his application as Council Seeker.
July, 2000: Hunter's application is turned down by the Council.
October, 2000: Alywn, Hunter's sister, is initiated into the Vinneag coven.
February, 2001: The Council has accepted Hunter as Seeker. He is the youngest, the most junior member of the third ring.
September, 2001: Cal and Selene move to Widow's Vale. Cal goes to high school to recruit new Wiccan students for his coven. Selene is Head Priestess of Starlocket coven. Morgan falls in love with Cal.
Samhain, 2001: Morgan finds out she is a blood witch. Cal chooses Morgan over Bree Warren, Morgan's best friend. Bree leaves Cal's coven for a new one.
November, 2001: Morgan finds out she is adopted. Hunter Niall and Sky Eventide move to Widow's Vale to investigate Cal and Selene's misuse of magick.
November 23, 2001: Hunter is almost killed by Morgan.
Late November, 2001: Morgan finds out Hunter is alive. Cal tries to burn Morgan alive.
December, 2001: David Redstone, owner of Practical Magick, is stripped of his powers by Hunter.
Mid December, 2001: Cal and Selene return. Morgan and Selene have a witch battle. Morgan wins. Selene and Cal die.
Yule, 2001: Fiona Niall dies.
January, 2002: Morgan, Hunter, Sky, and Morgan's friends go to New York to investigate Morgan's repeated, prophetic dreams. Morgan finds out Ciaran MacEwan is her biological father. Morgan breaks up with Hunter.
January - February, 2002: Amyranth has intentions of sending the dark wave to Starlocket. Morgan is recruited by the Council to bring Killian and Ciaran to Widow's Vale. Morgan almost kills Hunter (again). Morgan puts the watch sigil on Ciaran. Starlocket is saved from Amyranth.
February, 2002: Ciaran is captured by the Council. Hunter finds a lead on his parents.
February, 2002: Hunter goes to Canada to find his father. Daniel is practicing forbidden magick in order to communicate with Fiona.
February, 2002: Daniel confiscates The Memoir of Rose MacEwan from Justine Courceau's library.
March, 2002: Ciaran escapes from the Council. He comes back to Widow's Vale, New York, asking Morgan to join him. When Morgan refuses, he prepares to send the dark wave to Morgan's family and friends.
March, 2002: With the help of Rose's Memoir, Daniel Niall is able to do a spell that will disband the dark wave.
March, 2002: Alisa finds out she's a half Rowanwand witch.
March, 2002: Ciaran is stripped of his magick. Alisa, Daniel, Hunter, and Morgan use Daniel's new spell to disband the dark wave. Daniel promises to forward the news to the Council.
March?, 2002: Alisa runs away from home. She visits her Uncle, Sam Curtis, in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
March?, 2002: Alisa meets Charlie Findgoll and they fall in love.
Before Beltane, 2002: Hunter quits the International Council of Witches.
Before Beltane, 2002: Morgan is the first American ever to be accepted at a prestigious "school" in northern Scotland called Dùbhlan Cuan to study with the Grey Witches.
Before Beltane, 2002: Selene dies a "second time".
Before Beltane, 2002: Hunter and Daniel Niall create a new, less severe form of the infamous "stripping spell".
June, 2002: Hunter returns to England while Morgan goes to the witch school in Scotland.
Between 2002-2005?: Hunter, along with other witches, start a New Charter (aka Witch Council).
June, 2004: Morgan moves to Ireland to revive the Belwicket coven with long lost Belwicket members.
March, 2005: Hunter announces that Alywn is getting married.
March, 2005: Hunter and Morgan get engaged. Hunter dies in a ferry boat accident. Morgan falls ill, almost dying.
April, 2005: Morgan and Colm Byrne marry. Morgan finds out she is pregnant.
December 15, 2005: Moira Byrne is born.
Year 2006: Ciaran dies. He is buried in Scotland.

2010s

Year 2018: Mary K. marries at age 32.
August, 2019: Colm Byrne dies in a car accident.

2020s

Year 2020: Mary K. is pregnant with twins.
September, 2020: Morgan and Moira find out that Hunter is Moira's father. They also find out that Hunter is alive and held captive by Iona MacEwan.
September, 2020: Lilith Delaney, a dark witch who schemes with Iona, sends the dark wave to the Belwicket coven. Her plan does not succeed.
September, 2021: Hunter asks Morgan to marry him. Morgan accepts.

Lots of speculations and guesswork is done here. Bare with me with constant revisions.

Unknown Dates

???: Bree and Robbie break up in college.
???: Robbie marries a woman he meets in law school.
???: Bree has three girls and lives in New York.
???: Sky and Raven break up. Raven moves to New York city and becomes fashion designer.
???: Killian has three children.

Last Modified: Wednesday, 04/8/09