The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the passage of time over the course of the books. Any non book events that are mentioned will be indicated if an accurate
time can be determined for them.

There is no specific mention of the actual year in the books, but it is generally believed that even though these books are taking place in an alternate timeline that the timeframe is equivalent to the mid to late nineties.

Some references in The Harlequin raise a number of possible inconsistencies as to the timeline after Obsidian Butterfly. (In TH, Anita indicates that the events in OB occurred a 'year and a half' ago.) The confusion lies between the amount of time between OB and NiC. If we extend that period of time to agree with the TH reference, this also matches with Anita's indicated age of 27 in TH.

See the Noted YAABI's Section for congruency/timeline issues that have been raised/identified through the series as well as other canon details that change from one book to another.

Things That Happen Before the Books

Year -5: Bert starts Animators Inc.
Year -?:Bert recruits Anita
Year -?:Anita meets Ronnie
Year -2: Vampires are made citizens in the United States
Year 0: Vampires made citizens in the United Kingdom

Things That Happen in the Books

Month	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
January
February		Edward sends Anita the swan skin
March	Nathaniel's birthday**	Bloody Bones Nathaniel's birthday**	Nathaniel's birthday**	Nathaniel's birthday**	Nathaniel's 21st birthday**
April	Anita's 24th birthday	Anita's birthday	Anita's birthday	Anita's birthday	Anita's birthday
May		The Killing Dance Anita waits to see if she will become a wereleopard	Obsidian Butterfly
June	Ronnie's birthday Jason's birthday	Ronnie's birthday Jason's 21st birthday	Ronnie's birthday Jason's birthday	Ronnie's 30th birthday Jason's birthday Narcissus in Chains Anita waits to see if she will become a wereleopard	Ronnie's birthday Jason's birthday
July	Guilty Pleasures	Burnt Offerings
August	The Laughing Corpse	Blue Moon
September	Catherine's wedding			Cerulean Sins
October	Circus of the Damned			Incubus Dreams, Larry's wedding Micah Anita learns she carries 4 strains of lycanthropy
November				Danse Macabre Anita waits to see if she will become a lycanthrope
December	The Lunatic Cafe Micah's birthday	Micah's birthday	The Girl Who Was Infatured With Death Micah's birthday	The Harlequin Micah's birthday	Micah's birthday

** In TH it states that Nathaniel's birthday was in the spring. We think he is a Taurus, so we placed his birthday in May. LKH has since stated in her blog that his birthday is in March.

Approximate Character Ages at Year One

Anita - 24
Ronnie - 27 (based on her 30th birthday being in NiC)
Richard - 26
Jason - 20 (based on him being legal, or 21, in BM)
Nathaniel - 16/17 (based on him being 20 in ID)
Micah - 24 (we find out in Micah that he is 27)
Jean-Claude - 205 (admitted age in GP). We later find out he is over 600 years old.(DM)

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