The Timeline

This is a work in progress and such is incomplete. Some dates are estimated according to a characters age (i.e. if they're currently 28 in a book that takes place in a particular year and state that something happened when they were five years old).

Set in an alternate world in the late 2070's and 2080's, the series tells the soul-mate romance stories of couples, underscored with the political dynamics of the alternate world. Most soul-mate couples cross racial lines (e.g., Psy-changeling, leopard-wolf, human-changeling).

General[]

In the near future of an alternate universe, the story line involves growing revolutionary movements that threaten to upset the balance of power. As the series begins in 2079, a telepathic race called the Psy have been the dominant global power for almost a hundred years while subjecting themselves to something called Silence. One hundred years ago, the Psy Council found itself faced with a growing number of killers, driven insane by their inability to live a normal life while trying to control their powerful psychic abilities. Silence sought to eliminate emotion from the Psy, preventing some of their more unstable members from becoming murderers and allowing their people to use their talents without harming themselves or others.

Races[]

Changelings, a race that can shift into an animal form, are divided into packs and have mostly squabbled over territory with no overarching authority between packs, making unifying for a cause difficult.

Humans do not have air-tight mental shields like changelings to protect them from the Psy, who in the pursuit of business, have been known to steal brilliant ideas from humans and leave them for destitution. A group called the Human Alliance have begun trying to take down the Psy Council. They're generally considered the weakest race.

The changelings have always hated the supremacy of the Psy, but a successful business alliance has evolved between the two groups so that they have, on the surface, a relatively civil relationship. However, the balance has begun to shift, starting with the alliance of two powerful packs in California: the DarkRiver pack based in San Francisco, and the SnowDancer pack controlling the rest of California.

Under the surface, though, there's something much more threatening to the stability of the PsyNet and all Psy that's been brewing since Silence was implemented. As the series advances, the Psy rebellion grows in strength, but the powerful Psy purists fight back. Eventually, the PsyNet itself begins to fail in portions, from a degradation that started when humans and emotions were removed from the network. The underlying message of the series is that emotions are a necessary and valuable part of life and love.

Advancements[]

Since Psy-Changeling is set in the near future, there are certain technological advancements that are considered common and non-remarkable.

18th Century[]

Territorial Wars[]

1700s — The Territorial Wars ravage the changelings, until a human, Adrian Kenner, negotiated the Peace Accord for the packs, forming rules of engagement, boundaries, enforcement, environmental care, and territory.

Human Alliance[]

The Human Alliance is born in the ashes of the Territorial Wars three centuries ago.

The chairman had fouled something humans had created after the Territorial Wars as a way to rebuild their lives. Now that powerful business/education network was under fire around the world, with innocent men and women being accused of masterminding violence. Bowen had to prove the Alliance was more than that—first to their members, then to the world.^[1]

Pre-Silence (until 1979)[]

Date Unknown[]

The Mercury cult forms, fanatically proclaiming that Silence will end insanity in the psy race. After decades and an eventual study, their ideas gained respect and Mercury came to be considered a think tank.^[2]

1960[]

Birth of Zie Zen

1968[]

Alice Eldridge studies different Psy designations, focusing on Empaths.

1969[]

The Mercury Program is approved by the Psy Council, an experimental trial period of Silence ensues.

1970[]

In September 1970, after the success of her study on empaths, Alice Eldridge gets funding for a second study on the X designation^[3]

1972[]

March 4, 1972

Arif and Catherine Adelaja appear in public for the first time in a decade with their Silent sons, Naeem and Tendaji.

1973[]

The Forgotten oppose the Silence theory and exit the PsyNet to hide
Empath Ai Kumamoto is born

1975[]

January 8th - supposed death of Alice Eldridge^[4]

1976[]

Psy Council changes the objective of Mercury to Silence

1979[]

The Silence Protocol is enacted for all Psy remaining in the PsyNet, enrolling all children under seven years of age in the Silence Protocol

Silence (1979 - 2082)[]

1980[]

All of Alice Eldridge's work is destroyed in a massive purge

2019[]

Psy attempt to ban Christmas for everyone, not just Psy, and ultimately lose the campaign in 2021.^[5]
Santano Enrique is born

2021[]

The Psy stop attempting to ban Christmas

2024[]

Ming LeBon is born

2029[]

Approximate date of the Second Reformation of the Catholic Church^[6]

2031[]

The Psy outlaw cryogenic suspension and no one has survived it with their mind intact.^[7]

2032[]

Nate Ryder is born

2039[]

Walker Lauren is born
Axl is born, becomes one of the Arrows
Varun Rao is killed by his father while his sister Payal Rao is forced to watch

2041[]

Lalit Rao is born

2042[]

Tamsyn Mahaire is born
Finn is born, becomes a doctor/healer, eventually joins RainFire leopard pack

2043[]

Lhosa Kinshasa is born

2049[]

Dorian Christensen is born
Riley Kincaid is born
Nicholson is born

2050[]

Skye D'Angelo is born
Xavier Perez is born
Ria Wembley is born

2051[]

Mercy Smith is born
Annie Kildaire is born

2052[]

Vaughn and Skye D'Angelos parents join a cult and get married
Judd Lauren is born
Kaleb Krychek is born
Rissa is born
Talin McKade is born and abandoned at a free clinic^[8]
Vasic Zen is born

2053[]

Sascha Duncan is born
Sophia Russo is born
Aden Kai is born
Grace Burke is born, eventually mates with Cooper Shaw
Kalani Chastain is born

2054[]

Zanna Liskowski and Anthony Kyriakus sign a fertilization contract
Hawke and Rissa meet
Paul is born
Zaira Neve is born
Ashaya and Amara Aleine are born

2055[]

Faith NightStar is born
Abbot Storm is born

2057[]

Vaughn D'Angelo (10) and his sister Skye (7) are abandoned by their parents in the forest
- Skye dies and Vaughn D'Angelo is adopted into the DarkRiver pack

Tamsyn Mahaire and Nate Ryder discover they are mates, but do not act on their mate bond
Marine NightStar is born
Tanique Gray is born, the son of Anthony Kyriakus
Rissa dies, Hawke Snow’s childhood sweetheart

2058[]

Annie Kildaire is injured in a bullet train accident and is saved by a six-year-old Cardinal Psy child
Sahara Kyriakus is born
Rina Monaghan is born
Tamar is born, eventually is saved by Aden Kai and she becomes his analyst
Sahara Kyriakus is born

2059[]

The ShadowWalker leopard pack attacks and kills Lucas Hunter’s parents, leaving him barely alive
- Carlo and Shayla Hunter are killed
- The DarkRiver pack declares martial law within their pack territory

Brenna Kincaid is born
Acton and Maeve Kincaid die protecting the pack
Aden Kai (6) becomes Walker Lauren's telepathy student in The Arrow Squad school

2060[]

Sophia Russo is disowned by her family for surviving a serial killer who preyed on children^[9]
Clay Bennett kills Orrin Henderson and goes to prison
Kit Monaghan is born to DarkRiver pack
Daria Xiu is born
Aaron is born
Arrows in training Aden Kai and Vasic Zen meet
Hawke Snow’s parents, Tristan and Aren, die
Death of Garrick, former SnowDancer Alpha
Grace Burke’s parents die, she's adopted by Milena and James (SnowDancer pack)

2061[]

Beat of Temptation[]

Tamsyn (19) and Nate (29) complete their mating bond

Riordan is born
Alejandro is born
Zaira Neve kills her parents and is assigned to the Arrow Squad

2062[]

Sienna Lauren is born
Judd Lauren begins his Arrow training after accidentally killing Paul; he is erased from the Lauren Family records
Marjorie Kai and Naoshi Ayze fake their deaths
Nicki is born among the leopards of DarkRiver
DarkRiver leopard twins Noelle and Lissa Quinn are born

2064[]

Nathan Ryder becomes a DarkRiver Sentinel
Lucas Hunter goes hunting with Nathan Ryder, Vaughn D'Angelo, and Clay Bennett and kills every male ShadowWalker leopard as revenge for his parents

2065[]

Aden Kai (12) discovers his mirror ability with assistance from Vasic Zen. Aden hides his power employing methods learned from Walker Lauren
Abbot Storm starts his Arrow training

2067[]

Mercy Smith crowned Miss Bikini Babe
Beatrice Gault is born, eventually joins the Arrows
Karishma Rao is born, younger artistic half-sister of Payal Rao

2068[]

Ashaya and Amara are buried alive in an earthquake and Ashaya's Silence fails as a result.

2069[]

Lucas Hunter becomes the DarkRiver Alpha at the age of 23
Iliana Aleine doesn't survive full rehabilitation^[10]
Joe and Jess Nicholson mate for life
Sophia Russo begins her career as a J-Psy

2070[]

Judd (18) becomes an active Arrow
Liam Nicholson is born
Amara buries her twin alive to experiment on her condition^[11]

2071[]

Death of Lachlan, former DarkRiver Alpha
Juniper NightStar is born

2072[]

Whisper of Sin[]

Emmett Schaeffer and Ria Wembley form a mating bond
Joy Wembley is born
Marlee Lauren is born
Bryan Nicholson is born^[12]
Morgan Ainslow is born^[12]

2073[]

Official Gazette of San Francisco declares the city belongs to the DarkRiver leopards
Keelie Schaeffer's PhD essay is published
Judd begins working with Xavier Perez

2074[]

Sahara Kyriakus disappears at the age of 16
Brenna Kincaid finishes high school at the age of 15
Riley Kincaid builds a chalet for his future mate^[13]
Annie Kildaire begins her teaching career^[12]
Aneca from the Rats is born
Tazia Nerif rejects an arranged marriage and becomes estranged from her family

2075[]

Death of Reina Duncan, leaving Nikita Duncan the official head of the Duncan family
Roman and Julian Ryder are born to Nathan and Tamsyn Ryder
Jasper is born
Brenna begins the theoretical teleportation project FAST^[14]

2076[]

Carolina is born, becomes a child Arrow
Keenan Aleine is born
Zaira Neve fakes her death and defects from the squad^[15]

2077[]

Mercy Smith becomes a sentinel at the age of 26

2078[]

The Lauren Family defects from the PsyNet and finds shelter with the SnowDancer wolves
Tazia Nerif becomes an engineer on the deep-sea station Alaris.

2079[]

Kylie Christensen, a DarkRiver leopard and younger sister of Dorian, is abducted and murdered by the Psy Councilor Santano Enrique

Slave to Sensation[]

Sascha Duncan defects and survives, forms a mating bond with Lucas Hunter
Brenna Kincaid is abducted by Santano Enrique
Forming an alliance, DarkRiver and SnowDancer cooperate to execute Santano Enrique and rescue Brenna Kincaid

Visions of Heat[]

Faith NightStar defects from the PsyNet and survives, forms a mating bond with Vaughn D'Angelo
Kaleb Krychek joins the Psy Council^[16]

Echo of Silence[]

Stefan Berg and Tazia Nerif secretly marry and he hides their bond on the PsyNet

Caressed by Ice[]

Judd Lauren and Brenna Kincaid mate
SnowDancer wolf Timothy is murdered^[17]
SnowDancer wolf Dieter is executed
Alpha testing of the neural implant begins^[18]

December[]

Stroke of Enticement[]

Annie Kildaire and Zach Quinn mate

2080[]

February 21, 2080[]

Sunshine station begins work on researching compounds on Ming LeBon’s orders.^[19]

Spring[]

Mine to Possess[]

Clay Bennett and Talin McKade mate and adopt Jon Duchslaya and Noor Hassan
The Ghost assassinates Councilor Marshall Hyde, who's replaced by Anthony Kyriakus.
DarkRiver and the Rats form an alliance

Hostage to Pleasure[]

Ashaya, Amara and Keenan Aleine defect from the PsyNet
Ming LeBon abducts Ekaterina Haas from the Protocol I lab and destroys the facility with the rest of the staff inside
The start of Pure Psy^[20]

Early Autumn[]

Branded by Fire[]

Mercy Smith and Riley Kincaid mate

Winter[]

Blaze of Memory[]

After having tortured and brainwashed Ekaterina Haas for five months, Ming dumps her unconscious and without her memory on Devraj Santos' doorstep. He programmed her to spy on the Shine Foundation, then kill Devraj and herself.