What exact dates does the Destiny trilogy take place on?

[ryan123450]

Having a discussion with some other folks about timeline issues, and we're coming up with differing interpretations of the exact dates for Destiny. Was hoping @Christopher would be so kind as to share his take on what exact dates the 24th century portions of the three books fall on, chapter by chapter? I would really appreciate it! I have it figured that the transformation takes place on Feb 15, but others have guessed the 14th or the 16th, if I'm understanding them correctly.

Anyone else who has this broken down, I'd be interested to see your take on it as well.

Thanks so much!

 

[JD]

Why ask Christopher instead of David Mack?

 

[ryan123450]

Obviously a good point, and if @David Mack would answer that would be even better. I just know Christopher is very knowledgable about chronological details and is usually quick to post in these types of discussions.

 

[David Mack]

I don't know that I ever nailed it down beyond February 2381. This is the sort of picayune detail that I'm happy to leave to others.

 

[ryan123450]

Ok. Thanks for the response though. Hopefully someone else will chime in.

I know @Christopher in Over a Torrent Sea dated Bacco’s big speech after everything was over to Feb 16. What me and a few others had been discussing was exactly how long before that everything else had played out.

 

[Christopher]

In my chrono, I have the main body of Gods of Night on February 9-10, Mere Mortals on Feb. 10-15, and Lost Souls on Feb. 15-16, and the Lost Souls epilogue on March 2-3. I don't have it broken down any finer than that.

And I got the February 16 date of Bacco's speech from a deleted scene in the manuscript to Lost Souls. In fact, I didn't even realize until I checked just now that the scene was cut from the final version.

 

[ryan123450]

Thanks so much. All us timeline nerds will have to compare our notes with that. As always I appreciate you!

And thats an interesting behind the scenes story as well.

 

[Leto_II]

Very cool -- have updated my chronology accordingly. Thanks, Christopher.