Timeline
Sethfire born in London, England on September 9, 1989 [Virgo]
Anarchy born in Fresno, CA on May 7, 1994 [Taurus]
Chey born in Poughkeepsie, NY on October 10, 1994 [Libra]
Kato born in Great Falls, MT on July 7, 1995 [Cancer]
Athena born in Great Neck, NY on December 17, 1995 [Sagittarius]
Aetos born in Rasayani, India on May 11, 1999 [Taurus]
1989:
[June 19] Hunter, Anarchy’s brother, is born in Fresno, CA
[September 9] Sethfire born in London, England
1994:
[May 7] Anarchy born in Fresno, CA
[October 10] Chey born in Poughkeepsie, NY
1995:
[summer] Sethfire & his parents move to Great Neck Estates, NY
[July 7] Kato born in Great Falls, MT
[December 17] Athena born in Great Neck, NY
1997:
Anarchy’s dad starts beating him
[early autumn] CPS is called on Chey’s parents; they’re arrested and he’s put into foster care
1998:
[autumn] Sethfire begins getting molested by his babysitter
1999:
[May 11] Aetos born in Rasayani, India
Sent to a center in Mumbai
[late May/early June] Aetos adopted by missionaries, taken back to live in Ridgefield, NJ
[late autumn] Sethfire’s molestation comes to an end when his babysitter is caught abusing a different child
2000:
[late spring] Anarchy’s dad bodily throws him onto the front stoop stairs, causing a broken rib that punctures his lung; requires surgery
2001:
[spring] Kato and his family move to Queens, NY (specifically Douglaston)
Kato begins getting intermittently sexually abused by a teacher at his elementary school
2002:
[June] Kato’s sexual abuse ends; he represses all memories of it
2003:
Anarchy is pulled out of public school to hide the abuse at home
2005:
[late autumn/early winter] Chey saves his foster brother, Landon, from being drowned—and is badly beaten by his foster mother for it
Subsequently attempts suicide but fails when the rope breaks
2006:
[late winter/early spring] Chey runs away from his foster home
2007:
[early spring] Sethfire attempts suicide | Severance 「🔗」
[autumn] Kato is sexually assaulted by a fellow student
He begins self-harming soon afterward
Sethfire begins working towards a Bachelor’s degree in psychology at NYU
2008:
[mid-May] Hunter, Anarchy’s brother, is killed by an IED
[early August] Anarchy runs away from home after his father slashes him across the face with a broken bottle
Anarchy then meets Chey at a railyard & they become fast friends | Take Me Where I’ve Never Been 「🔗」
[late August] Chey & Anarchy make it to NYC; Anarchy gets employed as a drug courier
2009:
[late summer] Chey & Anarchy get paid in oxy; start using opiates
[autumn] Chey & Anarchy stop running drugs, start selling their bodies
[autumn] Kato and Athena become friends 「🔗」
2010:
[late summer, autumn] Kato makes a couple “small scale” suicide attempts; takes a handful or so of aspirin or ibuprofen, gets sick but doesn’t die or get medical attention—he once again fails to register on his parents’ radar. Only tells Athena about it a day or so after each attempt. 「🔗」
[late autumn/ early winter] Athena begins slipping into disordered eating behaviors
[December] Chey gets picked up by cops; Anarchy is left alone
2011:
[spring] Unspoken Words, Untaken Chances「🔗」
[spring] Athena’s ED gets bad & she moves in with Sethfire | Your Coffin Would Be Far Too Light「🔗」
Sethfire completes that year of traditional college & gets his Bachelor’s, but decides to pursue a Master’s degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness; mostly online, to ensure he’s available to Athena
[midsummer] Kato gets his Uzi through a private sale off the internet
[late summer] Kato gets his Glock 19 and shotgun through private sales at a gun show
[September] Kato’s “incident” | Blood In Your Mouth vs Blood On My Hands「🔗」
Kato drops out of school; moves in with Sethfire & Athena
[December 8] Anarchy rescued | Every Breath Is Mine To Take「🔗」
Subsequently starts therapy & methadone treatment | Withdrawal Days「🔗」
[December 13] Haircuts and Histories「🔗」
Chey bounces from foster home to foster home as he gets kicked out for misbehavior; during this time he gets hospitalized on multiple occasions for quasi-attempted suicide
2012:
Gabriel and Athena strike up a casual friendship/acquaintanceship at school
Kato starts camming casually
Sethfire starts drinking, not super heavily, but definitely self-medicating
Anarchy starts working “odd jobs,” mostly physical labour; has trouble finding steady/long-term employment because of his appearance + history
Kato hooks up with a local cam-viewer; finds the experience somehow compelling
[summer] Kato takes up going to bars & sleeping around
Kato starts occasionally using cocaine after one of his bar hook-ups introduces him to it
Chey “graduates” out of the foster care system, slips right back into prostitution and heroin use
Chey gets his first possession charge (CPCS in the 7th degree), gets fined & and spends 12 days in jail
Aetos realizes he’s gay and begins self-harming
2013:
[March] Sethfire meets Jazz for the first time | Overcast Eyes Like English Skies「🔗」
[June] Athena graduates HS
Sethfire completes his Master’s degree (M.S. Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness) and starts working towards his 3000 hour requirement for supervised experience
[July] EoI releases first album, “We Are Not Our Scars” 「🔗」
Sethfire meets Jazz
[November] Sunlight’s Still Just Radiation「🔗」
[December] Chey, after spending the year in and out of jail for various things, manages to get his third CPCS 7 conviction along with CPSP in the 5th degree; he dodges getting charged with intent to distribute and they can’t prove a larceny charge either, but he still gets a hefty fine and 3 months in prison
2014:
Athena and Gabriel reconnect; introduction to Nightshrike | Birds of a Feather 「🔗」
EoI starts playing at Eocene Nightclub 「🔗」
Anarchy gets his wing tattoo at Cinnabar Ink, leading to EoI’s introduction to Fawkes | Brothers in Arms 「🔗」
[March] EoI puts out their second album, "Broken Glass Just Tastes Like Blood" 「🔗」
[early April➝late May] Anarchy/Angela relationship | Don’t Trust A Matchmaker With A Zippo In His Pocket 「🔗」
[April] Kato meets Leucosia; they quickly fall into a relationship
Athena starts working as a personal trainer
Anarchy is able to get off methadone
[Marchish, after getting out of jail] Chey finds the youth outreach program, recovery begins
Also gets his HIV diagnosis & begins antiretroviral therapy
At this stage, even after starting methadone he continues self-medicating with other drugs; primarily MDMA and codeine, though he dabbles in almost anything he comes across
Chey meets/befriends Sylvie & Jett while employed as a dancer
Chey relapses, his “first strike”
Chey manages to get his GED with guidance from his program but feels it’s essentially useless and keeps dancing rather than seeking other work
2015:
[January] Athena, Kato, and Anarchy get their own apartment; this triggers Leu and Kato’s first break-up
[April] Sethfire relapses hard after an evening of stress-drinking and nicks his radial artery near his inner elbow; Jazz gets him to the hospital「🔗」
[April] Leucosia and Kato get back together
[spring] Anarchy starts dating Anjali | Running Straight「🔗」
[June] Anarchy gets a job as a bartender at The Aspen
[July] Athena meets Wendy at the gym; they go out for drinks and strike up a relationship
Leucosia and Kato break up again
[late summer] Anarchy & Anjali break up but stay on good terms; Afterwards, Anarchy and Kato drunkenly hook up + start a friends-with-benefits relationship | Redirection 「🔗」
[October] Sethfire gives up on fulfilling his hour requirement, at least as far as direct contact with clients goes, as his mental health deteriorates + alcoholism progresses
Shortly after that decision, one night he gets very drunk again and attempts to gut himself. Ends up calling Jazz, who gets him medical attention.
[December] Aetos is thrown out of the house by his parents over his gender and is subsequently rescued by the others before he can jump off the George Washington Bridge | All the Risk of Faith and Free-fall「🔗」
2016:
Aetos enrolls in a public school and manages to get things sorted due to the help of an exceedingly kind + sympathetic school counselor and McKinney-Vento liaison
Inspired by it, Aetos starts trying to persuade Seth to pursue his licensing requirements again; in investigating the possibilities, he finds that Seth does have enough direct hours to combine with his indirect that he can, in fact, be licensed
Leucosia and Kato get back together again
Aetos is able to start HRT
Athena and Wendy’s “relationship” fizzles out
Aetos gets a job as a busboy or barista
Leucosia and Kato break up for the final time
"Suburban Casualties", EoI's third album, comes out
Kato and Fawkes start “seeing each other,” not labelling it as an official relationship yet
Chey reconnects with Alaska by chance while they’re both at a food stamps office
Chey relapses again, his “second strike”
Alaska subsequently asks him to stay with her, Reggie, and Nathaniel for a bit to try and stabilize himself
With Alaska’s encouragement, Chey dedicates himself to recovery more intensely and actually starts working towards an accelerated online associate’s degree, supported by his program
2017:
Aetos gets his high school diploma
Aetos gets top surgery
Aetos gets his own apartment to avoid “crowding” Seth
Aetos starts college for a degree in education at CUNY Queens
[April➝October] Fawkes/Kato relationship; Kato moves in with her in June
[April] Things become exclusive; Ready To Fall「🔗」
[October] Break up; Clairvoyance, Unsound「🔗」
[late October] The Waterfront「🔗」
[late October / early November] Rift opens up between EoI and Nightshrike after Bryluen & Kato’s confrontation drives a wedge between the two bands; they end up parting ways | We’ve Built Bridges Just For Burning「🔗」
[November] Sethfire tries to slit his own throat while extremely drunk; gets to the hospital thanks to Jazz
[late November] Kato & Anarchy start hooking up again, but there’s an unspoken air of things being more emotionally inclined this time around
[winter] Athena and Teagan start dating; Athena gets her own apartment and Beatrice, her fireleg tarantula | A Sleepless Winter 「🔗」
[December] EoI releases their EP "Concrete As A Painkiller" 「🔗」
2018:
[January] Kato meets Storm | Looking For a Tornado「🔗」
[January] Athena gets Bread, her ball python
[late January] Anarchy/Kato “relationship” falls apart | Us Against The Almost 「🔗」
[February] Sethfire finally introduces Jazz to the rest of the band | Answers Without Questions 「🔗」
[February] Call The Ships To Port「🔗」
[February] Kato starts hooking up with Isaac | Kahlua, Contrition; In Lieu of Love「🔗」
[February] Symphonies In Thunderstorms「🔗」
Chey earns his Associates in Information Technology
[March] Sethfire saves Jazz from a suicide attempt
[March 28] Chey reconnects with Anarchy/meets the others | Never Meant To Be Gone So Long「🔗」
[March 29] Black Coffee, Unbroken Bonds「🔗」
[March 31] Running Parallels「🔗」
[April 1] I’m Sorry I Made You Wait「🔗」
[April 2] I’m Watching You Breathing In「🔗」
[April 3] What Did They Do To You?「🔗」
[April] Still Sunlight「🔗」
[April 14] He’s A Drowning Man「🔗」
[April] Be Who You Are「🔗」
[late April] Kato and Isaac part ways | We’re Nothing But Blood「🔗」
[late April] To Be Earned「🔗」
[late April] Mutually Assured Destruction「🔗」
[late April] Chey gets JayyVon (“Jayy”) and Eve Libertine (“Libertine” / “Libby”), his sugar gliders
[May] Audrianna reaches out; EoI starts reconnecting to Nightshrike + crew (sans Bryluen) | Flock Together 「🔗」
[summer] Breaking In and Healing Things 「🔗」
[August] Of Love and Epitaphs 「🔗」
[late August] Anarchy and Chey start dating | The Time Is Here At Last 「🔗」
[September] Love As Meant 「🔗」
[October] Sethfire opens up to Aetos about having been sexually abused | A Truth Too Bitter To Bear Alone 「🔗」
Chey starts trying to taper off of methadone
[August 26] Jaime (then James) is born
2019:
[January/February] Anarchy reconnects with his mother | Like A Boy Needs His Mother’s Side「🔗」
Chey reconnects with Sylvie & Jett | Neon Eyes「🔗」
He starts intermittently DJing at their club, Neonize
EoI starts occasionally playing at Neonize
[spring] Teagan teaches Chey to swim | The Waters Where I Learned To Swim「🔗」
[late spring] Athena reconnects with HS friends Savannah & Devon | Nous Sommes Nos Choix「🔗」
Chey and Jordan reconnect
[September] EoI publishes fourth album, "B⬛RN D⬛WN Y⬛⬛R SCH⬛⬛L" 「🔗」
[September] Introspection, Ink-stained Skin 「🔗」
[December] Nothing Stops At Skin Deep 「🔗」
2020:
[March] A Past, Unburied 「🔗」
[spring] Kato ceases camming & his use of sex as self-harm | The Complications of Camwork and Quarantine「🔗」
Chey stops going to his clinic during COVID-19 quarantine and is able to get off of methadone
Kato fully uncovers his memories of being sexually abused as a child | After Nineteen Years of Nothing 「🔗」
[late spring] Chey & Anarchy get engaged | Not Time’s Fool「🔗」
[October] Aetos confronts Sethfire about his alcoholism | Who Saves The Saviour? 「🔗」
Sethfire goes into rehab; stops drinking
[early December] Sethfire and Aetos start ‘going on dates’
2021:
Sethfire and Aetos start officially dating
Athena moves in with Teagan to her apartment in Woodhaven, NY
[June] Chey & Anarchy get married
Venue: Brooklyn Botanical Garden
[June] EoI puts out album #5, “With A Hope-Lit Lighthouse and Honest Storms”「🔗」
[July] 20/21 Vision「🔗」
[August] Before The Storm 「🔗」
[September] Hook Echo 「🔗」
[September] Kato’s friends confront him after he’s hit by some particularly bad chest pains post-show; he caves and agrees to start therapy | When The Sky Breaks「🔗」
First therapist he sees essentially immediately recommends hospitalization and he reluctantly agrees (with pressure from the others)
Begins recovery both in general & from his ED, and starts trying to get clean from cocaine use. Alcoholism comes to light, but he doesn’t pursue sobriety so much as attempting to normalize his relationship with alcohol
[Late December] Kato graduates from inpatient treatment to PHP
2022:
[1st of March] Kato graduates from PHP to an IOP program
[June] Kato graduates out of IOP
Aetos gets his teaching certification and begins teaching fourth grade
2023:
Sethfire & Aetos get ‘engaged’
[May] Sethfire and Aetos get married
[late October] Teagan & Athena get engaged
During a fall foliage road trip to Niagara Falls through the Catskills and the Finger Lakes
[late October] Kato and Willow meet while he’s buying flowers to congratulate Athena and Teagan on their engagement
[November] Kato & Willow relationship begins
2024:
[September] Teagan & Athena get married
2025:
Kato moves with Willow to a townhouse in Oceanside
Chey & Anarchy move out to West Hempstead, NY
2026:
Kato & Willow get engaged
Kaya & Kimber born
2027:
[April] Willow & Kato get married
Venue: Queens Botanical Gardens
Sethfire & Aetos move out to Lakeview, NY
Aetos begins teaching 6th grade
[November 27] Logan (“Slick”) born in Boston, MA
[December 13] Caelum born in Seaside, California
2028:
[January 5] Roscoe born in East Rockaway, NY
[February 14] Cameron born in Rochester, NY
[July 11] July born
[September 17] Olivia born
Despite his relative recovery, Kato isn’t able to dodge PPND/PPNOCD (Paternal Postnatal Depression/OCD) & he resolutely hides the resurgence in his intrusive thoughts—and therefore doesn’t seek treatment
[November] Chey and Anarchy start fostering kids
[December] Jaime (then James) gets put into Chey & Anarchy’s care
2029:
Athena and Teagan move out to Rockville Center, NY
[late summer] Plagued by varying intrusive thoughts and in a spiral, Kato goes out with the intent to kill himself and calls Athena, who stops him. He finally admits to her that he nearly murdered Seth when he was 16
He allows her to take him to the hospital; stays in the psych ward for ~a week(?) and gets a retroactive paternal postpartum OCD diagnosis
2030:
July gets put into Chey & Anarchy’s care
Chey & Anarchy legally adopt Jaime
2031:
[February] Athena offers to be a surrogate for Anarchy and Chey so that they can have another child
[April] Medical conception
Alaska legally adopts July
[November 4] Kipland, Peregrine, and Tycho born
2033:
[September] July and Olivia start kindergarten together
2035:
[June] Jaime graduates high school
Rosalie born
2037:
[September] Cooper and the McKoy triplets start kindergarten
2038:
[March] Cameron’s parents are killed in a car accident; he moves in with his paternal grandparents in Lynbrook, NY
Subsequently becomes friends with Roscoe
Two-year-old Rosalie gets put into Chey & Anarchy’s care
2039:
[spring] Slick’s mom leaves his dad and moves across the country, emphasizes that she has no intention of “having anything to do with” either of them ever again
[September] July and Olivia start middle school, become friends with Roscoe and Cameron
Chey and Anarchy legally adopt Rosalie
2040:
Jaime completes their Bachelor of Science, decides on aiming for a Master’s
[late summer] Slick and his dad move to Rockville Centre, NY
He becomes friends with July, Olivia, Roscoe, and Cameron
2041:
15-year old Kaya and Kimber get put into Chey and Anarchy’s care
[September] Rosalie starts kindergarten
2042:
Jaime gets their Master’s degree
2043:
[mid January] Caelum & Laika and their mother move to Oceanside, NY
He becomes friends with July, Olivia, Roscoe, Slick, and Cameron
Laika starts middle school in September and becomes friends with Cooper, Kipland, Tycho, and Peregrine
Chey and Anarchy legally adopt Kaya & Kimber
Jaime gets hired for a position as a Research Space Scientist for NASA, specializing in Planetary Studies
2044:
[spring] July & Olivia start dating
[spring] Roscoe & Slick start dating
[mid-spring] Slick moves into the Winters household
2045:
[September] Flowerbombers start senior year of high school