THE HISTORY OF THE HARBINGERS
The Harbingers tells a story that involves lots of characters, events, and places. Even worse, they usually don’t even show up in the narrative in the order in which they happened. To help keep track of everything that’s happened in the story, here is a timeline of the major events in the world of The Harbingers between the years 2025 and 2030, along with the episodes in which they occur.
Note that this is only meant as a reference guide to the biggest events in the story, not a full blow-by-blow retelling of the story. Likewise, as this timeline will be updated as new episodes are released, there will be many unmarked spoilers below. Reader discretion is advised.
At the moment, the timeline is current up to and including the events of Episode 6, Act of the Apostle.
2025
APRIL
Adam and Amy go on a date together. It does not go particularly well. (Episode 1 and Episode 4) Professor Julian McCandless gives them a challenging assignment, promising to take them with him on an expedition to a dig site in Antarctica. Adam completes the assignment on his own and secures a seat on the expedition. (Episode 4)
NOVEMBER
Adam travels to the Robinson site in Antarctica with McCandless. An accident causes a cave-in, leaving him trapped in the ruins of the ancient Harbinger city of An-Serith. Adam discovers Shrel Ta Keren, also known as Article Zero, and performs his first act of magic. (Episode 3)
DECEMBER
An article is published detailing Adam’s magical powers. The public at large becomes aware of the existence of magic.
2026
OCTOBER
Amy meets with Genieve Summers, her academic advisor at Columbia. Following the meeting, Professor Summers is no longer Amy’s adviser. She later meets with Professor McCandless, who gives her some advice for her field work proposal. (Episode 6)
SEPTEMBER
Adam, newly appointed as a professor at Sinclair University, begins teaching his first class. Amy visits and watches the first session of the new semester. (Episode 1)
NOVEMBER
Amy defends her field work proposal before a panel at Columbia, arguing that a Harbinger site in Ireland might hold a ring of magic. A week later, she meets with Jerome Eckerberg. The billionaire confirms that her theories were sound, and that his team retrieved a ring from the site where she predicted one could be found. He gives her the ring, simply asking that they be friends going forward. (Episode 6)
2027
MARCH
Amy performs at New York City’s South River Tavern, displaying her telepathic abilities and confirming the existence of a second magician. (Episode 2) Upon hearing about Amy’s magical powers, Adam redoubles his efforts to map out the Language of the Stars. He’ll spend a year in intense, secluded study of the Harbingers’ dead language. (Episode 5)
JUNE
Amy wraps up a residency at Wyndham Hall in New York City. She does an interview with Elizabeth Kleinman from In Depth magazine backstage before one of her shows. Adam visits her and the two realize their powers cannot affect each other. (Episode 2)
2028
MARCH
Billionaire Jerome Eckerberg visits Sinclair University and attempts to convince Adam to work with him, aiming to better understand Adam’s powers and how they could be used to further the potential application of clean energy. Adam declines his offer. (Episode 5)
AUGUST
Adam Blackwell and Amy Stirling meet at a coffeeshop, on their way to an event at the United Nations. Following an argument, Adam teleports Amy’s coffee cup to the moon. (Episode 1)
2029
2030
NOVEMBER
Following his teleportation of the city of Boston to the moon, Adam is subpoenaed to give testimony at a congressional hearing. Both Adam and Amy start working with Claudia Skinner, senior partner at Skinner, DeVries, and Wiseman, in anticipation of this hearing. (Episode 1)
