Hermynix / Timeline
Timeline
Crash
The opening of Book I. A montage of Ross's mundane life at the boarding school — an orphan smiling through the pain of monotony, navigating hardships with the other kids and teachers. Then Ross goes to his spot in the woods to find peace — or so it seems. He's actually there to end his life. Just as he's about to commit, a roaring engine tears through the silence. Haley comes crashing through the trees in a blue car, fleeing toward a portal she had prearranged with Athena. She smashes through branches and dead wood before slamming to a stop, knocked unconscious. Ross pulls her from the wreck and checks on her. Then the portal opens nearby. He feels an eerie connection to it — something pulling him toward it. From his perspective, he was seconds away from death. The portal is the most interesting thing that could happen to someone in that mental state. The ontological shock overrides everything. He carries Haley's limp body through. Haley never sees the color of the portal.
Ross discovers the parallel world
Early friendships and rivalries form
Ross turns Mulsy from villain to ally
Ross matures through loss and conflict
The Suitcase
Snap has been hunted for her book of secrets — the complete record of her detective work investigating Ail's magic. She arranges a meeting with a group of significant enemies in an underground bunker, telling them she's finally ready to hand it over. They gather underground, expecting the prize. Snap opens the suitcase. It's not the book. It's a bomb. She seals them in and detonates it, killing herself and the enemies trapped inside.
Snap lures enemies into the underground bunker
Snap sacrifices herself — the suitcase bomb
Allies unite against a common threat
Ross gives Mulsy the Queen of Diamonds — her fire restored
Sunny detonates the fusion fractal bomb
Ross uses the Red & Black Joker to save millions
Ross gains secret legendary status
Ross teaches Tayzh the Jitterfist technique
The rescue of children and mothers
Forrester's tragic suicide
Tayzh and Mantso pursue Siv
Tayzh unlocks Jitterfist-enhanced movement
Komarza emerges from the time jump in a berserk state
Ross fights Komarza — both sustain fatal injuries
Ross's last words: asks Tayzh to get the baby
The Baby Food Throw
Ross and Komarza are both dead. Ross's last words were asking Tayzh to get the baby. Now on Earth, Tayzh is caring for Phoebe — still an infant. She throws food at him and it hits him dead center in the face. He wipes it off. She does it again — same spot, perfect aim. Tayzh begins to realize something extraordinary about this child. There is no magic on Earth, so whatever this is, it isn't a spell. It's something else entirely.
Tayzh decides to live on Earth — joins the police department
The Return
Haley makes the jump from Ail to Earth and crash-lands. Tayzh — now in law enforcement and leveraging intel from Snap's book of secrets — has been anticipating her arrival and is there to meet her. He greets her, but the reunion is bittersweet. Tayzh has to tell her the news: Ross is dead. The last time Haley saw Ross, he carried her unconscious body through a portal. Now she's returned to a world where he no longer exists.