Canon/Headcanon Timeline

Assuming Darnell was 18 when he graduated high school, went straight to college, and interned at MCF after getting a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice (required in many places to work as a police or private investigator)

1983 born (Sept 12)

1999 (August) Jokers Wyrd

 
1999-2000 Rosalyn (mother) killed

2001 graduate HS, enter UCLA (Criminal Justice)

 

2005 get BA in CJ, join MCF (intern), Huntsville (hired full-time)
                             - Huntsville came out Nov 2005

 

2006 (April) Prime Suspects, (December) Ravenhearst

 

2008 (late fall) Madame Fate, Return to Ravenhearst, Dire Grove
                             - time machine Victor escapes in at the end starts at 2008 (goes back to 1895)
                             - Alison Sterling & Maggie Sharpe, Class of 2009 (from The Black Veil)

                             - MCF: Madame Fate
                             - In Her Majesty's Service

2009 (August) 13th Skull
                             - game itself came out 2010, but in bonus chapter of Black Crown, the MD says he was in Louisiana "10 years ago"
                             - August is wettest month in Louisiana according to weather-and-climate.com (MD complains about how much it rains)



2011-2012 (late November on sometime) Escape from Ravenhearst
                             - newscast regarding latest (at time of broadcast) missing Blackpool resident dated 22 Nov 2011

2012 (mid September or early October) Shadow Lake
                             - Shooting schedule set for 10 days but the Ghost Patrol left early and in a HURRY (production notebook in Jack's room)

                             - Check in dates for Jack and Cassandra 9/12 & 9/13 (motel register)
                             - Kelli's cellphone latest message dated Oct 8, 2012 (one of the other HAS to be an error...)

2013 Fate's Carnival

2014 Dire Grove, Sacred Grove

2015 Key to Ravenhearst, Ravenhearst Unlocked
                             - Aftermath

2016 Broken Hour
 

2017 (early spring) The Black Veil, (fall/harvest) The Revenant's Hunt

2018 (June) Rewind, (Fall/Early Winter) The Countess

2019 Moths to a Flame, Black Crown

Fanfictions by DragonDancer5150

 Stories in chronological order by canon timeline (to be added to as new titles are published)

Jokers Wyrd (on FFnet) (on AO3)
Summary - “When the Grim Reaper hands you a rubber chicken,” said the Master Detective, “you say thank you and take it. But there you go. THAT is why I don’t like clowns.” His friend gave a low whistle, shaking his head at the extraordinary tale. “Can’t say I blame you, mate.”

MCF: Madame Fate (on FFnet) (on AO3)
Summary - Based on events of game #4 in the series. The Master Detective hadn't been assigned to, nor been looking for, a case. But he found one. And something found him.

In Her Majesty's Service (on FFnet) (on AO3)
Summary - In the wake of his case in Dire Grove, the Master Detective is approached about upgrading his "honorary" position with the Royal Agency to an official one. With a twist. Semi-spoilers for the bonus chapter of Ravenhearst Unlocked re: MCF's origins.

Aftermath (on FFnet) (on AO3)
Summary - Alister's defeated at last - case closed? Not quite. There's still the unnatural brand, the dead body, the woman trapped in a storage room, and an exhausted Master Detective who'll end up back at the lunatic asylum if someone doesn't ID and vouch for him first.

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