KQGS timeline

This is the timeline for the new King's Quest: The Complete Collection series.

Background
The new King's Quest isn’t quite a reboot, and it’s not necessarily a sequel (its also not quite King's Quest IX, though it is the ninth produced). It’s a reimagining. Everything that exists in the past games is said to be still canon (though there may be changes to events and certain details as they were shown in previous games and material). The new stories exist between those stories.

However, as there are enough changes and differences in this timeline between previous material, it is not compatible with the classic timelines from previous games or the The King's Quest Companion (in particular it deviates from classic timelines with regards to Graham's age, and the history of where he originates from, and the events of KQ1), but represents an alternative timeline and universe. For more information, see TOG universe.

''Note: This article is currently speculative in nature, based on concept art, quotes from preview articles, and information from the original series. Some of it is bound to change as more details are released. It may or may not contain spoilers for the game''

Timeline details
Graham's father was a knight, his grandfather was a knight. His great-grandfather was a dentist, but his great-great-grandfather was a knight. They protected the crowns of many lands.
 * Before

The Queen of Daventry dies, and Daventry begins to go into decline.


 * 10s
 * The villain (is this Manny? The Sorcerer? Shadrack?) begins plotting in Daventry.


 * 6 BGC
 * Last years tournament
 * Hobblepots receive their delivery (every eight months)


 * 5 BGC
 * Graham's (age 15? 16?) origin and arrival in Daventry, the young squire comes to Daventry from Llewdor (or possibly some other unpronounceable country) having recently graduated from the The Academy. He has traveled to Daventry to take part in the yearly Knight Tournament. He has only been Daventry for a short time, and the kingdom is new to him (he has only read about it from travel books).
 * Graham enters tournament on a Monday, to become a knight in Daventry, and earn a position to compete for the position of new King. He collects or creates a hideous eye to enlist in the tournament, and then proceeds to win the Duel of Strength, Duel of Speed, and Championship Duel of Wits. He defeats Manny either by his own abilities, or through cheating, and uncovers the evil ambition of the tiny knight initiate before its too late. (Chapter I)?


 * 4 BGC
 * Waddles retires from the Daventry Troll Bridge Guild.


 * Unknown Dates
 * The Magic Shield and Magic Chest are stolen.


 * 20s
 * 1 GC (20? 21?)
 * Edward orders Graham on his final mission and quest to find the stolen Magic Mirror, and is told he will become the next king if he finds it.
 * Along the way Graham recovers other stolen treasures. Graham solves the 'impossible riddle', climbs a beanstalk and finds the Magic Chest.  He also recovers the Magic Shield (the order he finds the other treasures is unknown).
 * Finally, Graham searches the last place he had to look, he entered the Forest Well and into the Bed Cave to complete Edward's task to 'find the magic mirror', he exits the caves via the way he entered, and receives the Crown of Daventry (Chapter I prologue, inspired by KQ1). Note: The reimagined universe appears to have ignored the timeline given in the original KQ games, that Graham was 19 during the events of KQ1. It also changes a few details of his mission, and the order the treasures were recovered.


 * Unknown (1-2 GC)
 * Some time later, influenced by a story adaptation of the pied piper written by Manny to manipulate them, the goblins kidnapped everyone in Daventry. A newly crowned Graham is also kidnapped, and is forced into a new adventure as his first test as a new king to save them. Graham confronts the Goblin King, and wins the freedom of his subjects. They escape the caves, and return to their homes, Graham to his castle.
 * Mordon is abandoned, but escapes the Goblin Caves, but is found by Manny who offers to be his friend, furthering the goals of the secret villain plotting behind the scenes.


 * Unknown (less than 9 months later)
 * Bramble's child, the little Fey is born.


 * 30s
 * 31 or 32 GC (at least ten years after Ch2)
 * The secret villain continues to plot further the destruction of Daventry (Chapter III)
 * The complicated story of how Graham met and rescued his future bride from the wicked witch Hagatha's Tower. What occurred after he met her, as how his young love with Valanice developed after his marriage (Chapter 3: Once Upon A Climb).


 * This game is inspired mostly by King's Quest II, and appears at least part of the game will a retelling of the story.
 * Note: Graham was in his early to mid twenties in the earlier published material at the time of KQ2, and KQ2 only occured a year or two after KQ1 This timeline places the marriage about ten years after KQ1.
 * Note: Graham's hair seems a bit greyer in the mirror image, than in concept art, however, his hair is largely the same color as it appeared in CH2(unless the game takes place over a period of years, it can be assumed to just be a trick of the lighting).


 * 40s
 * KQ3-7
 * Based on the chapter select screen, there doesn't seem to be a specific chapter tied to this period of time. It maybe covered as part of Chapter III, or CHapter IV.
 * Note: In the Anniversary timeline (and variants) Graham is generally in his 40s (42 around the time of KQ3/4) at this time of these games.


 * 50s
 * The secret villain plots further the destruction of Daventry (Chapter IV).
 * Connor could possible make an appearance in this chapter (but it appears it would be before he became the hero he was in KQ8).


 * 70s
 * KQ8 (if old Graham is 20 years after KQ8, then he would have been in his 70s in KQ8)
 * Note:The dating for when KQ8 took place was never clear originally (with only the King's Quest Companion implying it might take place 25 years after KQ1, only 3 years after KQ7 approximately).

KQ9 (hypothetical Chronicle of Daventry which takes place before framing story of King's Quest Chapters). But could take place after the series, or as early as a decade earlier.
 * 80s

Gwendolyn and Gart are born? Note: They appear to be in their early teens at the most, and possibly younger. Gart does appear to be older than Gwendolyn.


 * 90s GC (some 20 years after KQ8)
 * New disaster befalls Daventry, forcing Graham to take up his adventurer's cap once again. Wearing armor, he is nearly attacked by a Well Dragon.
 * The villain who has been silently behind the scenes of all the stories Graham has been telling his granddaughter Gwendolyn is finally revealed. Graham tells the story of how he defeated the villain (this could be The Sorcerer and/or Shadrack) (Chapter V).
 * Connor may make an appearance (or at least this is most likely if he is 'already a hero' by this point).
 * Unknown (mid-90s)
 * Graham tells stories to Gwendolyn the daughter of Alexander and Cassima. Gart the son of Rosella and Edgar challenges Rosella to a fencing dual.

Brief

 * 10s
 * Five years before Prologue (Tournament)


 * 20s
 * Five years after Tournament (Prologue)
 * Five years after Chapter I (Chapter II)


 * 30s
 * (Chapter III)


 * 40s
 * 50s
 * (Chapter IV)


 * 70s
 * KQ8


 * 90s
 * Magic Mirror prophecy in KQC2 (see model file names Graham90sAdv).
 * Twenty years passed since KQ8 (Chapter V)(Framing Story/Epilogue)

Behind the scenes
Grahams age range is listed in his graphic files in the game. In Chapter 1, the youngest Graham is listed as being in his 10s, prologue graham is in his 20s, and old Graham in 90s. In Chapter 2, yhe crowned graham is listed as being in his 20s, the old adventuring graham (as seein the mirror) is listed as in his 90s, around the same as age Old Graham telling the story. Then; is set during Graham's 10s to teen years, between 10-19. Some rumors suggest that he is 16 (apparently based on comments by Matt Korba though this is not confirmed). The prequel story is said to take place 5 years before KQ1 (prologue). This would make him about 21 in the KQ1 inspired prologue sequence (and older than he was in the original game timelines, when he was said to have been 19).

This is said to be Graham's origin story, how he became a knight. Graham is not a citizen of Daventry, and is possibly from Llewdor. He came to Daventry to take part in a tournament (it ignores the backstory given in KQ1SCI and other original KQ material). The kingdom of Sorrow novel did state that he had traveled much in his youth, even to much larger lands. But much is clear that in the original series that he was a native of Daventry and had grown up there most of his life (his father, and Grandfather were knights of Daventry), and he studied in the various schools of Daventry, Palace School, spent years training Daventry's army, and Royal University (King's Quest Companion), as well as Daventry High School in his youth (see KQ1 remake), and Knight School (Hoyle I). Knight School does get a reference in the remagined game however in one sequence, that showcases a number of knightly puns.

Currently it seems that the reimagined universe places the events of KQ1 Graham when he was in his 20s (about 20 or 21), rather than when he is 19. In the original series, Graham's 19th birthday was in the early spring (only a few days before the start of KQ1 ).

Incidently, if Graham was 19 in the prologue, he would be about 14 in CH1 in the Teen years (but as mentioned this goes against the dates given in the game files or the concept art).

Beyond that the main difference between Graham 10s and in his 20s is that he has stubble on his beard in his 20s, is wearing some leather armor.

In addition, it appears that the 20s date may refers to events of Chapter II, which is said to take place 5 years after chapter 1. However, its unclear if this is 5 years after the teen years, or five years after the prologue. Which would make him about 20-25 depending on his actual age.

One can figure out Graham's age in relation to the concept art via the chapter select screens in game.

Some previews suggest, that Chapter II or a later chapter, would be set after he marries Valanice (and covers his romance with her). This does not appear in Chapter II, and is now known to be occur in Chapter III. In chapter 3 we now can see he has been given his 30s model (including a buffer figure).

It can be assumed that his wedding is likely several years after KQ1 in this timeline (but likely between age 29 to into his early 30s). We won't know more details until Episode III is released, which has him set in his 30s.

Of course Chapter 3 may have multiple periods of time, and show him towards the end of his 20s and into his 30s. The preview ending artwork in Chapter 2 (which may show a reimagining of the Crystal Tower) could be him roughly in his 20s or 30s, but its not clear. The title screen for the chapter certainly shows him in his 30s.

This potentially is a major change from the original timelines in which Graham was married to Valanice somewhere within 1 to only a few years after the events of KQ1.

The 40s period could be the same as the 40s period in the older timelines and concern the period between KQ3-7 (or KQ5-7). ''Note: In the Original timeline (and individual games which its based on KQ1-3), assuming Graham was 19 at the time of KQ1 as its stated in sources by Lorelei Shannon, he would be 39 at the time of KQ3/4 (or just short of the 40s and at the end of the 30s). Whereas in the Anniversary timeline (and its variants its based on KQ6-7 material) Graham was 19 at the time of KQ1 as its stated in sources by Lorelei Shannon, he would be 42 at the time of KQ3/4.''

There is no image of him his 40s in the chapter select screens, thus this may indicate that it may appear as an additioanl era in either Chapter 3, or Chapter 4.

50s (or later) appears correlate with Chapter 4's title screen.

This could be shortly before the KQ8 period, or decade or two before. At least it would seem the most likely to do so. This is probably around the earleist point in time that Connor could make his cameo in the games. However, it would have to be while he was a night and training and before he becomes the hero he did in KQ8.

90s (listed as ? on the concept art) Graham's old age is said to be 90s within the game files, and correlates with both Chapter 5 title art, Chapter 2 mirror prophecy, and Graham's present story telling. ,It looks like he aged a several decades, from his 50s. A gameplay discussion implies that twenty years might have passed since KQ8. This is a nod to it almost being twenty years since the last game. Thus this would put KQ8 when he was in his 70s.

One of the characters who goes by Whisper is from the town of Modesto, California. The town was founded in 1870, this would suggest that in the KQ9 timeline if mapped to a real world would have to be set in 1870s to contemporary times but in its own hidden world on Earth, assuming that Whisper didn't withdraw back in time. The game does make references to some contemporary ideas such as jelly beans and pizza however.

In Chapter 2, Muriel mentions that she is older than 78-years old. Chester makes a comment in reply that seems to suggest that a calander year of '78 has passed. This might suggest that the story takes place in a period sometime after 1878 for example (assuming based on the founding of Modesto), but less likely to be 1978. The reference to Labor Day in chapter 1 could place it post 1886 (post the date when it was founded). Otherwise these mark Anachronisms which the series is known for.

If Whisper 'withdrew' back in time, and assuming the 1000 AD date given in KQ8 is true, then it could be anywhere between 978 to 1078, or perhaps even as late 1178 of the Middle Ages period (after Ivanhoe took place, see Earth timeline).

Chapter 2 mentions that Pillare applied for the kingship some seventeen times. The conversation may suggest that the application could take place once per year. Graham mentions he was born at the right time to be accepted for the position, he felt like he was just lucky.

Gart and Gwen's births. It would seem that Gart and Gwen would have had to have been born less than 15 years before Graham's 'present' or so. Perhaps when he was in his late 70s or mid 80s. Secondly it seems that Graham likely had his twin children (Alexander and Rosella) when he was in his 30s or 40s in this timeline. This means that both cousins would have been born when Rosella and Alexander were about their 30s.

In the original timelines Graham had the twins around his twenties, between 21-25.