KQGS timeline

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

Background
The new series is a reimagining, somewhere between a reboot and a sequel, as well as individual story chapters that act as interquels (Sierra itself has referred to it as a reboot). It is not King's Quest IX. It acts more as a retelling of the entire King's Quest history and universe (it is not part of the original 'canon', but elements of the original games are part of this,series canon in some form, and the original 'stories' themselves are essentially 'fairy tales/legends/tall tales' in this universe). This wicki calls this seperate unvierse the Reboot Canon.

However, while their are general ideas from the previous games which are considered canon to this series, there are many changes to events and details compared to how they were established in the previous series (manuals, guides, novels, etc). Thus making it an alternate universe, and giving it its own unique canon. The new stories exist mostly between versions of older stories, but some material from the chapters retells some of the original series stories in and original ways.

The original series stories (as portrayed in the original games) are to be considered by the player as legends or fairy tale events, while the new series considers itself the 'true events', though in some cases it may also be 'embellishments' by the narrator Graham.

Because of this, there are many changes and differences in this timeline compared to the previous material, that it is not compatible with any of 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, KQ2, and even elements of KQ3, KQ4, and KQ5). It instead represents an alternative timeline and universe. For more information, see TOG universe.

This timeline and universe has its own rules, mechanics and features unique concepts, which are consistent to this new universe (but different than the old universe). It is quite a bit more whimsical and silly compared to sometimes 'serious' tone that the original series took, with reimagined characters having a wide range of different emotions and personality.

So far stories that have been modified from their original details include KQ1, KQ2, Manannan's backstory from KQ3 (Alexander was the only baby Manny ever kidnapped), backstories to villains (including Manannan, Mordack, and Hagatha)' and the backstory for Icebella. The 'destruction of Daventry by a Three-headed dragon (KQGS) did not occur in this universe, nor was there a need to rescue Rosella from it (the hat is not passed, and Graham's 'heart attack' does not occur at this time, but may occur later in the timeline). The 'cat cookie spell' is less powerful in this universe, and Manannan has ways of overcoming it at least for short periods of time. Elements of KQ5 look to be reimagined in both Chapter 3' and Chapter 4. The geography of the world appears to have been completely reimagined as well, and how that influences individual stories is not completely known (but for example has added to the many ways the Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb story differs from the original King's Quest II: Romancing The Throne story).

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

Before
Muriel is born.
 * c. 78 BGC

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. The Queen of Daventry dies, and Daventry begins to go into decline. Graham is born.
 * 21 BGC


 * 15 BGC
 * Mordon parents (the secret villain?) send their child with the Goblins as their personal whipping boy, while at nearly the same time they take a young goblin child Manny to raise as their own.

The villain (is this Manny? Shadrack?) begins plotting in Daventry.


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


 * 5 BGC
 * The Magic Mirror is stolen by Goblins (exact date is unknown but could have been a few years before, though there is a recent wanted poster about it up on a bulletin board).
 * Graham's (age 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 Knight School (KQGS), 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)?
 * Graham's first job as a knight is to plant a tree and a spiniforous thorn plants which will have important impact for the future once he becomes king.


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


 * Unknown Dates
 * Manny uses How to Tame a Dragon which he received from Hagatha to capture Hornswaggle the Well Dragon, to guard over the Forest Well caves. Manny puts the Magic Mirror there under the Dragon's guard. Hagatha's contraption is used to keep the dragon fed.
 * The Magic Bowl, Magic Shield and Magic Chest are stolen. Technically it might have only been the Bowl, and some other unknown treasures, the shield and chest may have been discovered by Graham in later adventures (between Chapter 2 Prologue, and Chapter 4).


 * 1 GC
 * Edward orders Graham (roughtly 21) 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 receives help from his fairy godmother, recovers other stolen treasures. Graham solves the 'impossible riddle', climbs a beanstalk and finds the Magic Chest.  He also played a jig for some leprechauns, and recovers the Magic Shield (the order he finds the other treasures is unknown). He also recovered a Magic Bowl (a fourth magic treasure of Daventry).
 * 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).
 * Graham, returns to where he planted the tree and helps the vine to grow on a trellis.
 * Some time later (during a Wednesday), Goblins are influenced by a story adaptation of the pied piper written by Manny to manipulate them, they kidnapped everyone in Daventry. A newly crowned Graham (roughly 31) 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.
 * 2 GC (less than 9 months later)
 * Bramble's child, the little Taylor Fey Fey is born.
 * Note: This takes place at least 2 GC, but could be earlier (but only nine months after CH2).


 * 11 GC
 * The complicated story of how Graham (age 31) met and rescued his future bride from the wicked witch Hagatha's Tower while adventuring in the Enchanted Isles (Kolyma, Tanalore, and Avalon). What occurred after he met her, as how his young love with Valanice developed leading to his marriage (Chapter 3: Once Upon A Climb).

Graham accidently ends up in Manny's cave bedroom, and overhears some of the plans of Manny and Mordon before escaping. The villains continues to plot further the destruction of Daventry
 * One of the two Valanices is transformed into Icebella (KQGS) by a shard of ice from a Frost Potion.
 * Note:This game is inspired mostly by King's Quest II, and is largely a retelling of the story, replacing the original.


 * 12 GC
 * Graham about 32. Birth of Twins. Roughly when Alexander was kidnapped by Manny (now Manannan) not long after his birth (Chapter 4 Intro). Manannan starts training and teaching Alexander about magic over the years.

Note: The twins could have been born anywhere between 12 GC and 18 GC (but this will effect the age of twins in 'present' period pushing them into their late 50s rather than early 50s)


 * 15 GC
 * Amaya gives Rosella a magical Sword of Fire when she is three. Graham is 42.
 * Rosella used to alphabetize the addendums for Graham.

Note: This could have occurred when Graham was in his 40s if the twins were born in Graham's late 30s.

Daventry was relatively peaceful during this period, Graham never gave up searching for his son Alexander, but was often swamped by his duties in the kingdom. He also went on many adventures with his daughter Rosella during this period when he could. Rosella even started going on adventures of her own (according to Chapter 4).

Based on the chapter select screen, there doesn't seem to be a specific chapter tied to this period of time. Nor does Graham appear with this appearance in Chapter 4. Will it be covered in 'flashbacks' in a later chapter (or was a chapter idea cut)?


 * GrahamKQC4mirror.jpg
 * 30 GC
 * Taylor Fey now an adult moves to Serenia, where he opens a Garment shop.
 * Alexander (18) returns from Llewdor enters the castle to discover the kingdom is buried in paperwork and laws. Graham (50) decides to go on a family outing to learn about his son.
 * Graham travels back to Avalon (KQGS) where he encounters Icebella (KQGS) his latest threat.
 * The Manannan and Mordon further plots further the destruction of Daventry (Chapter IV). Mordon takes on the name Mordack, vowing vengeance.
 * Kidnapping occurred 18 years before (roughly when Graham was age 32)?
 * Note: Manannan as the old wizard only had enough time to kidnap 1 child in this timeline, that is Alexander's kidnapping. The events of KQ4 do not yet appear to have happened, although they are implied by a tapestry in Gwendolyn's room (which show Rosella on a horse in Tamir). Details from KQ 3-4 (and some of KQ5) kinda get mish-mashed in this chapter. This chapter replaces elements of KQ3-4 (no Three-headed dragon (KQGS), but Rosella's trip to Tamir may take later in the timeline, see tapestry in Gwendolyn's room).
 * Graham is more likely to be in his late 50s at this point (do to age issue with Aleancer being '50s' in present).

Unknown Dates (40-50 GC?)

KQ4/KQ5/KQ7?


 * 50 GC
 * KQ8 (if old Graham is 20 years after KQ8, then he would have been in his 70s in KQ8)

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.

Gwendolyn and Gart are born? Note: They appear to be in their early teens at the most, and possibly younger. Gart does seem to be older than Gwendolyn (but nothing specifically confirms who is the oldest, and they could be of similar age).

New disaster befalls Daventry, forcing Graham to take up his adventurer's cap once again. Wearing armor, he is nearly attacked by a dragon (note there is yet no context to this event).

The villains Mordack and Manannan who have been silently behind the scenes of all the stories Graham has been telling his granddaughter Gwendolyn is finally revealed for the last time. Graham tells the story of how they defeated the villains (Chapter V).


 * 70 GC

Some 20 years after KQ8.

Gwendolyn visits Daventry from the Green Isles, with her parents. Alexander is age 50s.

Graham tells stories to Gwendolyn the daughter of Alexander and Cassima. Gart the son of Rosella and Edgar challenges Rosella to a fencing dual. Graham breaks his arm.

Gwendolyn faces her fear of rats.

Gwendolyn and Graham help celebrate Valanice's birthday.

Connor maybe referenced if not given an appearance (or at least this is most likely if he is 'already a hero' by this point).

Graham

 * 10s (Teens)
 * Five years before Prologue (Tournament/Chapter III prologue)


 * 20s
 * Five years after Tournament (Prologue/replaces KQ1 events)
 * Five years after Chapter I (Chapter II/Chapter III prologue)


 * 30s
 * (Chapter III prologue/Chapter III/replaces KQ2)
 * (Chapter IV prologue)


 * 40s
 * 50s
 * (Chapter IV/replaces KQ3/KQ4 events)


 * 60s
 * KQ5/KQ6/KQ7


 * 70s
 * KQ8
 * Chapter 5 (any point between 70s and 90s)


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

Valanice

 * 30s - Events of Chapter 2
 * 50s - Valanice file name is listed as 50s in the main bulk of the story, this suggests Graham and Valanice are the same age.
 * 90s - Valanice in the present.

Rosella & Alexander

 * 3 - Rosella receives a Sword of Fire from Amaya.
 * 18 - Alexander returns home and finds Rosella, Graham, and Valanice at the castle (the age when Alexander was kidnapped is not known, but he appears less than 1). However the bulk of the story appears to take place at this age as well, as Alexander is twice described as a teenager by Graham in the Ice Palace. Alexander even confirms he is 18. Note: He is eighteen in this universe, but was 'Seventeen' in the original series when he returned home.
 * 20s - When Graham and Valanice are in their "50s", Rosella & Akexander were in their 20s? The models used are listed as 20s. However, this maybe the case that the models have their age rounded up eighteen, and with possible future use in sequel series chapters when they would be in their twenties.
 * 50s - In the present Alexander & Rosella are in their 50s.

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

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), however its stated that KQC2 is set 5 years after chapter 1 (this would set Ch1 when he was at least 15 and late as 19, and chapter between 20 and 29).

Some rumors suggest in Chapter 1 that he is between 14 and 16 (apparently based on comments by Matt Korba though this is not confirmed). 14 does not work, as he would be 19 in the prologue, but the files and concept art are clear that he is in his 20s in those scenes. The prequel story is said to take place 5 years before KQ1 (prologue). This would make him around 20 or 21 in the KQ1 inspired prologue sequence (and thus older than he was in the original game timelines, when he was said to have been 19). Taylor Feys given age in Chapter 3 (age 8) gives room to work with Grahams age range to figure out his own age in relation to each episode, and appears to correspomd with Graham being 21 in chapter 2 and 16 in chapter 1, and at least 30 or 31 in chapter 3.

The reboot universe places the events of KQ1 Graham when he was in his 20s, 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 which states that he was in his 20s).ł

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

In addition, the 20s date also 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 (assuming he is age 20 in the prologue). However, going by in game comments where characters suggest KQ1 events occurred very recently, and press descriptions chapter 2 is described to be his first action as king, suggests its probably not more than a few days or weeks after KQ1.

Chapter 1 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 (the Activision story FAQ for the game does state he is from Llewdor when discussing Waddles). 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 (for alternate story see Graham (novels)), 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.

Some previews suggest, that Chapter II or a later chapter, would cover 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 more buff figure). The files of ch 3 confirm he is in his thirties.

His wedding takes almost a decade after KQ1 in this timeline (within his 30s), in the original series he married within a year or two of KQ1 and KQ2.

But details more are given in Chapter 3, which has him set in his 30s.The preview ending artwork in Chapter 2 (which shows Hagatha's Tower) shows him in his 30s, as does the title screen. Furthermore it is confirmed that Feys son is 8 at the time of chapter 3. This would make it around 8 to 9 years after chapter 2, taking into account their child would have had up to nine months in Bramble's womb. This does require some reinterpretation of Graham's age in relation to chapter 2, and chapter 1. If Graham is at least 30 in chapter 3 he would have to be roughly 21-22 in chapter 2. If chapter 1 takes place 5 years before chapter 2 hat would make Graham roughly 16 in chapter 1, or even 17. Graham could be no older than 19 in chapter 1 main story to be in his teens, but that would make him roughly 24 in chapter 2, and 32 or 33 in chapter 3.

This 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.

In addition we learn that Mordon was in the goblins lair for 16 years before he escaped, this would allow us to roughly work out his age and time he started to live und the Goblin King as well.

The 40s period maybe set in the period between KQ2 and KQ3. But no chapter covers those events or shows Graham with that appearance.

''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. He about a decade older, and is in his 50s in the "Reboot Canon".''

There is no image of him his 40s in the chapter select screens or within the chapters themselves, it appears this material was cut out completely.

50s (or later) appears correlate with Chapter 4's title screen. This chapter corresponds with the end of KQ3.

In chapter 5 Graham is going to be a much older man anywhere between 70s and 90s. But the specifics are not yet known (in general the file names of current material are listed as "90s").

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.