Good Intentions Timeline

“Words like ‘steal’ and ‘thief’ are so limiting… I acquire the forbidden.” — Spoilers for Past Due follow.

Good Intentions Timeline
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An attempt to create a cohesive timeline for the Good Intentions Series by Elliott Kay, covering both the history before the series start and the relative order and chronology of the published stories.

Introduction

This is an attempt to create a cohesive timeline for the Good Intentions Series. It is very much a work in progress, and doubtlessly contains errors in various forms. See also § Analysis.

It is partially based on the timeline that Elliott Kay posted on Patreon on July 4 2022: Timelines and Links: Good Intentions. For a less detailed chronological order, see the Good Intentions Reading Order.

The backstory covers a very long history, but each book only covers a limited time, usually around a week.

Good Intentions and the series proper starts in September Year 0 in the below list.

All years use CE and BCE notations.⁠

Before start of series

BCE years

Year	Event	Reference
c. 1300 BCE	The Family rises and ravages eastern Mediterranean;	PaD 20
c. 1280 BCE	Onyx’s first incarnation catches Joel; Onyx escapes from the Family to Egypt.	PaD 20; PaD 2
c. 1175 BCE	Malike curses Onyx’s second incarnation.	PaD 10
c. 1000 BCE	Beletsune murders Milkilu; she is recruited by Baal and transformed into Lorelei.	NC 14; HHPF
BCE years	Lorelei begins an illicit relation with Sammael.	PeD 11 & 13
c. 600–400 BCE	Zafirah steals a book from the library of Heaven; she is caught by Rachel.	PeD 18; PaD 8
490 BCE	The Athenian (Alex) is killed at Marathon as a young Greek farmer.	GI 13
c. 50–45 BCE	Scipio (Alex) is murdered by his master after saving him; Donald is now Alex’s guardian angel.	GI 14

CE years

Year	Event	Reference
70 CE	Lorelei is present at the Roman siege of Jerusalem.	GI 4
c. 400 CE	Lorelei is claimed as a prize by Belial.	GI 16 & PeD 16
c. 750–1000 CE	Skorri (Alex) is abandoned; takes revenge on Valgard and sons.	GI 15 & NC 1
c. 1000 CE	Serena is turned into a succubus.	LSHL
1096 CE	John (Alex) joins the First Crusade under Robert Curthose.	GI 13
1098 CE	John is killed by Lydia during the Siege of Antioch; encounter between Lorelei and Lydia.	GI 4 & 13
1517 CE	Rachel brings messages to Martin Luther; she breaks with Vincent.	GI 15
c. 1793–1794 CE	Lorelei is abandoned in Paris by Lester during the Reign of Terror.	LSS
c. 1825	Sunday is born.	PaCS
1827–1828 CE	One of Alex’s past lives is active in South Africa.	GI 17
c. 1840	Sunday is the sacrifice in an attempted immortality ritual.	PaCS
c. 1880 CE	Tom (Alex) fights the Ambrose gang.	GI 14
1915–1918 CE	Aidan (Alex) dies saving Westerbrook.	NC 2
c. 1920s CE	Cornelius arrives in Los Angeles	PaCS
−71	Roy Carlisle is born.	PeD 1
c. −70	Elizabeth Van Dalen moves to Seattle.	LSA
c. 1944–1945 CE	Simon (Alex) and Marie meet in Paris and are engaged.	GI prologue
c. 1944 CE	Lorelei—as Sofia—is active in Nazi-occupied Europe, with Jurgen as known prey.	GI 12
1945 CE	Simon (Alex) dies saving Elena (Onyx) and George; the Family nearly catches Elena in Paris.	GI prologue; LSHL; PaD prologue
1940s CE	Anatole arrives in Los Angeles.	PaCS
c. 1970 CE	Michelle is born.	PeD 1
c. 1971 CE	Will (Alex) dies saving Roy Carlisle.⁠	GI 16 & PeD 1
−32	Kevin Murray is born.	LSNJ
c. −30	Lorelei has Nicolas as her prey and befriends Stelia.	PaAm
−28	Shannon Abrams is born.	LSHL
−24	Amber Maddox is born.	NC 12
−23	Molly Murray and Evan Murphy are born.
−21	Onyx, Sierra, and Drew are born.
−20	Wade, Taylor, Jason, and Alex are born.
c. −10	Michelle divorces Alex’s father.	SVTY
−6	Sierra starts working for the Native circle.	PeD 14
−4	Molly and Onyx meets; Elizabeth confronts Leon and the Light.	PeD prologue
−3	Garrison is expelled from the Brotherhood of Apollo.	GI 14
−2	Kevin Murray joins the Seattle Police Department.	LSNJ
−2	Lorelei is active in Washington DC.	PeD 16
c. −1	Belial directs Lorelei to Seattle; Gerard and Lorelei meet again; Lorelei claims Benjamin.	PaAP
−1	Wade joins the Army; Alex is rejected.	GI 9
−1	Alex starts at North Seattle Community College.	GI 5

Year 0

Time	Event	Reference
Early January	Lorelei murders Damon Bell.	GI 8; NC 4
Winter	Elizabeth is murdered by Leon with assistance from Evelyn.	PeD 5 & PeD 23
Early spring	Elizabeth’s will is read; Molly and Onyx learn more about Seattle’s Practitioners.	LSA
Early summer	Jason plans a pulpy role-playing campaign; Amanda and Eric are summoned by Bel-Danab.	DHA
Late June or early July	Wednesday: Kevin in shooting; celebrates birthday with Molly and Onyx.	LSNJ
	Thursday: Kevin spends his day naked.
	Friday: Kevin is in a naked shootout and car chase; he hooks up with Claudio Espinosa.
August	Lydia and Carlos Medina are married and move to Seattle.	GI 13
	The Brotherhood of Apollo murders an old Russian woman and Practitioner in Tukwila.	GI 14
August or September	Wade starts EMT program at North Seattle Community College.	GI 13
	Diana is taken captive by Anastacia’s Court.	NC 3

September Year 0

At some point in September, Katerina becomes Katerina Sorrow.⁠⁠

Good Intentions (September)

Day	Event	Reference
Monday	Alex rescues Rachel and Lorelei during the Sacred Heart Cemetery Fire; Donald abandons Alex.	GI 1–2
Tuesday	Alex and Lorelei make love.	GI 3–5
Wednesday	Alex meets Rachel again; discovering Raymond Cordingly; the Pacific Place events.	GI 5–9
Thursday	The pool hall fight with Robert Gorge.	GI 9–10
Friday	Onyx and Alex has date and make love; Alex and Lorelei meet Lydia.	GI 11–12
Saturday	Sherri’s party; Lydia meets Lady Anastacia.	GI 13
Sunday	Molly and Onyx rebuffs the Brotherhood; Lydia meets Lord Stefan.	GI 14
Monday	Lydia summons Baal; Alex and Rachel make love; Battle of Blackthorne Manor.	GI 15–18
Tuesday	Rachel replaces Vincent as Dominion.	GI 19

After Good Intentions

Alex, Lorelei, and Rachel move into Suite 1705 in mid-late September. Jason also moves into his own apartment during the same period. Drew also moves, though possibly a bit later.

Note	Day	Event	Reference
Directly after GI	Tuesday or Wednesday	Michelle and Alex discuss Lorelei.	SVDM
Week after GI	Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday	Alex, Lorelei, and Rachel take tour of Suite 1705.	SVLL
Mid September		Alex, Lorelei, and Rachel move into Suite 1705; Jason moves into his apartment.	SVLC
Late September		Amanda and Eric returns.	DHA
Late September		Jason has Great Open Teamspeak Mic incident with Amanda.	DHA; NC2
Late September	Monday–Friday	Alex adjusts to living with Lorelei and Rachel.	SVLC
Late September		Rachel has a rough day. Lorelei starts work at the conservatory.	SVRD

October Year 0

According to the Patreon timeline, “Secret Shoppers” occurs before “Minor Errands”, following the order of their writing. However, the timeline shown below assumes that the stories in Small Victories are presented in chronological order, placing “Minor Errands” before “Secret Shoppers”. “Minor Errands” is set on a Monday or Friday since these are the known days for Alex’s photography class.⁠⁠

Note	Day	Event	Reference
Early October		Amber joins the Special Task Force.	NC prologue
Early October	Monday or Friday	Alex goes shopping and finds a vampire.	SVME
Early October	Friday to Saturday	Alex and Lorelei go lingerie shopping. They have an extensive tryout session.	SVSS
Early October		Rachel has a lot to unpack when it comes to her desire for Lorelei.	HHCC
October		Taylor and Brendan start dating.	PeD 4
Late October	Monday?	Amber Maddox arrests Marvin Kowalski.	NC Pr

Natural Consequences (October)

The timeline for Natural Consequences is tricky on the weekend, and currently there is a missing day. Note that Halloween for Life and Natural Consequences are happening concurrently. Halloween for Life also says the concert is two days after Shannon’s talk with Lorelei, not three or four as implied here.

The dates given in the books also do not line up. October 22 is said to be a Tuesday.⁠ That would make October 31 and Halloweeen a Thursday, but the Emerald City Halloween Ball happens on a Saturday.⁠

Day	Event	Reference
Monday	Rachel kills Serena; Serena’s spirit is absorbed by Shannon. Shannon hooks up with Kevin Murray.	LSHL
Tuesday	Rachel and Lorelei seek out Shannon; Alex is fired from Keating & Rose and meets Diana again.	LSHL; NC 1
Wednesday	Amber meets Jason and the Crew; Cornelius and Wentworth team up; Diana kills Caleb and takes leadership of Caleb’s pack.	NC 2–3
Thursday	The Special Task Force investigation continues; Alex turns in motorcycle for service.	NC 4
Friday	unclear
Saturday	Emerald City Halloween Ball; Battle of the Bus Tunnel; Shannon and Rachel meet.	NC 5–9; LSHL

November Year 0

Natural Consequences (November)

It is assumed that November 31 falls on a Saturday.

Day	Event	Reference
Sunday	Lorelei and Diana meet; Molly, Onyx, and Alex perform memory ritual and make love.	NC 10–11
Monday	Alex, Lorelei, and Jason arrested by the Special Task Force; Battle of Magnuson Park.	NC 12–18
Tuesday	Amber and Jason make love; Donald is judged and demoted.	NC 18

After Natural Consequences

The order of “Trust” and “This Year, I’m Thankful For…” will partially depend on how exactly the weekdays of November falls.

Sometime in November or December, Taylor meets Drew, Jason, and Wade at the pool hall and learns of the events in Natural Consequences.⁠

Note	Day	Event	Reference
canon?	First Friday in November	Alex does a good deed on bus 358.	OBLI
Second week in November	weekday?	Alex and Lorelei visit a demon strip club.	LSS
	Second Friday in November	Molly and Onyx sexperiment with Alex.	SVDN
	Third Thursday in November	Lorelei’s car is stolen and she sets out to retreive it. Alex has second date with Molly and Onyx.	LCTr
November		Alex and Lorelei plan for Thanksgiving.	SVTY

December Year 0

Note	Day	Event	Reference
Early December	Runs through the month	Alex sets out to test the limits of Lorelei’s appreciation for consensual porn.	LCMNQ
Early December	Friday and Saturday	Alex helps Molly and Onyx investigate House 12573.	PaMTF
week before Christmas	first day	Alex asks Rachel and Lorelei about Christmas presents.	LCSG
	second day	Lorelei and Alex go on good deeds spree.

Personal Demons (December)

Like with Natural Consequences, there seems to be an elided night in the weekend that ends Personal Demons. Note that Year 1 starts at chapter 4 of this book.

Day	Event	Reference
Christmas Eve	Family Christmas for Alex and Drew.	PeD 1
Between Christmas and NYE	Molly and Onyx move into House 12573.	PeD 3
New Years Eve	Molly and Onyx host NYE party and craft love charm for Drew.	PeD 2–3

Year 1

Personal Demons fall on both year 0 and year 1, with January year 1 beginning with chapter 4.

January Year 1

Personal Demons (January)

Day	Location	Event	Reference
Sunday	Seattle	Alex and Lorelei meet Claire	PeD 4
Monday	Seattle	Kate invites Molly and Onyx to Practitioner meeting; Alex and Drew start at University of Washington.	PeD 4–5
Friday	Seattle	Sammael turns up; Battle of the Casino; Drew and Sierra meet.	PeD 6–8
Saturday	Iraq	Fight in compound in Iraq.	PeD 9
Friday	Seattle	Aftermath of the Battle of the Casino.	PeD 10–11
Saturday	Iraq & Syria	Running fight in Iraq; Alex gets to Damascus.	PeD 12–13 & 15
Saturday	Seattle	Contact with Hector; Amber arrives.	PeD 14–15
Sunday	Seattle & Hell	Lorelei returns to Hell and claims the iron crown.	PeD 16
Sunday evening	Lebanon	Alex gets to Beirut and meets Zafirah.	PeD 17–18
Sunday	Hell	Lorelei initiates the Battle of Perdition.	PeD 19, 21
Sunday	Seattle	Battle of Suite 1705.	PeD 20, 23
Monday	Lebanon	Alex and Rachel returns to Seattle.	PeD 22
Sunday	Seattle	Fight with Sammael; aftermath of Battle of Suite 1705.	PeD 24
Monday	Seattle	Drew and Sierra start dating; Rachel demoted to guardian.	PeD 25

After Personal Demons

Day	Event	Reference
unclear	Zafirah starts investigating Rico’s team.	PeD epilogue
Week after PeD	Rachel and Alex hunts a demon on the loose.	SVGN
Friday after PeD	Drew and Sierra has their first planned date.	PeD 25
Late January	Lorelei has wants for Alex, but greater needs interfere.	PaWN

February Year 1

Day	Event	Reference
February 14	Alex treats Rachel and Lorelei to a Valentine’s Day dinner.	PaVD

“Can’t Stab Everything” falls in February and March. It is non-canonical and describes the Crew reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic.

March Year 1

Day	Event	Reference
Mid-March	Rachel is supportive of Alex’s supportive relationships.	HHSR

Past Due (March)

Most of the story falls during spring break.

Day	Event	Reference
Monday or Tuesday	Alex and friends arrested for anti-fascist brawl; Molly and Onyx meet Kate and Jin.	PaD 1–3
Monday or Tuesday night (Egypt)	The Family raid a musuem in Alexandria; Zafirah intervenes.	PaD 4
Monday or Tuesday night (Seattle)	Zafirah contacts Alex.	PaD 5
Tuesday or Wednesday	Alex breaks into Masood’s penthouse.	PaD 6–8
Wednesday or Thursday	Planning.	PaD 9
Friday	Travel to Vancouver.	PaD 10–11
Saturday	Family party.	PaD 12–20
Sunday	The Family takes to sea; Battle of the Silver Delta.	PaD 21–28
Monday	Return to Vancouver.	PaD 28
following week	Aftermath of events.	PaD epilogue

After Past Due

Note	Day	Event	Reference
Mid-March, shortly after Past Due	weekday	Lorelei and Alex watch porn together and talk about her history.	HHPF
	Friday	Lorelei and Alex are wildly inappropriate during a night at the ballet.
Late March	Friday	Alex, Molly, and Onyx go to an occult book faire.	HHL
Late March	probably weekday	The International circle is in a pickle, and asks Alex for help.	HHOS
Late March		Drew and Alex help Leticia collect an armoire from a cult.	HHGu

April Year 1

Note	Day	Event	Reference
Early April non-canon?	weekday	Lorelei spots professional opportunities for Alex.	PaLP
	Sunday	A tryst at a housewarming party.
Early April	Weekday evening	Alex receives a message from a woman followed by a stalker.	LCSt
April	Weekday evening	Alex runs a D&D game for Rachel and Lorelei.	LCAc
	Sunday	Alex, Taylor, and Jason go to Ms. Fosse’s memorial. Alex confronts a corrupt police officer.
April		Lorelei sees a stolen piece of art, and sets out to return it to its rightful owner.	LCAm
		Heist consultations with Sierra.
		Lorelei approaches Ben Palmer in disguise.
		Lorelei meets Ben Palmer in disguise again; Alex breaks and enters.
		Lorelei and Alex impersonate FBI agents.
		The crew gets a job as movers.
April?		Two proselytizers call at Suite 1705. Lorelei answers the door.	PaTT

May Year 1

Note	Day	Event	Reference
late May	weekday	Alex meets Cynthia, who is hot as hell.	PaRF

Summer Year 1

Note	Day	Event	Reference
Summer		Gerard, a money launderer, needs urgent help from Lorelei.	PaAP

Evan Murphy stories

The Evan Murphy stories begin at some point after Past Due, with a tentative working title of Grand Theft Sorcery.

Note	Day	Event	Reference
	Night 1	Evan and Mitu team up.	PaGR
	Night 1	The cats need rescue, but the bounty hunters are closing in.	PaCN
weekday	Late night 1	The Shadows of LA are abuzz.	PaCo
	Day 1	Evan’s attempts to get rid of the Lamborghini backfires.	PaCo; PaDR
	Day 1	Evan and Sunday bond over truth and tacos, but get a surprise welcome in Sunday’s home.	PaCS; PaPe
	Night 2	An attempt to connect with the street racing scene with mixed results. But they find a race in the end.	PaPa; PaUp
	Day 2	Evan and Sunday have had the chance to catch up on sleep, cats, plans, and second-guessing their feelings. They pay a visit to Omar and set a plan in motion.	PaSD; PaPn; PaGy
	Night 3	A—reverse?—home invasion.	PaSMC

Analysis

Creating a fully detailed timeline is likely impossible. This is apart from later works supplanting earlier works in som cases, continuity errors between published works, the works having no fixed timeline as they were written, errors from collation, or errors in interpretation.

Fundamentally, the stories seem to be set in a floating timeline, based on the year they were written. This is similar to many comic books. Natural Consequences has a reference to Tuesday, October 22nd, which fits with 2013. Personal Demons has a reference to Saturday, January 9th, which does not fit 2013 or 2014, but does fit 2016.

Abbreviations

DHA

Days of High Adventure

GI

Good Intentions

HHCC

“Clear Communication” in Habitual Heroes

HHGu

“Guardians” in Habitual Heroes

HHL

“Legitimacy” in Habitual Heroes

HHOS

“Outsourced” in Habitual Heroes

HHPF

“Proper Focus” in Habitual Heroes

HHSR

“Supportive Relationships” in Habitual Heroes

LCAc

“Accomplished”

LCAm

“Amends”

LCMNQ

“A Most Noble Quest”

LCSG

“The Spirit of Giving”

LCSt

“Strangers”

LCTr

“Trust”

LSA

“Authenticity” in Life in Shadows

LSHL

Halloween for Life in Life in Shadows

LSNJ

“Naked Justice” in Life in Shadows

LSS

Skin in Life in Shadows

NC

Natural Consequences

OBLI

“On the Bus: Lewd Intentions”

PaCN

“Celestial Navigation” on Patreon

PaCo

“Constellations” on Patreon

PaCS

“Charting Stars” on Patreon

PaD

Past Due

PaDR

“Dead Reckoning” on Patreon

PaGR

“God on the Run” on Patreon

PaGy

“Gravity” on Patreon

PaLP

“Like a Professional” on Patreon

PaMNF

“More Than Friends” on Patreon

PaPa

“Pathfinding” on Patreon

PaPe

“Perihelion” on Patreon

PaPn

“Penumbra” on Patreon

PaRF

“Red Flags” on Patreon

PaSD

“Stellar Drift” on Patreon

PaSMC

“So Many Crimes” on Patreon

PaTT

“Tempted and Tested” on Patreon

PaUp

“Upshift” on Patreon

PaVD

“Valentine’s Day” on Patreon

PaWN

“Wants and Needs” on Patreon

PeD

Personal Demons

SVDM

“Don’t Make It Weird” in Small Victories

SVDN

“Date Night” in Small Victories

SVGN

“Good Neighbors” in Small Victories

SVLC

“Lifestyle Changes” in Small Victories

SVLL

“Live Like This” in Small Victories

SVME

“Minor Errands” in Small Victories

SVRD

“Rough Day” in Small Victories

SVSS

“Secret Shoppers” in Small Victories

SVTY

“This Year, I’m Thankful For…” in Small Victories