Percy Jackson Timeline
Pre-Percy Jackson and the Olympian series
1988:
· December 22 – Birth of Thalia Grace
1991:
· ? ?? – Birth of Clarisse La Rue
1993:
· ? ?? – Birth of Annabeth Chase (*Note, she is half a year older than Percy, implying her birthday to be approximately sometime between January and March.)
· August 18 – Birth of Perseus “Percy” Jackson
1995:
· ? ?? –Birth of Jason Grace.
2000 (to 2001?):
· ? –Annabeth is 7, Thalia 12, and Luke is 14. All three run away from their homes and meet up with each other. Two weeks together and fight monsters until they reach Camp Half-Blood. Thalia is dying at the border, making her last stand before Zeus transforms her into a pine tree to save her. Luke, Annabeth, and Grover make it into camp and Thalia’s pine tree begins to serve as an extra protection at the border against monsters.
2003:
· ? – Luke is around 17 and goes on a Quest for Hermes. He half-heartedly goes to the Garden of Hesperides to retrieve a Golden Apple, fails and receives a scar from Landon. He comes back and becomes even more bitter from the pity. He begins dreaming of Kronos for two years, who convinces him to steal the Lightning Bolt and Helm of Darkness.
· December 22 – Birth of Thalia Grace
1991:
· ? ?? – Birth of Clarisse La Rue
1993:
· ? ?? – Birth of Annabeth Chase (*Note, she is half a year older than Percy, implying her birthday to be approximately sometime between January and March.)
· August 18 – Birth of Perseus “Percy” Jackson
1995:
· ? ?? –Birth of Jason Grace.
2000 (to 2001?):
· ? –Annabeth is 7, Thalia 12, and Luke is 14. All three run away from their homes and meet up with each other. Two weeks together and fight monsters until they reach Camp Half-Blood. Thalia is dying at the border, making her last stand before Zeus transforms her into a pine tree to save her. Luke, Annabeth, and Grover make it into camp and Thalia’s pine tree begins to serve as an extra protection at the border against monsters.
2003:
· ? – Luke is around 17 and goes on a Quest for Hermes. He half-heartedly goes to the Garden of Hesperides to retrieve a Golden Apple, fails and receives a scar from Landon. He comes back and becomes even more bitter from the pity. He begins dreaming of Kronos for two years, who convinces him to steal the Lightning Bolt and Helm of Darkness.
The Lightning Thief
2005:
· August 18 –Percy turns 12.
· September 1 to 9 –Percy and Grover(?) start 6th grade at Yancy Academy.
· December 21 –Winter Solstice meeting, Camp Half-Blood fieldtrip to Olympus, and Luke steals both the Lightning Bolt and Helm of Darkness.
· December 21 to 25 –Bolt (and Helm) is discovered missing and stranger weather starts occurring over New York. Estimated time from to January when Hades sends Alecto out to find and watch Percy. Ares catches Luke, but Luke convinces the war god to hide the Bolt and Helm to start a war between the gods (probably on the 21st as Luke had to return to Olympus so no one would notice his absence).
2006:
· January –Somewhere this month, Alecto causes Yancy Academy’s Pre-Algebra teacher to have a nervous breakdown, so she could take over and become Mrs. Dodds. She starts her task of observing Percy Jackson.
· January to May –Somewhere in this period of time (probably May: “…things really started going bad last May…”), Percy goes with his school on a fieldtrip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Percy fights Alecto/Mrs. Dodds and ‘kills’ her, the Mist then bringing in Mrs. Kerr to replace her as Pre-Algebra teacher.
· May –Sometime this month, end of the year testing starts and Percy is not invited back to Yancy Academy. An unknown time after this, Percy overhears Grover and Mr. Brunner talking about him, at the night before the Latin exam.
· May 23 to 28 (Probably 23 if RR goes by RL calendar, where the 23rd is placed on a Friday and then the Montauk weekend works in) –School ends, Percy takes the bus home, where it breaks down in the middle of the ride. Percy unknowingly meets the Fates, who cut a string ominously in front of him. Percy then ditches Grover at the ride back, fights Gabe, reunites with his mom, and continues on with their plans to visit Montauk. They get there by sunset and Percy gets his first dream, of an eagle and horse fighting and a monstrous voice. He wakes up to Grover banging on the door, having finally found him after searching all night. They flee from the Minotaur, who chases them to camp, Sally is taken and Percy kills him.
· May 27 to 28 –Percy is recovering, eating and drinking ambrosia and nectar. Annabeth helps nurses him back to health.
· May 28 –Percy finally wakes up, meets Mr. D., and learns about his heritage. He meets Luke and shacks up with the Hermes cabin. Clarisse harasses him and he soaks her. Dinner later on, where Percy throws food into the water and prays for his father to tell him who he is. Percy’s first day at camp concludes.
· May 29 to 31 –Percy goes and tries activities at camp, with everyone unnervingly watching him.
· June 1 –Percy’s first sword lesson with Luke on a Thursday, three days after he came to camp.
· June 2 (Friday) –Grover and Percy talk about the Pact made between the Big Three after WWII, and the first real mention of Thalia (unnamed). After dinner that night, it’s Capture the Flag, where Annabeth’s team wins, Percy defeats the Ares cabin, and gets attacked by a hellhound. Percy is then claimed by Poseidon.
· June 3 (Saturday) –Percy moves to Cabin Three.
· June 4 to 11 –Percy’s avoided by the others, his sword training becomes one on one with Luke, and someone maliciously leaves an article about his and his mom’s disappearance in front of his cabin.
· June 11 –Percy speaks to the Oracle, gets a Quest and hears his prophecy, and leaves Riptide from Chiron before leaving. He, Annabeth, and Grover head off and end up fighting the Furies on a Greyhound bus. After escaping and walking for awhile, they end up at Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium that night, meeting Medusa. She’s killed and they walk for awhile again, Grover and Percy talk about Grover’s dreams to find Pan, other important things, and his and Annabeth’s suspicions about Percy’s Quest. Percy’s ends up having another strange dream, of creatures and that same monstrous voice, offering his mother in barter.
· June 12 –They get advice from Gladiola the Poodle, return her to her owner and get the reward money, and take the westbound Amtrak train at noon to Denver. They spend the next two days on the train. Percy sees another article about his and his mother’s disappearance, sees a group of centaurs, and that night Percy thinks he sees a lion with glimmering fur (might be the unofficial first sighting of the Nemean Lion featured in the Titan’s Curse).
· June 13 –Afternoon stop for a three hour layover before departing for Denver. Annabeth insists on sightseeing and visiting the Gateway Arch. Percy fights the Chimera and Echidna at the top there, eventually plunging into the river through the window to get away, and meeting a Neied who tells him to go to Santa Monica. Percy meets back with the others, becomes a fugitive, and they hurry back to the train to go to Denver (approaching nighttime).
· June 14 (afternoon) –They reach Denver, and Percy talks to Luke through Iris-Messaging. They stop at a diner, where Ares finds them and buys them food. Percy is goaded into getting Ares’ shield for him, where he and the others go to Waterland, go into the Tunnel of Love, and gets the shield while being filmed by Hephaestus’ cameras. They return the shield, Ares gets them a ride to Vegas, and Percy finds out the truth about Thalia from the others in the trailer. He has his third nightmare, where the voice and Thalia (unnamed) guest stars.
· June 15 (afternoon) –They reach Vegas and release the captive animals in the transport they were in before leaving. They walk around until running into the Lotus Hotel and Casino.
· June 15 to 20 –They’re unknowingly trapped in the Lotus Hotel and Casino, until Percy meets “Disco Darin” and realizes what’s happening, getting the others and then they escape.
· June 20 –They leave the Lotus Hotel and Casino, take a cab to Santa Monica using the Lotus debit card, and Percy tells Annabeth about his dreams. Assumed time where Annabeth starts suspecting Kronos’ involvement and Helm of Darkness may also be missing. They reach Santa Monica, where Percy receives the pearls. They take a bus to West Hollywood to look for DOA Recording Studios, and Percy’s ends up seeing Gabe’s interview with Barbara Walters. They run into trouble with mortal kids, runs into Crusty’s Water Bed Palace to hide. They meet Crusty aka Procrustes, who holds Grover and Annabeth hostages before Percy ‘kills’ him. They then find DOA, meet Charon, get passed the Cerberus thanks to Annabeth, and travel through the Underworld. Grover’s magical shoes almost drag him into Tartarus before he got them off in time. They then end up meeting Hades, who rants at them and they find out the truth about everything.
· June 21 –They escape from Hades, using the pearls, and the Coast Guard finds them and drops them off at the Santa Monica Pier. There, Percy fights against Ares and wins. Ares, angry, curses Percy. The Furies confront Percy and he gives back the Helm. The three are then taken into police custody, money is donated for them to fly back to New York. The two go back to camp as Percy goes to the Empire State building and enters Olympus. He travels to the throne room, meets Zeus and his father Poseidon, explaining the truth of what happened and returning the Bolt. He returns home, reunited with his mom who was returned that morning after the Helm was returned. He talks with his mom, leaving her with Medusa’s head.
· June 21 to 28 –He and the others are welcomed back, burns their funeral shrouds, and later on a letter from Sally about statue!Gabe and earning money from ‘The Poker Player’ to start her college education.
· July 4 –Fireworks with Grover leaving for his search to find Pan. The rest of July and the beginning of August passes by.
· August 16 –Camp ends and Percy receives his first bead for his first summer there.
· August 17 –Luke turns traitor and leaves camp. Percy almost dies and recovers, deciding he’ll head home to his mom after all.
· August 18 –Percy turns 13.
**Adjusted dates to fit RL 2005-2006 calendar. Made using Percy’s birthdays from the day he was born onward, and RL New York district school calendar (all starting and ending around the same time). I know that months are different than what it says in the book (as the summer solstice is really on June 21st and not July 21st), but dates are adjusted to fit with RL, going by Percy’s birth date as a starting point, using RL NY school calendar to set up Yancy Academy’s timeframe, and then starting LT from then on. EDIT: To fit with canon, that must mean in the books, Percy’s school year gets off a month early.
· August 18 –Percy turns 12.
· September 1 to 9 –Percy and Grover(?) start 6th grade at Yancy Academy.
· December 21 –Winter Solstice meeting, Camp Half-Blood fieldtrip to Olympus, and Luke steals both the Lightning Bolt and Helm of Darkness.
· December 21 to 25 –Bolt (and Helm) is discovered missing and stranger weather starts occurring over New York. Estimated time from to January when Hades sends Alecto out to find and watch Percy. Ares catches Luke, but Luke convinces the war god to hide the Bolt and Helm to start a war between the gods (probably on the 21st as Luke had to return to Olympus so no one would notice his absence).
2006:
· January –Somewhere this month, Alecto causes Yancy Academy’s Pre-Algebra teacher to have a nervous breakdown, so she could take over and become Mrs. Dodds. She starts her task of observing Percy Jackson.
· January to May –Somewhere in this period of time (probably May: “…things really started going bad last May…”), Percy goes with his school on a fieldtrip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Percy fights Alecto/Mrs. Dodds and ‘kills’ her, the Mist then bringing in Mrs. Kerr to replace her as Pre-Algebra teacher.
· May –Sometime this month, end of the year testing starts and Percy is not invited back to Yancy Academy. An unknown time after this, Percy overhears Grover and Mr. Brunner talking about him, at the night before the Latin exam.
· May 23 to 28 (Probably 23 if RR goes by RL calendar, where the 23rd is placed on a Friday and then the Montauk weekend works in) –School ends, Percy takes the bus home, where it breaks down in the middle of the ride. Percy unknowingly meets the Fates, who cut a string ominously in front of him. Percy then ditches Grover at the ride back, fights Gabe, reunites with his mom, and continues on with their plans to visit Montauk. They get there by sunset and Percy gets his first dream, of an eagle and horse fighting and a monstrous voice. He wakes up to Grover banging on the door, having finally found him after searching all night. They flee from the Minotaur, who chases them to camp, Sally is taken and Percy kills him.
· May 27 to 28 –Percy is recovering, eating and drinking ambrosia and nectar. Annabeth helps nurses him back to health.
· May 28 –Percy finally wakes up, meets Mr. D., and learns about his heritage. He meets Luke and shacks up with the Hermes cabin. Clarisse harasses him and he soaks her. Dinner later on, where Percy throws food into the water and prays for his father to tell him who he is. Percy’s first day at camp concludes.
· May 29 to 31 –Percy goes and tries activities at camp, with everyone unnervingly watching him.
· June 1 –Percy’s first sword lesson with Luke on a Thursday, three days after he came to camp.
· June 2 (Friday) –Grover and Percy talk about the Pact made between the Big Three after WWII, and the first real mention of Thalia (unnamed). After dinner that night, it’s Capture the Flag, where Annabeth’s team wins, Percy defeats the Ares cabin, and gets attacked by a hellhound. Percy is then claimed by Poseidon.
· June 3 (Saturday) –Percy moves to Cabin Three.
· June 4 to 11 –Percy’s avoided by the others, his sword training becomes one on one with Luke, and someone maliciously leaves an article about his and his mom’s disappearance in front of his cabin.
· June 11 –Percy speaks to the Oracle, gets a Quest and hears his prophecy, and leaves Riptide from Chiron before leaving. He, Annabeth, and Grover head off and end up fighting the Furies on a Greyhound bus. After escaping and walking for awhile, they end up at Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium that night, meeting Medusa. She’s killed and they walk for awhile again, Grover and Percy talk about Grover’s dreams to find Pan, other important things, and his and Annabeth’s suspicions about Percy’s Quest. Percy’s ends up having another strange dream, of creatures and that same monstrous voice, offering his mother in barter.
· June 12 –They get advice from Gladiola the Poodle, return her to her owner and get the reward money, and take the westbound Amtrak train at noon to Denver. They spend the next two days on the train. Percy sees another article about his and his mother’s disappearance, sees a group of centaurs, and that night Percy thinks he sees a lion with glimmering fur (might be the unofficial first sighting of the Nemean Lion featured in the Titan’s Curse).
· June 13 –Afternoon stop for a three hour layover before departing for Denver. Annabeth insists on sightseeing and visiting the Gateway Arch. Percy fights the Chimera and Echidna at the top there, eventually plunging into the river through the window to get away, and meeting a Neied who tells him to go to Santa Monica. Percy meets back with the others, becomes a fugitive, and they hurry back to the train to go to Denver (approaching nighttime).
· June 14 (afternoon) –They reach Denver, and Percy talks to Luke through Iris-Messaging. They stop at a diner, where Ares finds them and buys them food. Percy is goaded into getting Ares’ shield for him, where he and the others go to Waterland, go into the Tunnel of Love, and gets the shield while being filmed by Hephaestus’ cameras. They return the shield, Ares gets them a ride to Vegas, and Percy finds out the truth about Thalia from the others in the trailer. He has his third nightmare, where the voice and Thalia (unnamed) guest stars.
· June 15 (afternoon) –They reach Vegas and release the captive animals in the transport they were in before leaving. They walk around until running into the Lotus Hotel and Casino.
· June 15 to 20 –They’re unknowingly trapped in the Lotus Hotel and Casino, until Percy meets “Disco Darin” and realizes what’s happening, getting the others and then they escape.
· June 20 –They leave the Lotus Hotel and Casino, take a cab to Santa Monica using the Lotus debit card, and Percy tells Annabeth about his dreams. Assumed time where Annabeth starts suspecting Kronos’ involvement and Helm of Darkness may also be missing. They reach Santa Monica, where Percy receives the pearls. They take a bus to West Hollywood to look for DOA Recording Studios, and Percy’s ends up seeing Gabe’s interview with Barbara Walters. They run into trouble with mortal kids, runs into Crusty’s Water Bed Palace to hide. They meet Crusty aka Procrustes, who holds Grover and Annabeth hostages before Percy ‘kills’ him. They then find DOA, meet Charon, get passed the Cerberus thanks to Annabeth, and travel through the Underworld. Grover’s magical shoes almost drag him into Tartarus before he got them off in time. They then end up meeting Hades, who rants at them and they find out the truth about everything.
· June 21 –They escape from Hades, using the pearls, and the Coast Guard finds them and drops them off at the Santa Monica Pier. There, Percy fights against Ares and wins. Ares, angry, curses Percy. The Furies confront Percy and he gives back the Helm. The three are then taken into police custody, money is donated for them to fly back to New York. The two go back to camp as Percy goes to the Empire State building and enters Olympus. He travels to the throne room, meets Zeus and his father Poseidon, explaining the truth of what happened and returning the Bolt. He returns home, reunited with his mom who was returned that morning after the Helm was returned. He talks with his mom, leaving her with Medusa’s head.
· June 21 to 28 –He and the others are welcomed back, burns their funeral shrouds, and later on a letter from Sally about statue!Gabe and earning money from ‘The Poker Player’ to start her college education.
· July 4 –Fireworks with Grover leaving for his search to find Pan. The rest of July and the beginning of August passes by.
· August 16 –Camp ends and Percy receives his first bead for his first summer there.
· August 17 –Luke turns traitor and leaves camp. Percy almost dies and recovers, deciding he’ll head home to his mom after all.
· August 18 –Percy turns 13.
**Adjusted dates to fit RL 2005-2006 calendar. Made using Percy’s birthdays from the day he was born onward, and RL New York district school calendar (all starting and ending around the same time). I know that months are different than what it says in the book (as the summer solstice is really on June 21st and not July 21st), but dates are adjusted to fit with RL, going by Percy’s birth date as a starting point, using RL NY school calendar to set up Yancy Academy’s timeframe, and then starting LT from then on. EDIT: To fit with canon, that must mean in the books, Percy’s school year gets off a month early.
The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and the Last Olympian coming soon.
New School-Guide Timeline:
New School-Guide Timeline:
- Lightning Thief: 6th grade Yancy Academy, 12 yo through Summer. Turns 13 two days after camp.
- Sea of Monsters: 7th grade Meriwether College Prep, 13 yo through Summer. Turns 14 two days after camp.
- The Titan’s Curse: 8th grade Unknown school, takes place during winter break and probably during some of the school year. Still 14.
- The Battle of the Labyrinth: Straight after Titan’s Curse. Book starts in summer, considering Goode High to enter as a Freshman. 14 through most of book with Quest, turns 15 at the end of it.
- The Last Olympian: 9th grade Goode High passes by, as does most of the summer (he’s 15). A week before Percy’s 16th birthday, the book starts and the climax of the war is in that week, with the Battle of Mount Olympus on his birthday.