Timeline and Cast

[naiad8]

This is the current state of the timeline from DH and the cast mentioned in DH.  The timeline will grow as plot points are discussed, and the cast will grow larger (I'm purusing the lexicon at the moment for more Slytherins and younger folks in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, etc)

Timeline:  The Canon We Know

July 28th, 1997 Breakout from Privet Drive

Comments

[j_lunatic]

Colin and Dennis Creevey (this is a Canon mistake, BTW. They are Muggleborn…unless somebody came up with a good lie, they would not have been allowed to attend…I got a couple of ideas about inventing being a cousin or something…any ideas)

Dennis isn't mentioned in the book, is he? As for Colin, perhaps he went on the run like Dean and Ted Tonks, and through Potterwatch and the fake Galleon from the original DA kept in contact with the resistance movement. Hannah's presence at the final battle must similarly be explained.

Some more dates for your timeline:

July 28, 1997: Harry is moved from 4 Privet Drive to the Burrow; Mad-Eye Moody and Hedwig are lost and George is injured during this operation.

July 30, 1997: Neville turns 17 (not strictly relevant to this timeline, but I've started a fic about him coming of age).

July 31, 1997: Harry's 17th birthday.

[robin777]

Hannah's blood status has never been told in canon. On the class list she is listed as muggle born but that has changed a lot since the books. There is evidence in the books for her to be at least a half blood.

She didn't come back in sixth year but she could have for her seventh. I imagine she would have been able to do some kind of home study. Kids before the Ministry take over did not have to attend Hogwarts at all.

I was thinking along some of the same lines as that for Colin. It would make sense that way. I can't remember if he was mentioned before the trio went back and the DA was called.

[elainelowe]

I'm not sure about Hannah Abbott, but the Creeveys are definitely there. When the House tables are assembled, the Creevey brothers are there (and are not mentioned in the ROR). McGonagal has to pull them away and yells at them specifically to make them retreat to the Hogs Head.

[naiad8]

Thank you for the other dates! I also added the attempt to steal the sword of Gryffindor, sometime between October and Christmas.

[robin777]

I like it.

Pomfrey is also there I think.

Susan Bones would have been there. She has family that is magical.

[kanedax]

Susan & the rest of the Bones could have acheiving Blood Traitor status, though, like Ginny, because of Amelia. I think she could go either way.

[robin777]

Oh I'm sure they are blood traitors. Amelia Bones was killed by Voldie.

[kaellite]

Dennis and Colin....

Maybe canon mistake maybe not..I'm inclined to think so since JKR messed up Hermione's middle name and had her state she didn't know how to do a memory charm after she already stated she did them on her parents...

So...either Colin and Dennis in hiding with their galleons...or maybe the grandchildren of Wizards (parents Squibs)?

[robin777]

See I don't think it was a mistake. I think there is a difference in a full Obliviate and memory modification like the one Hermione did on her parents. There might not be but it's possible.

I'm sure she's going to be asked about that a lot. I'm also looking forward to what Steve at the Lexicon thinks.

[kanedax]

Are we sticking specifically to the school, or are we spilling out to the grounds? Do we want to add the Centaurs, the Acromantulas, or Grawp to the list?

[naiad8]

We could definitely go out onto the grounds, but we'd probably need a major character out there for the PoV. Maybe what happens in the Forbidden Forest when Neville, Ginny and Luna get sent out there after the attempt of the fake sword?

[bibliophile20]

And some more dates:
August 11, 1997: Ginny turns 16