Scarlet Book Timeline
This is more of a scratch page than anything else. Since the Scarlet Jusenkyou books actually have a very tight timeline and continuity, I need to lay out some specific orders and finally clarify a few things I've never gotten around to needing in previous volumes. A similar system will see use in the Conri books. See: Alliance Calendar for an explanation of how the dates work.
A Basic Layout of a Scarlet Year
| Month Number | Season Number | Number of Days | 1st Day of month | Notable Dates |
| 1st Month | 1st Month of Winter | 31 | 1 | 8th day of the first month: school resumes from winter break |
| 2nd Month | 2nd Month of Winter | 30 | 32 | |
| 3rd Month | 3rd Month of Winter | 31 | 61 | |
| 4th Month | 1st Month of Spring | 30 | 1 | 17th Week(21s-27th) Spring break. 27th day: Resurrection Day |
| 5th Month | 2nd Month of Spring | 31 | 31 | |
| 6th Month | 3rd Month of Spring | 30 | 62 | 6th day: School gets out for the summer |
| 7th Month | 1st Month of Summer | 30 | 1 | |
| 8th Month | 2nd Month of Summer | 31 | 31 | 24th day: Scarlet's birthday! |
| 9th Month | 3rd Month of Summer | 30 | 30 | 2nd day: school starts/first quarter starts. 9th day: start of book 1 |
| 10th Month | 1st Month of Fall | 31 | 1 | |
| 11th Month | 2nd Month of Fall | 30 | 32 | First Quarter of school ends| 8th day parent/teacher conferences |
| 12th Month | 3rd Month of Fall | 31 | 61 | 20th day of the 9th month: School lets out for winter break. 25th day: Dawn's Reflection |
School Year
Scarlet's school is broken down into Fall and Spring semesters, further subdivided into quarters.
Summer vacation lasts 87 days, school starts on the second day of the 9th month, which is always a monday
Each Semester is 19 weeks long, the first quarter is always 9 and the second 10, with a few weeks off for various holidays.
First quarter runs from the 36th week to the 45th week
Second quarter from 46 to 51st - break for winter - 2nd week to 6th week
Third Quarter(Second Semester) 3rd to 12th week
Fourth Quarter 13th to 23rd week(actually only 9 weeks because spring break)
Books Timeline
Chapters 1-9
Chapter 1
9th day of the 9th month - dinner table conversation that opens book 1 10th day of the 9th month - field trip and fall into tomb
Chapter 2
6th day of the 11th month - presentation to pets - start of chapter 2 7th day of the 11th month - parent/teacher conferences - day of dragons
Chapter 3
Still 7th day of 11th month when chapter starts Dinner conversation is 8th day 9th day of 11th month - meets Hezikah - formally begins quest
Chapter 4
10th day of 11th month, day after dinner with necromancer 11th day of the 11th month - fight at school 11th day of 11th month - shoping trip with espy 12th day of 11th month - first day of detention 15th day of 11th month - chapter 4 ends
Chapter 5
15th day of 11th month - first session with psychiatrist 16th day of 11th month - symposium 18th day of 11th month - Lancer Scarlet appears in school
20th day of 11th month - reception at Keep, Emmerich dies 21st day of 11th month - finds out Emerich is dead 22nd day of 11th month - second therapy session
Chapter 6
25th day of 11th month - back to school 29th day of 11th month - third therapy session, doctor prescribes dancing 30th day of 11th month - Emmerich's funeral 1st day of 12th month - scarlet visit's lab
~Jason Research~
6th day of 12th month - 4th therapy session - might not be covered in book?
12th day of 12th month - school dance
Chapter 7
13th day of the 12th month - final therapist visit, Scarlet deemed 'a menace'
~scene with Nessemen~
~scene with expensive books~
No date is given but considering the timing, I suspect this is all after the winter break. 8th day of 1st month school resumes(and presumably work)
Scarlet's father does have to be called home from work.
Lets say this all happens on a Tuesday, the 9th day of the 1st month
~Confrontation with Winkldorf over date~
~Roy finds out Antiquarian membership cost $$$~
Chapter 8
Weeks have passed, so put us somewhere around the 4th week of the 1st month
2nd day of 2nd month - chapter 8 begins 3rd day of 2nd month - Scarlet goes to visit Hezikah at temple - section needs revision as this is mid-winter
This is a very long day since she gets up, visits Hezikah, does research, breaks up with Kruz, and finds out about her Antiquarian membership all on the same day.
Chapter 9
Still 3rd day of the 2nd month
5th day of the 2nd month - Scarlet visits Antiquarian headquarters
Presentation on the same day. She leaves on the 1st day of the 3rd month
12th day of the 2nd month - 1 week later.
30th day of the 2nd month - beauty pageant
Chapters 10-17
Chapter 10
1st day of the 3rd month - scarlet leaves for the citadel
2nd day of the 3rd month? Scarlet arrives in Sun's Beacon
3rd day of the 3rd month - scarlet boards riverboat Scene requires revision, its winter
Chapter 11
8th day of the 3rd month - arrival in Gau
17th day of the 3rd month - carvan leaves for Citadel 18th day of 3rd month - 2nd day in desert 19th day of 3rd month - 3rd day in desert, arrival at citadel
Chapter 12
Still 19th day of 3rd month 20th day of 3rd month - wakes up at citadel
23rd day of the 3rd month - end of chapter
Chapter 13
24th day of the 3rd month - Scarlet meets Naomi 25th day of the 3rd month - next morning
~some weeks of exploration~
16th day of the 4th month - Scarlet kills valentine, leaves citadel Section deserves some revision, it is now early spring
Chapter 14
16th day of 4th month - chapter starts
17th day - 1st full day in desert 18th day - 2nd day in desert - friday 19th day - 3rd day in desert 20th day of the 4th month - vision in desert, finding oasis
21st day of the 4th month - scarlet reaches river
5th day of 5th month - boat arrives in Uddin 6th day of 5th month - full day in uddin, decides to go for it 7th day of 5th month - sets off for feast
Chapter 15
3 days of difficult rowing, making it 10th day of 5th month
11th day of the 5th month - scarlet travels only 9 miles
~indeterminate length of time~
30th day of the 5th month - meets Arisa
1st day of the 6th month - lake, and giant waterfall
2nd day of the 6th month - first look at Oncar
6th day of the 6th month - school is supposed to be letting out for the summer. Whoops.
24th day of the 6th month - vision with arisa
Three Months Later break
28th day of the 9th month - hunting scene, meets Nalfagoer
5th day of the 10th month - edge of broken tabletop 6th day of the 10th month - flight across the tabletop 7th day of the 10th month - finding Arisa's spear
End of 7th day, the tabletop is crossed, 60 miles closer to Feast
Chapter 17
25th day of the 10th month - reach feast of aeons
30th day of the 10th month - hiking around the feast 31st day of the 10th month - planning session Morning of the 1st day of the 11th month - setting down onto the feast Night of the 1st day of the 11th month - final battle
2nd day of the 11th month - meets nalfagoer and start down river
9th day of the 11th month - Arrival at civilization
11th day of the 11th month - safe arrival home, book ends.
Problem
Book1 was supposed to start at the beginning of the third month of summer, and end right when school lets out the following year.
Instead, the book starts on time, but goes 6 months too long.
Solution
Right now, from doorstep to doorstep, chapters 10-17 takes 7 months, 11 days. I can trim that easily to the planned 6 months.
That leaves us with chapters 1-9
