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The Mystic Falls Codex

Two thousand years of one story, Silas to the Salvatore School.

The Map

Eighty events across seven eras, each linked to what caused it and what it caused. The franchise tells this out of order across 331 episodes; here it is as one shape.

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Era IThe First Immortalsc. 100 BC — the ancient worldEra IIThe Mikaelsons10th–11th century — the New WorldEra IIIThe Long Middle12th–19th centuryEra IVMystic Falls, 1864the Founders and what they buriedEra VThe Doppelgänger War2009–2017 — The Vampire DiariesEra VIThe Mikaelson Wars1700s–2018 — The OriginalsEra VIIThe Legacies2018–2028 — the Salvatore Schoolc. 100 BCSilas & Qetsiyahc. 100 BCAmarathe one lawNature’s Balancec. 100 BCThe Curec. 100 BCThe Other Sidec. 100 BCThe AnchorongoingThe Doppelgänger Cursec. 100 BC →The Travelers10th centuryEsther & Mikael10th centuryDahlia’s Bargain10th centuryFreya, Takenc. 1000The Village in the NewWorldpre-historyThe Wolves Next Door10th centuryAnsel & the Affairc. 1000Henrik’s Deathc. 1000Tatiac. 1000The White Oakc. 1000The Immortality Spellc. 1000 →The Original Vampiresthe priceWhat Nature Chargedc. 1000The Hybrid Cursec. 1000 →The Four Sirelines11th–20th c.Mikael the Destroyer1110The Brotherhood of theFive11th centuryLucien, Tristan & AuroracenturiesThe Curse of the Sun andthe MooncenturiesThe Werewolf Bloodlines10th century →Ayana & the Bennett Line1000 →The Bennett Witches1490Katerina Petrova1700sNew Orleans1820s →Marcel Gerard19191919 — Mikael Comes20th centuryThe Crescent Curse1864The Founders’ Council1864Stefan & Damon, 18641864Emily Bennett & the Tomb1858 →Lily SalvatorecenturiesThe Gemini Coven1950s →Augustine & Whitmore1864 →The Ripper1903 →The Heretics1994 →Prison Worlds & Kai Parker19th century →The Armory1800s →Rayna Cruz & the PhoenixStone2nd century →Arcadius & Hellantiquity →Sybil & Seline2009Elena Gilbert2009The Salvatores Return2009–2017Katherine’s Return2010Klaus Comes to MysticFalls2010Breaking the Curse2009–2017Bonnie Bennett2012Killing an Original2012–2013The Hunt for the Cure2013Silas Rises2014Markos & the Fall of Magic2014The Other Side Collapses2015–2016The Heretic War2015The Cure, Taken2017Hellfire2017 →Peace2011Hayley Marshall2012 →Hope Mikaelson2011 →The French QuartercenturiesAncestral Magic2015Dahlia Returns2016The Prophecy & the Beast2017The Hollow2018–2025Seven Years Apart2018Klaus & Elijah2018 →What’s Left of the Family2018 →The Salvatore School2014 →Josie & Lizzie SaltzmanloomsThe Mergeancient →Malivore2018 →Landon Kirby2021Hope Becomes the Tribrid2021–2022The Gods Return2022 →How It Ends