Timeline

This page contains the Timeline which displays all events that happened on The Dangled Diaries and Legacies in chronological order. This includes events affecting characters found in Flashbacks and Flashforwards that have already come to pass.


 * -|17th-21st

1992
In America, high school students in their junior year (11th grade) are typically between the ages of sixteen and seventeen years old.


 * June 22: Louise and Elena Gilbert was born in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, to John Gilbert and Isobel Flemming. Soon after their birth, Isobel ran away from Mystic Falls and John, leaving Louise and Elena to be adopted and raised by their paternal uncle, Grayson Gilbert and his wife, Miranda Sommers-Gilbert. ("Bloodlines"), ("A Few Good Men") , ("Isobel (Episode)") , ("The Birthday")
 * October 10: Caroline Forbes was born in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia to Bill Forbes and Elizabeth Forbes. ("Our Town")

1993

 * February 5: Bonnie Bennett was born in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia to Rudy Hopkins and Abby Bennett Wilson.
 * February 10: Tyler Lockwood was born in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia to Richard Lockwood and Carol Lockwood.
 * February 26: Matt Donovan was born in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia to Peter Maxwell and Kelly Donovan.

1994

 * October 13: Jeremy Gilbert was born in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, to Grayson and Miranda.


 * -|2009

MAY 23, 2009

 * Louise Gilbert, Elena Gilbert and Bonnie Bennett walk through the woods to get to the bonfire party. Matt Donovan drives by and offers the girls a lift which they accept. ("The Departed")
 * Louise stepped away from the bonfire party while Elena had a fight with her boyfriend Matt. Elena goes to say her goodbyes and while Louise waits for their ride home from their parents, she met Damon Salvatore for the first time, though he compelled her to forget about their encounter before she left. ("The Departed")
 * Grayson and Miranda, took Wickery Bridge instead of the direct route of Old Miller Road because the storm from the previous day had broken off a branch to a tree that knocked down a powerline. This same storm kept them from surprising their children with visit to their lake house that weekend. ("Stay")
 * When Louise's parents were driving her home, they got into an accident that caused their car to fall off Wickery Bridge and into the river below. ("Pilot")
 * Stefan Salvatore saw the accident and dove into the water to rescue them. Grayson Gilbert insisted that Stefan save Louise and Elena first, so he freed them from the car and left them on the shore to be found by EMS. However, when he went back for Grayson and Miranda Sommers-Gilbert, they were already dead. ("Bloodlines"), ("The Departed")
 * Two hours before the accident, Miranda called Sheriff Elizabeth Forbes and left her a voicemail after she and her sister Jenna Sommers caught Jeremy Gilbert smoking marijuana in his room. Jeremy later said she was trying to scare him by pretending as though she was going to report him to the police. ("Stay")

June 1, 2009

 * Louise sits on Wickery Bridge where she morns her parents and she met Klaus Mikaelson for the first time, though he compelled her to forget about the encounter.

Summer 2009

 * Louise, Elena and Jeremy spent some time staying at the Forbes House with Liz and Caroline Forbes following the death of their parents while Jenna prepared to become their legal guardian. ("Stay")
 * Stefan, who was shocked by Elena's striking resemblance to Katherine, observed Elena over the course of the summer to ensure that she wasn't Katherine under a false identity. After realizing Elena was nothing like Katherine, he decided he "needed" to know her. It is possible that Damon was also observing her at the same time. ("Bloodlines")

August 2009

 * Vivienne and Katherine, living under the alias of "Kathy" and "Viv" in Emerald Coast, Florida. Vivienne compelled a man to pick a fight with his friend Mason Lockwood. Mason, whose latent anger issues were triggered by this fight, ultimately killed his friend on accident when he began to fight back, and as a result, he activated his werewolf curse, which was Vivienne's intention all along. ("Kill or Be Killed")
 * It's interesting to note that, according to Stevie, Mason was hanging out with a werewolf pack even before he had triggered his curse. This pack did not approve of his relationship with "Viv" who they could sense was a vampire.

September 7, 2009

 * Louise, Elena and Jeremy lived with their aunt Jenna Sommers (Miranda's younger sister) following the death of their parents.
 * First day of school year in high school. Elena officially met Stefan for the first time, as she was unconscious when he saved her four months earlier. ("Pilot")
 * Damon spies on Louise using his crow.

September 8, 2009

 * A Back to School Party was held in the woods near the high school. Damon attacked and fed on two campers and killed them. He also fed on Vicki Donovan, but she managed to survive after Jeremy Gilbert found her in the woods.
 * Stefan and Damon reunited for the first time since the solar eclipse party at the Salvatore Boarding House on May 10th, 1994. ("The Night of the Comet")

September 9, 2009

 * Vicki spent the day in the hospital after being attacked by Damon the day before.
 * Jenna attended a parent-teacher conference with Mr. Tanner, where they discussed Jeremy's missed classes and drug use.
 * Elena and Louise met Damon at the boarding house. Louise believed it to be the first time they had met, but in reality, it was the second, as she had been compelled to forget their first meeting. ("The Night of the Comet"), ("The Departed")

September 10, 2009

 * There was a festival held in the Town Square to celebrate the comet passing over Mystic Falls for the first time since 1864, 145 years ago.
 * Louise's powers are unlocked at the passing of the comet. This was due to a spell Abby Bennett casted on Louise as a child to bind her powers and protect her.
 * Damon threatened to expose Stefan, but Stefan called his bluff. In retaliation, Damon attacked and fed on Caroline.
 * Stefan and Elena kissed for the first time outside the boarding house following the festival to celebrate the passing comet.
 * Although she remained unseen until Bloodlines, Anna arrived in Mystic Falls on this date to witness the passing comet. She was responsible for turning Logan Fell and Ben McKittrick into vampires shortly after her arrival. ("The Night of the Comet")

September 11, 2009

 * Damon spent the day feeding on Caroline at her home, and she missed class as a result.
 * Stefan tried out for and made it onto the school's football team as their new starting wide-receiver.
 * Damon attempted to make peace with Stefan, and even went as far as to say that maybe he, too, could learn to be a "non-living living person."
 * Elena hosts a dinner in hopes that Louise and Bonnie would learn to like her new boyfriend. Caroline and Damon ended up crashing their dinner, and Damon managed to convince Elena to invite him into the house despite Stefan's protests, as she didn't know that Damon is a vampire.
 * Damon convinced Louise to drop out of the cheerleading squad, which she did the following day. ("Friday Night Bites")

September 12, 2009

 * Stefan gave Elena and Louise necklaces filled with vervain to protect her from Damon and other vampires.
 * Tyler picked a fight with Jeremy over Vicki. Stefan separated the two and cut his hand in the process. Knowing that his hand would heal almost instantly, Stefan claimed that he hadn't actually been injured and that the blood on his hands wasn't his own, but despite his efforts to the contrary, Elena became suspicious of his explanation.
 * Damon attempted to compel Louise to kiss him, but it fails due to the vervain necklace given to her by Stefan earlier in the day.
 * Damon killed Coach Tanner in hopes of proving to Stefan that he had no more "humanity" left in him.
 * Bonnie experienced visions that corresponded to where Coach Tanner's body was ultimately found that night, further hinting her growing psychic and magical abilities. Louise also experienced visions of the incident.
 * Damon visited Louise in her bedroom while she was sleeping and caressed her face, demonstrating that he may not have been as lacking in humanity as he suggested. ("Friday Night Bites")

September 22, 2009

 * When Stefan began to fear Damon's recent murders would attract suspicion by the Founder's Council, Damon covered his tracks by bringing a mountain lion into the woods. It was later reported that this was the animal responsible for the recent killings. ("Family Ties")

September 24, 2009

 * The 150th Mystic Falls Founder's Ball was held at the Lockwood Mansion. Stefan attended the party with Elena, Louise attended with Bonnie while Damon attended with Caroline.
 * Tyler invited Vicki to be his date to the party, but once she arrived, he purposely avoided bringing her inside, instead choosing to have them hang out in the backyard. When Vicki realized Tyler was embarrassed to be seen with her in front of his parents, she left the party and looked for Jeremy instead.
 * At the party, Jenna ran into Logan Fell, who she dated in her youth, for the first time since she returned to Mystic Falls from Whitmore College. Although she initially resisted his advances, he eventually convinced her to go out for lunch with him.
 * Damon sneaked upstairs during the party and took a crystal from one of the boxes hidden in the upstairs study. When Caroline asked about it, he admitted that he had hidden it there many years before, but refused to explain the crystal's importance. However, he accidentally dropped the crystal when he was weakened by vervain and captured by Stefan, and Caroline ended up finding it and keeping it for herself.
 * Stefan and Zach Salvatore managed to lock the weakened and unconscious Damon in the cellar with the intention of starving him to the point of desiccation. ("Family Ties")

September 28, 2009

 * Stefan continued to keep Damon locked in the cellar, where he was starved of blood and weakened further with more vervain injections. Stefan then informed Damon that his ultimate plan was to move him to the Salvatore crypt after he was desiccated.
 * Elena and Louise found out that Jeremy and Vicki have slept together multiple times.
 * After Elena and Stefan got into an argument that involved Elena accusing him of hiding things from her. Louise help get the pair talking as Stefan made dinner for her at the Gilbert House and was open to her with select details of his history and interests to keep her from suspecting that he is a vampire.
 * Jenna went to dinner with Logan Fell and seemed to be holding less of a grudge against him for his past actions against her. ("You're Undead to Me")

September 29, 2009

 * The "Sexy Suds Car Wash Fundraiser" was held by the Mystic Falls High School cheerleading squad to help raise money for the school's athletic teams.
 * Even weakened by vervain, Damon managed to use his connection to Caroline to summon her to the boarding house to open the cellar door so he could escape but Louise followed. Caroline was able to open the door, but when Zach tried to intervene, Damon killed him. Caroline escaped. He then tried to attack and feed on Louise, but he was unable to stop her from escaping through the open door because Stefan took his daylight ring and he was immediately burned by the sunlight.
 * Bonnie accidentally set a car on fire when Tiki was rude to her, and finally had to admit to herself that something was going on with her. She then visited her Grams and asked for help.
 * Damon bit and fed on Vicki (again) after being overcome by bloodlust as a result of being starved for days. He then did the same to her stoner friends, killed them in the process, and set their bodies on fire to destroy the evidence. However, Vicki managed to survive Damon's attack yet again, which both surprised and impressed him.
 * Elena, after Tiki's grandfather mentioned to her that he had seen Stefan at the boarding house in 1953, became suspicious of him, and decided to research the local TV news archives for answers. During her search through the archives, she found a video of a news report from 1953, when a Fell relative reported on the murder of Joseph Salvatore outside of the boarding house. While they were filming, the camera caught a glance of Stefan lurking in the background, and when Elena watched the video, she realized Stefan cannot possibly be human.
 * This revelation led her to drive to the boarding house to confront him, and arrived just in time to see him rushing out of the house with a stake in hand to track down Damon, knowing that he had attacked several more Mystic Falls residents. When Elena demanded to know what he is, he informed her that she already knew before finally admitting that he is a vampire. He also assured her that he would never hurt her and begged her not to tell anybody.
 * Meanwhile, Logan convinced Jenna to invite him for dinner at her house, and while he was there, he sneaked into Jeremy's room and stole the "Gilbert Watch," which was later revealed to actually be a vampire compass at that night's Founder's Council meeting with Elizabeth Forbes, Richard Lockwood and Carol Lockwood. ("You're Undead to Me")

September 30, 2009

 * Stefan met Louise and Elena at an outdoor café the morning after she confronted him about his identity. He then agreed to answer some of their questions about vampires so long as she would give him the day to explain himself before they decided whether or not to tell anyone what they've learned.
 * Damon brought the still-alive Vicki to the boarding house after he nearly killed her the night before, and spent the day trapped inside with her due to the fact that Stefan still had his daylight ring. He called Stefan and threatened to go after Elena at nightfall and attack her if he didn't return his ring before then. While he waited for Stefan to bring the ring to him, he got bored and decided to feed Vicki his blood to heal her so he could have some company. The two then got drunk and fed on each other all day while they danced and partied until sundown.
 * Logan Fell, on the orders of Sheriff Liz Forbes, used the Gilbert Compass to search the woods for the vampire responsible for the recent deaths in Mystic Falls. While there, he found Stefan and Vicki, and when the compass' needle pointed at Stefan, Logan shot him with wooden bullets to weaken him before trying to stake him. However, before Logan could kill him, Damon arrived and saved them by killing Logan.
 * Unfortunately, Vicki was unable to resist the scent of Logan's blood after his death and fed on his corpse, completing her transition and officially becoming a vampire.
 * Elena, overwhelmed by all of the information about vampires that she had learned over the last day, decided to break up with Stefan, though she did promise him she would keep his secret. ("Lost Girls")

October 31, 2009
There is a month-long time jump.


 * Vicki was not dealing well with her transition. Stefan tried to teach her to live on animal blood like he did, but she couldn't resist her hunger for human blood, due in part to her issues with drugs when she was human.
 * At the party she attacked and fed on Jeremy after she accidentally bit his lip and was overwhelmed by her hunger after smelling his blood. When Elena tried to pull them apart, through Elena to the side. She also fed on Louise as well. Stefan was then forced to stake Vicki in front of Jeremy in order to save him and his sister from being drained to death.
 * Elena, worried about what the loss of Jeremy's girlfriend would do to him so soon after the deaths of their parents, asked Damon to compel Jeremy to forget his memories of Vicki being a vampire and dying against Louise's wishes.
 * Caroline gave Bonnie the crystal that she had stolen from Damon to wear for her Halloween costume. When Damon tried to take it back from her, it shocked him and prevented him from stealing it. Bonnie then ran to her Grams' house, where Grams recognized the crystal and informed her that it belonged to their ancestor Emily Bennett. ("Haunted")


 * -|2010

January 2, 2010

 * Harper, after escaping from the tomb, stumbled into the woods and fed from a hiker to death. Afterward, he took the hiker's clothes, but left the man's cell phone behind after its ringing startled him. Louise bumped into him while on a jog and he mistakes her for Vivienne, once he realised his mistake, he tries to compel her before he fled. He then walked into the town square, where he was overwhelmed by the speeding cars, as well as all the people walking in modern clothes, skateboarding and talking on cell phones. He caught the eye of a woman, Bethanne, who was sitting at a bus stop, and who looked at him and smiled, with a slight nod in acknowledgment.


 * That night, Harper finally made it to Samantha Gibbons' home, where Annabelle, Pearl, and the other tomb vampires were living following the latters' escape from the tomb. ("A Few Good Men")

April 28, 2010

 * Maddox pushes Carol Lockwood down the stairs to lure Tyler back home. He comes with Jules, and both are captured, as well as Caroline.
 * Alaric is back on his own body. Klaus sent him with the message that the ritual happens tonight.
 * Damon does not accept Louise's decision to trust Elijah and go on with the ritual. He feeds her his blood, but regrets it immediately and does his best to delay the ritual by rescuing Caroline and Tyler. He has a run against Maddox and is saved by Matt. They don't have enough time to arrive in the cellar and lock Tyler up, who begins to transform. In the fight Tyler bites Damon.
 * Stefan takes Elena on a hike, for her to enjoy her last day.
 * Louise visits her parents grave on her last day as human and come to terms with her emotions about becoming a vampire. She meets Klaus.
 * Although Damon risks his life to rescue Caroline and Tyler and postpone the ritual, Klaus has back ups: Jules the werewolf and Jenna, who is in transition to become a vampire.
 * Elena and Louise watches in horror as Greta feeds blood to Jenna to complete the transition.
 * Caroline and Matt hide inside the Lockwood's house, while Tyler in wolf form stakes them. Matt admits that he was in vervain when Caroline compelled him, and that her mother also knows.
 * Stefan offers himself for sacrifice instead of Jenna, but Klaus has other plans for him.
 * John finds a spell that can save Elena and Louise, at the cost of this own life.
 * Bonnie makes a spell that traps Jeremy and Alaric in the abandoned house. She goes with Elijah and Damon to the quarry where the ritual is taking place. They wait until Louise and Elena are dead before they make their move. Bonnie attacks Klaus while Damon kills Greta. Stefan asks Damon to take Louise and Elena away.
 * As Elijah has his hand inside his chest, Klaus tells Elijah that their family is in a safe location and that he can reunite them. Elijah superspeeds out of there before Bonnie has a chance to take them both.
 * The hybrid curse is broken. ("The Last Day") ("The Sun Also Rises")

April 29, 2010

 * Jenna and John are buried.
 * Damon tells Stefan that he has been bitten by Tyler. Stefan tells Louise that Tyler bit Damon. ("The Sun Also Rises")
 * Louise confronts Damon about the werewolf bite. (As I Lay Dying)

May 1, 2010

 * Damon goes to Louise's house and asks for her forgiveness, then tries to commit suicide burning in the sun. Stefan saves him and locks him in the cellar.
 * Klaus wakes up after spending 2 days as a wolf, proving that he can change at will. He also remembers all the kills.
 * Elena takes Jeremy and Caroline to the screening of "Gone with the Wind" as an attempt to distract them from their problems.
 * Louise is by Damon as he suffers from the poisoning. She tells him she will only forgive him if he fights.
 * Bonnie contacts Emily and Stefan asks for help. The answer he gets is "Klaus", so he goes to Klaus to ask for a cure. He offers Klaus "anything he wants". Klaus says he wants the "Ripper" back and feeds him blood until Stefan breaks.
 * Klaus daggers Elijah, thus "reuniting him with the family", who we presume are all daggered.
 * Carol Forbes tells the Sheriff she must do something about the vampires, now, or she will find somebody to do it. The Sheriff goes to the Salvatore house, arrests Louise and accidentally free a crazy Damon.
 * Sheriff Forbes shoots at Damon, but he moves at superspeed, and the bullet takes Jeremy, who dies. Caroline tries to give him blood to heal him, but he is already dead. Bonnie makes a spell to bring him back to life, despite warnings that "there will be consequences".
 * Louise breaks free and finds Damon in the square. In his crazy state he mistakes Louise for Vivienne and bites her. Louise begs Elena to take care of Damon while she goes to Klaus for the cure where she agrees to accompany Klaus in exchange for the cure.
 * Elena takes care of Damon as he suffers from the bite. He tells her to tell Stefan he forgives him and Louise that he loves her.
 * The cure for the werewolf bite is Klaus' blood. He puts it in a vial and gives to Vivienne to take to Damon. Although Stefan thinks she will just skip town, she does actually take the vial to Damon, because "she owed him one".
 * Alaric stays with Jeremy at the Gilbert's house. Jeremy sees the ghosts of Anna and Vicki. ("As I Lay Dying")

May 4, 2010

 * Louise, Klaus and Stefan are in Charleston, South Carolina. (The Birthday)

May 15, 2010

 * Elena and Caroline search Alaric apartment. (The Birthday)

Between May and June, 2010

 * Elena is looking for clues about Stefan's whereabouts.
 * Damon is following the leads, but hiding the information from her.
 * Louise, Stefan and Klaus are following leads, trying to find a werewolf pack - Klaus wants to start his hybrid army.

June 22, 2010
Elena mentions that Damon has been tracking Klaus and Stefan the whole summer.


 * Elena's 18th birthday party occurs.
 * Damon gives Elena back her vervain necklace.
 * Klaus gives Louise a diary and Stefan gives Louise back her vervain necklace from Damon.
 * Andie dies. ("The Birthday")


 * -|2011

January 9, 2011

 * A memorial for Carol Lockwood is held, with Elizabeth Forbes, Louise, Elena, Bonnie and Caroline attending to support Tyler. ("After School Special")


 * -|2012-2013

to be added.

 * -|2014-2026