The Comprehensive Dark Science Timeline (Patreon)

So after the last few pages there have been a couple questions regarding the order of events in Kim's backstory, so I figured it would be helpful to compile that timeline in one place, based on what's been in Dark Science so far. I'm going to use a made-up marker, BFT, or "Before Full Transition," referring to Kim going full prosthetic following her first battle with Leviathan.

• 0 BFT (Kim's age: 22-23)

  • Kim's movie scheme with Ron fails and her house is exploded by creditors.

  • Melchior, on behest of the Dark Scientists, investigates Kim in the Borr Valley.

  • Kim leaves the Borr Valley for Nephilopolis so Vonnie can get her a job.

  • Kim fights Leviathan for her life, hilarity ensues.

• 1-4 BFT (Kim's age: 18-21) 

  • Vonnie moves to Nephilopolis.

  • The character of Kaito Kusanagi is pronounced dead.

  • Vonnie's Xmas picture was taken, most likely the winter that The Tomorrow Girl ends on.

• 4 BFT (Kim's age: 18) 

  • The Time Colonist invasion (the events of The Tomorrow Girl).

  • Kim is gravely injured while fighting the Time Colonists.

  • Kim's father comes, in disguise, to visit her in the hospital.

  • Kim creates her first prosthetic parts.

• 7 BFT (Kim's age: 15) 

  • Vonnie informally adopts Kim.

  • Kim Yeong-Soo, as Kusanagi, gives his final known interview.

(There's no external evidence of Kim's existence prior to 7 years ago, including the existence of Kim's mother. Kim's unconfirmed memories are in italics.)

• ~7 BFT (Kim's age: ~15)

  • Kim's mother dies.

  • Kim mentions that the night her mother died, she couldn't bring herself to cry.

• 8 BFT (Kim's age: 14)

  • David Struthers accuses Kim of being gay, despite Kim drawing up schematics for the "perfect boyfriend."

• >7 BFT (Kim, age: <15)

  • Kim helps an injured crow.

  • Kim went to school and got a black eye.

  • Kim takes care of her mother.

  • Jenny Dargon tells Kim she will let Kim braid her hair if Kim kisses a boy who smells like glass cleaner. Kim does so and barfs.

• 17 BFT (Kim's age: 5)

  • Kim's father, Yeong-Soo, leaves Kim's chronically ill mother.

• >17 BFT (Kim's age: <5)

  • Kim has sparse memories of living in the "Kusanagi House" in Usonia.

  • Kim's father reads her stories of Azra-El, the Giantslayer, and telling her to "look for the rising sun" when she can't find her way.

• >33 BFT

  • Kusanagi receives an anonymous tape that rekindles his memory of being Kim Yeong-Soo.

  • Yeong-Soo, as Kusanagi, discovers the ancient tomb at the heart of the island and the concept of Dark Science.

  • According to Kim's memories, she has images of her father discovering that she, Azra-El, or both, are alive after opening the "prison" at the heart of Nephilopolis.

  • Yeong-Soo, as Kusanagi, investigates Dark Science and believes doing so awakened the seven Dark Scientists.

  • Yeong-Soo, as Kusanagi, hints to Alisa Caspar, his speech writer, about Dark Science, but gives few details.

• 33 BFT

  • The earliest known photographs of the Kaito Kusanagi character.

  • Either at this point or later, Kim Yeong-Soo is cast as Kusanagi.

• 5,786 BFT

  • The "highest scientific authority" established an "equitable contract" with the Dark Scientists. In the modern day, that authority is the Dean of Inquisition in Nephilopolis.

• ~6,000 BFT

  • What archaeologists refer to as the "Old War," which left behind massive ruins in the shape of giants and weapons. Nephilopolis is built on top of one such giant.

  • According to Kim's memories, the Old War was an actual war, led by Azra-El and the ancient Dark Scientists/Aligeri, who appear to be under her command.

  • Azra-El had a romantic relationship with a warrior woman who lived on to die in her 90s.

• >6,000 BFT

  • According to Kim's memories, the Nephilim took over the world, which was shrouded in an "Age of Mist." Azra-El climbed a great tower to steal their fire, which granted her immense knowledge and powers the "Seven Shadows," ie: the Aligeri, who worked with her to overthrow the giants.

Hope that helps!