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All events are in relation to Myne's birth. Years before Myne's birth are recorded as BM and those after are AM. Spring is treated as the beginning of a year.

Early History and Part 1

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Concurrent with Part 2

Part 2
Year Season Chapter Description
AM 7 Summer Justus and Eckhart infiltrate the lower city to investigate about Myne.
AM 7 Summer 078 - 089 Myne becomes an apprentice blue shrine maiden. Fran, Gil, and Delia are assigned as her attendants. Benno and Mark help bring Myne's donation to the temple and finalize the terms of her service with Ferdinand. Hugo and Ella are hired as Myne's cook to prepare for the Italian Restaurant.
AM 7 Summer 091 - 094 Myne discovers the horrible conditions of the orphanage. After discussing with Lutz, Benno and Ferdinand, Myne becomes the orphanage director and reforms the orphanage. The orphanage branch of Myne workshop is established, allowing children and gray priests to forage in forest, produce plant paper and cook their own food to sustain themselves.
AM 7 Summer 095 - 096 Myne develops karuta and diptych as gifts for her attendants. She meets Johann for the first time to create the stylus.
AM 7 Summer 098 - 099 Myne participates in the Star Festival for the first time. When the orphanage people play with taue fruits, they discover the truth that taue fruits are actually seeds of trombe.
AM 7 Summer 100 - 103 Lutz runs away from home due to his family objecting him leaving the city to do business with Benno. After knowing the circumstances from Myne, Ferdinand summoned Lutz, Deid, Karla, and Benno to the temple to help mediate the matter. The misunderstanding is cleared and Lutz returns to home. Benno signs Lutz up as a leherl.
AM 7 Summer 104 - 108 Myne takes Wilma and Rosina on as her attendants. She starts practicing harspiel and learning noble etiquettes after resolving the conflict between Rosina and other attendants.
AM 7 Autumn 111 - 117 Myne initiates her plan to print books, beginning with the development of black plant paper ink and woodblock printing. Woodblock printing ends in failure, thus they resort to mimeograph printing by cutting thick paper instead. The first ever mass-produced book, the Children's Bible, is born.
AM 7 Autumn 118 - 119 Egmont messes up the temple's bookroom to keep Myne from participating in the Harvest Festival. While Myne organizes the cleanup, she develops the Myne Decimal System for organizing books.
AM 7 Autumn 126 - 129 Myne is called upon to enact the Healing Ritual at a trombe extermination. While the Knight's Order fights the feytree, Shikikoza attacks and wounds Myne, causing another trombe to sprout and severely wounds her. Myne still manages to finish the ritual successfully with the help of Ferdinand's rejuvenation potion, but exposes her enormous mana capacity to the gathered knights.
AM 7 Autumn 130 Benno founded the Printing Guild and starts selling the Children's Bible.
AM 7 Autumn 131 Johann accepts Myne's order of metal letter types as his leherl final test.
AM 7 Autumn 132 - 133 Ferdinand probes into Myne's memory under the archduke's permission, learning about her memories of the previous life as Urano.
AM 7 Autumn The medknight Shikikoza is sentenced to death for his crimes during the trombe extermination. To keep the incident quiet, Aub Ehrenfest allows his relatives to live and officially report their son being killed honorably in the line of duty on the condition they swear to never directly go after Myne, who Shikikoza's mother holds personally responsible for her son's death.
AM 7 Autumn 134 - 135 The rights for plant-paper ink is sold to the Ink Guild. Realizing that the guildmaster Wolf is plotting against Myne under nobles' instructions, Myne starts staying in the temple for safety.
AM 7 Winter 136 - 137 Benno, Ferdinand, and Karstedt have a meeting together to discuss about Myne's treatment. Damuel is assigned as Myne's bodyguard as his punishment. Myne refuses to become Karstedt's adoptive daughter immediately, but Ferdinand informs her that she must be adopted into nobility by 10 or face execution.
AM 7 Winter Cornelius, Hartmut, Adolphine, and Rudiger enroll in the Royal Academy.
AM 7 Winter 140 Myne and attendants celebrate Rosina's coming of age together.
AM 7 Winter Renate is born.
Konrad is born during the same year, season unknown.
AM 7 Winter Wilfried gets baptized during spring celebration feast. Lamprecht volunteers to become Wilfried's guard knight in order to protect Elvira from Veronica's bullying.
AM 8 Spring The city security is tightened. Nobles from other duchies are prohibited from entering the city without the archduke's permission.
AM 8 Spring 142 - 143 Johann completes the metal letter types. The overjoyed Myne gives the title of Gutenberg to all personnel involved and faints.
AM 8 Spring 144 Wolf is murdered and Myne's stay in the temple is extended. Ferdinand summons Gunther and Effa to inform them about Myne's planned adoption into nobility.
AM 8 Spring 145 - 148 "Brother" Sylvester and Karstedt join Myne and Ferdinand for the Spring Prayer. Count Bindewald's devouring soldiers and commoners from Ahrensbach attack them near the duchy border in Garduhn, but are eliminated.
AM 8 Spring 149 - 150 Sylvester visits the orphanage and workshop in temple. Benno recognizes Sylvester as the archduke, while Sylvester tells him the intention to make printing the duchy-backed industry.
AM 8 Spring 151 Sylvester visits the commoner forest with Lutz and Leon for hunting and gathering information about Myne. He gives Myne the magic tool for adoption contract when he returns to the temple.
AM 8 Spring 153 Kamil is born.
AM 8 Spring 154 Dirk is taken in by the orphanage. Myne proclaims him to be Delia's brother.
AM 8 Spring 156 - 157 Myne, Benno and Lutz meet Bierce, Josef and Heidi to discuss about ink sales and development. The development for coloured ink begins.
AM 8 Spring 158 Myne begins experimenting with wax paper for printing, starting with applying wax on stencils.
AM 8 Spring 160 Sylvester and Karstedt left Ehrenfest for the Archduke Conference.
AM 8 Spring 161 Delia is tricked into bringing Dirk to Bezewanst and make him sign a submission contract towards Count Bindewald. Myne dismisses Delia for her misconduct.
AM 8 Spring 162 - 165 Count Bindewald enters the city with a forged permit and attempt to kidnap Myne with Bezewanst. Fights break out in the lower city and later in the temple, causing Myne to activate her adoption contract. Ferdinand, Sylvester, and Karstedt intervene and arrest both conspirators as well as their attendants on the spot.
AM 8 Spring 166 - 167 To prevent execution of her family and attendants, Myne becomes the daughter of Karstedt and has her name changed to Rozemyne, to make it easier for adoption into the archduke's family. Myne and her family bid their farewell and sign the magical contract to end their kinship.
AM 8 Spring 167 - 170 Myne blesses her family and friends in a final act before completing the contracts, healing her father's, Fran's and Damuel's injuries. Damuel's mana capacity starts growing again, while Freida and Gustav find out about Myne's adoption into nobility due to coincidences.
AM 8 Spring 168 Myne's funeral takes place in the lower city.
AM 8 Spring 172 Ferdinand summons Benno to announce future plans. Benno tells Freida and Gustav the truth about Rozemyne and seek their cooperation, while allowing them to become contributors of the Italian Restaurant.
AM 8 Spring 171 Rosina is bought as Rozemyne's personal musician, whereas Monika and Nicola are taken in as Rozemyne's new attendants.

Concurrent with Part 3

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Concurrent with Part 4

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Concurrent with Hannelore Spin-Off

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Characters
A AchimAdelbertAdolphineAdrettAlexisAlstedeAnastasiusAndreaAngelicaAnnikaArnoArthurAub FrenbeltagAub KlassenbergAurelia
B Baron BlonBaron GlazBartholdBartzBenediktaBennoBernadetBertildeBettinaBezewanstBierceBlasiusBonifatiusBrigitteBrunhilde
C CaryaCassandraCatherineCharlotteChristelChristineClarissaClaudioClementiaCodenestConstanzeCordulaCorinnaCorneliusCosimoCount BindewaldCount GroschelCount LeisegangCurtiss
D DahvidhDamianDamuelDankmarDaniloDeidDeliaDetlindeDhormeDillaDimoDirkDirmiraDregarnuhr
E EbbEckhartEdilineEduardEffaEglantineEgmontEgonEllaElviraEmerikaErnestaErwaermenEwigeliebe
F FairseeleFairziereFatieheFerdinandFeyFlorenciaFlutraneFranFraularmFreidaFreudenFriedelFrietackFritz
G GabrieleGeduldhGentianeGeorgineGerdaGervasioGiebe KirnbergerGieselfriedGilGiordanoGloriaGod of DarknessGoddess of LightGrausamGretiaGudrunGundolfGuntherGulaheldGustavGutenberg
H HanneloreHartmutHasse's MayorHassheitHeidemarieHeidiHeillieseHeisshitzeHelfriedHenrikHerlugaHildebrandHirschurHoraceHortensiaHugo
I IgnazImmanuelIngoIrmhildeIsidore
J JenniJeremiasJohannJonsaraJorgJosefJuditheJulianeJustusJutte
K KaiKamilKampferKantnaKarlaKarstedtKashickKathreinKenntripsKonradKrapech
L LagreteLamprechtLasfamLaugoLauraLaurenzLeberechtLeckleLeidenschaftLeiseLeonLeonoreLeonzioLessyLestilautLetiziaLiebeskhilfeLieseletaLilyLinhardtLinusLisbethLizLizzieLueuradiLuitpoldLustlauneLutzLuzinde
M MagdalenaMargaretMarianneMarkMartheMartinaMatildaMatthiasMelchiorMestionoraMildaMonikaMoritzMurrenreueMuriellaMyne
N NadimarieNadineNahelacheNatalieNicolaNikolausNolteNoraNorbert
O OderkunstOrtwinOswaldOswinOttilieOtto
P PaulinePhilinePrevious Count LeisegangPrimevere
R RaimundRalphRalfriedaRarstarkRaublutRauffenReichleneRelichionRenateRiadinaRichtRickRicoRihyardaRitaRoderickRosinaRoyellaRozemaryRozemyneRudigerRudolf
S SchutzariaSchwartzSeadSelimSeradinaSergiusShikikozaShuuSidoniusSiegSigiswaldSiegrechtSolangeStenlukeStephareineSterratStrahlSylvester
T TheoTheodoreThoreToddTrauerqualTraugottTrudeliedeTuuli
U UltsdorfUrano MotosuUrano Motosu’s Mother
V ValamarleneVanessaVeronicaVestaertViktorViscount DahldolfViscount JoisontakVolk
W WaldifriedWeissWentuchteWerdekrafWilfriedWilmaWolfWolfram
Z ZackZahmZasha
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AdelbertAdolphineAlexisAlstedeAnastasiusAngelicaAnselmArnoArthurAureliaBennoBertildeBertramBezewanstBierceBlasiusBonifatiusBrigitteBrunhildeCharlotteChristineClarissaClaudioConstanzeCordulaCorinnaCorneliusCount BindewaldDavidhDamuelDeidDeliaDetlindeDirkDregarnuhr/GalleryEckhartEffaEglantineEgmontEliasEllaElviraErwaermenEwigeliebeErwaermenFerdinandFeyFlorenciaFlutraneFranFraularmFreidaFritzGabrieleGeduldhGeorgineGerdaGervasioGiebe KirnbergerGieselfriedGilGloriaGod of DarknessGoddess of LightGrausamGregorGretiaGundolfGuntherGustavHanneloreHartmutHasse's MayorHeidiHeisshitzeHildebrandHirschurHortensiaHugoIgnazImmanuelIngoIsidoreJenniJohannJosefJuditheJustusJutteKaiKamilKarlaKarstedtKatinkaKenntrips/GalleryKonradKonradinLamprechtLasfamLaurenzLeberechtLeidenschaftLeiseLeonLeonoreLeonzioLessyLestilautLetiziaLiebeskhilfe/GalleryLieseletaLilyLizLueuradiLutzMagdalenaMarkMartheMartinaMatthiasMelchiorMestionoraMonikaMoritzMuriellaMyneNicolaNikolausNoraNorbertOrtwinOswaldOttilieOttoPaulinePhilinePrimevereRaimundRalphRasantark/GalleryRaublutRaufereg/GalleryRauffenRenateRickRihyardaRoderickRosinaRozemyneSchutzariaSchwartz and WeissSeltierShikikozaSiegSieglindeSigiswaldSolangeStenlukeSterrat/GallerySylvesterTheodoreThoreTrauerqualTraugottTuuliUrano MotosuUrano Motosu's MotherVeronicaWentuchte/GalleryWerdekrafWilfriedWilmaWolfZackZahmZasha