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This article contains the timeline of events in the Locke & Key series. The following events are organized by succession, provided by the issue that indicates the approximate placement of the event.
Dated events[]
1400s[]
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| An unknown author pens the book: "The Laws and Statues of Hell, Revised Edition" which includes an image of the Key to Hell on the backcover. | 1472 | Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #2 |
1700s[]
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Crais is born | May 18, 1736 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #5 |
| Keyhouse Manor is constructed | 1750 | Locke & Key: Grindhouse |
| Benjamin Locke is born | 1757 | Guide to the Known Keys |
| The earliest date that the Timeshift Clock can visit | January 13, 1775 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 |
| Ben and Miranda Locke's parents hanged | Locke & Key: Clockworks #1 Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 | |
| Harm Timmerman is possessed by a demon and kills Joshua Locke | ||
| Harm Timmerman, his twin brother, and Fredricks are killed | January 14, 1775 | |
| Omega Key forged | January 15, 1775 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 |
| Ghost Key forged | January 24, 1775 | |
| Anywhere Key forged | June 2-24, 1775 | |
| Echo Key forged | ||
| Giant Key crafted | July 4, 1775 | |
| ? Key forged | July 6, 1775 | |
| Adam Crais dies | July 4, 1780 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #5 |
| Benjamin Locke dies | 1799 | Guide to the Known Keys |
| ? Key forged | September 19, 17?? | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 |
1800s[]
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ulysses transforms into an eagle to find Hammersmith | September 9, 1851 | Guide to the Known Keys |
| Harland, Clint, and Ulysses locate Hammersmith | November 3, 1851 | |
| Harland uses the Skin Key to remain black forever | November 5, 1851 | |
| Harland is shot by an "ignorant Southern bastard". The bullet remains in Harland's body for the rest of his life. | c. 1862 | Locke & Key: Open the Moon |
| Fiona Locke is born. | 1870 | Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3 |
1900s[]
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| John Locke and Mary Locke are born | 1900 | Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3 Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #2 |
| Ian Locke is born | 1901 | Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3 |
| Jean Locke is born | c. 1908 | Locke & Key: Small World |
| Small World Key is forged | c. Fall 1911 to early 1912[1][2] | |
| Moon Key is forged | 1912 | Locke & Key: Open the Moon |
| Ian and Harland pass away | July 1912 | |
| Chamberlin Locke writes "Journals, Sonnets, Theories & Natural Observations, Book XVI" which contains the diary entries for the Chain Key, Moon Key, and Timeshift Key | 1914 | Guide to the Known Keys |
| John enlists in World War I | 1915 | Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #1 |
| John slaughters a German camp; Willem Veidt is killed | Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #2 | |
| John is injured during the Second Battle of Ypres German soldiers led by Eric Murnau invade Keyhouse; Fiona is killed |
Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #2 Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3 | |
| John opens a door to the Titanic, flooding Keyhouse and killing himself | Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3 | |
| Roderick Burgess attempts to make a deal with Chamberlin for one of the Keys, but is rejected. | c.1926 | Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #1 |
| Chamberlin attempts to summon John's Echo, but fails Mary visits Roderick Burgess and bargains the Matchstick Key in exchange for an audience with the imprisoned Morpheus/Dream Mary loans the Anywhere Key to Alex Burgess in exchange for Dream's helm, sandpouch and Dreamstone to access the Dreaming. |
October 4, 1927 | |
| Key to Hell is forged Chamberlin Locke passes away |
c. October 1927 | Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #2 |
| Phillipe Dassin works as a gardener at Keyhouse. | c. 1927 | Locke & Key: Grindhouse |
| The Dassin Brothers invade Keyhouse Manor; all except Louis Dassin are killed | c. 1930 | |
| Jean saves Joe | June 4, 1942 | Guide to the Known Keys |
| Jean and Hans fall in love | July 3, 1942 | |
| Hans ambushes the Sturmbannführer | July 13, 1942 | |
| Joe Ridgeway and Callie Ridgeway fall in love | 1967 | Locke & Key: Head Games #1 |
| Rendell Locke is born | 1970 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 |
| Duncan Locke is born | c. 1979 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 Locke & Key: Clockworks #4 |
| The Tamers of the Tempest are formed | c. 1985 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 |
| Rendell's Mother dies | 1987 | |
| Lucas Caravaggio is infected by a demon | 1988 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #4 |
| Kim Topher and Mark Cho die | Locke & Key: Clockworks #6 | |
| Jordan Gates is born | c. 1993 | Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #3 |
| Tyler Locke is born | c. 1994 | Locke & Key: Omega #3 |
| Jamal Saturday is born | c. Early 1995 | Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #2 |
| Sam Lesser is born | c. 1995 | Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #3 |
| Kinsey Locke is born | c. 1996 | |
| Rufus Whedon is born | c. 1996 | Locke & Key: Head Games #6 |
| Duncan Locke draws the Wellhouse and gives the drawing to Rendell. | 1998 | Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #4 |
| The latest date that the Timeshift Clock can visit. | December 31, 1999 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 |
2000s[]
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bode Locke is born | c. 2005 | Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #5 |
| Ellie Whedon summons Dodge back as an Echo; Candice Whedon is killed | c. 2010 | Locke & Key: Head Games #6 |
| Rendell Locke is killed | June 2011 | Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1 Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #3 |
| Tyler and Kinsey enroll in Lovecraft Academy | September 2011 | Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #3 |
| Sam Lesser escapes from San Lobo Juvenile Detention | ||
| Sam is killed during his invasion at Keyhouse Bode gives Dodge the Anywhere Key, which she uses to escape the well house and moves in with Ellie |
Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #6 | |
| Two weeks after his escape, Dodge enrolls into Lovecraft Academy under an alias | ||
| Joe Ridgeway is killed | Locke & Key: Head Games #1 | |
| Tyler introduces Dodge and Jordan to the Head Key In the middle of the night, Dodge attacks Duncan to steal his memories; Brian Rogan is hit by a car and falls into a coma Dodge removes Ellie's memories |
Locke & Key: Head Games #4 Locke & Key: Head Games #5 Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #5 | |
| Dodge becomes a ghost and attempts to get Sam Lesser's ghost to reveal the location of the Omega Key. Sam refuses, and attacks Dodge Dodge loses the Echo Key, which is found by Nina Locke. |
Early October 2011 | Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #1 |
| Kinsey, Jackie Veda, Scot Kavanaugh, and Jamal explore the Drowning Caves | Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #2 | |
| Nina gives the Echo Key to Daniel Dodge uses the Shadow Key to attack the Lockes, steals the Echo Key from Daniel; Tyler fights Dodge off using the Giant Key. |
October 2011 | Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #3 Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #4 Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #5 |
| Nina tries to revive Rendell with the Mending Key, but fails Tyler and Kinsey discover the Omega Key. |
Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #6 | |
| Dodge transforms into a wolf to attacks Tyler and Kinsey; sparrow Bode stops him | Early 2012 | Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1 |
| Bode meets Jason Bird | ||
| Tyler injured playing hockey | February 1, 2012 | Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #3 |
| Tyler ditches his hat for Jordan | February 2, 2012 | |
| Beach party | February 3, 2012 | |
| Kinsey and Zack break up | February 4, 2012 | |
| Thorns from the Thorn Key attack the Locke siblings | February 5, 2012 | |
| Bode explains away thorn scars to Nina | February 6, 2012 | |
| Tyler explains away thorn scars | February 7, 2012 | |
| Kinsey explains away thorn scars to Scot and Jamal | February 8, 2012 | |
| Bode discovers the Angel Key, Hercules Key, and Harlequin Key. | February 9, 2012 | |
| Merlin Clockworks attacks Locke siblings | February 10, 2012 | |
| Chains of The Great Lock attack the Locke siblings | February 11, 2012 | |
| Kinsey introduces Jamal and Scot to the Head key | February 12, 2012 | |
| Scot removes his sanity | February 13, 2012 | |
| Tyler lectures Kinsey | February 14, 2012 | |
| Bode and Jason play cars with the Giant Key | February 15, 2012 | |
| Tyler lectures Bode | February 16, 2012 | |
| Mad squirrels from the Undertree Key attack | February 17, 2012 | |
| Music box compels Kinsey to attack her brothers | February 18, 2012 | |
| Call to Duncan | February 19, 2012 | |
| Tyler and Jordan make a study date | February 20, 2012 | |
| Kinsey and Scot swap happy memories | February 21, 2012 | |
| Scot is still happy, Tyler and Jordan study | February 22, 2012 | |
| Scot discovers that Jamal and Kinsey have also swapped memories | February 23, 2012 | |
| Tyler catches Jordan and Brinker together | February 24, 2012 | |
| Tyler retrieves his hat from a garbage truck | February 25, 2012 | |
| Teddy bears from the Teddy Key attack Tyler | February 26, 2012 | |
| Tyler punches Brinker, Scot and Jamal fight | February 27, 2012 | |
| Kinsey talks with Tyler about him using the Hercules Key | February 28, 2012 | |
| Tyler wipes the ice with the other team in hockey | February 29, 2012 | |
| Brian awakes from his coma | February 2012 | Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #5 |
| Jason is killed | March 2012 | Locke & Key: Clockworks #2 |
| Kinsey's emotions are set free and enter Tyler's head | ||
| Four days after his death, Jason's funeral is held. Tyler tries to burn Keyhouse down but is prevented; Kinsey's emotions are removed and returned to Kinsey. Tyler and Kinsey travel back in time to 1775 and 1988. |
Locke & Key: Clockworks #2 Locke & Key: Clockworks #3 | |
| Daniel Mutuku, Mandy Sawyer, and many Lovecraft students are killed; Jordan Gates dies Alpha Key is forged Scot and Jackie die from demon possession Dodge is exonerated from Bode Keyhouse Manor is destroyed in a fire |
May 2012 | Locke & Key: Omega #5Locke & Key: Alpha #1 |
| Funerals for Bode, Scot, and Jackie are held two weeks after their deaths. Dodge is killed through Luke's echo. Erin checks out from McClellan Psychiatric Hospital |
Late May 2012 | Locke & Key: Alpha #2 |
| Bode returns to life | ||
| Three teenagers break into Fawney Rigg and discover the Matchstick Key and accidently use it to burn the estate down | June 4, 2016 | Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #2 |
Notes[]
- The exact year of the events in Locke & Key is never stated in the comics, although it can be surmised by small details. The obscured calendar decade in Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #3 and Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #5 confirms it is in the 2010s. February is shown to have 29 days, meaning it is a leap year, and as the month begins and ends on Wednesday, 2012 is the only leap year of the decade where February's days align. Joe Hill revealed via Twitter that he used a February 2012 calendar to draft the events of the issue, indirectly confirming that Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #3 takes place in 2012.[3]
![Tyler Locke's Calendar showing the month of February that has 29 days and begins and ends on a Wednesday.[4]](/wiki/File:KTTK_Issue_5_Feb_2012.JPG "KTTK Issue 5 Feb 2012.JPG (68 KB)")
Tyler Locke's Calendar showing the month of February that has 29 days and begins and ends on a Wednesday.[4]
![Joe Hill's February 2012 draft calendar for Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #3.[3]](/wiki/File:February_2012_Draft_Calendar.jpg "February 2012 Draft Calendar.jpg (3.66 MB)")
Joe Hill's February 2012 draft calendar for Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #3.[3]
Timeline inconsistencies[]
- In Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3, the tombstone of Ian Locke marks his death date as 1914; however, Ian Locke's death date is in July of 1912, as revealed in Locke & Key: Open the Moon.
- In Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #0, which features an updated Guide to the Known Keys, Tyler Locke's Alpha Key entry is dated 2011, when the Alpha Key wasn't created until May 2012.
- In Locke & Key: Hell & Gone #2, it is stated that John and Mary Locke were twins, although it is established in Locke & Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #3 that John was born in 1900; in Locke & Key: Small World, Mary's tenth birthday was around late 1911 or early 1912, which would make John older than Mary by at least a year.
