AtO Timeline: Important Story Dates

I'm still very much in editing hell with AtO but one of the upsides is that I've had to revisit and solidify my story time-line.

I thought it would be interesting to put up a rough time-line with the days where big story events happens.

Obviously, I'll keep adding to this post with every chapter update.

July

10- Lands in Whirlpool. Meets Akira.

17- Leaves Whirlpool. Meets Itachi.

20- Parts ways with Itachi and reaches Wave Country.

31- Celebrates his birthday while travelling with Isshin's caravan.

August

1- Reaches Konoha and gets an apartment.

3- Hedwig gets injured after Harry messes with seal.

4- Meets Asuma and Shikamaru.

5- Meets Shikaku.

6- Meets Naruto.

9- Gets confirmation that Naruto is related to him.

15- Meets Ichigen and leaves Konoha to go to the Temple.

18- Reaches Temple of Fire

21- Akatsuki attack the Temple.

24- Asuma dies.

26- Asuma's funeral.

27- Hidan and Kakuzu are defeated.

29- Jiraiya shows up.

30- In Yugakure. Harry tells Naruto about magic.

September

1- Naruto finds about about Kushina

3- Jiraiya gives Harry his notes and leaves Konoha.

7- Harry starts trip to Suna.

14- Harry reaches Suna. Meets Gaara.

15- Meets Ebizo.

17- Leaves Suna. 

21- Harry is back in Konoha. Meets Iruka.

22- Kankuro learns that Harry and Naruto are related. 

27- Temari in Konoha. 

28- Meets Sentoki in the morning. 

30- Farmer drops them at Crossroad

October

1- Reach the top of temple mountain

2- Meets Itachi

 

A Peek into my AtO Folder

Did some organization of my AtO writing files on my computer and well...

That seems a bit excessive for one story, right? Especially since there are some other files on my USB only.

My drafts' sizes are ridiculous when I seem them all together like this- but I know that there are pages worth of brainstorming mid-story, and adding comments in the margins really bulks up the doc size.

Also, the actual chapter 15 is on my desktop for easy access. The chapter 15 ( also 16 and 17) in this folder is my old version.

I don't think there's anything too spoilery here. I mean there are hints to certain things but I don't think you can figure out how those things will be play out in AtO.

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World Building Notes: Kikyō Castle

I've got a lot of headcanon and thoughts for various canon things. So I'm starting a new series on this blog- the World Building Notes- where I take something from canon and expand on it for story writing purposes after some google research.

I might use these thoughts in AtO or other fanfiction when I'm in need of extra details. And maybe some of my thoughts will help you in your own writing.

So first location, is the Kikyō Castle in Konoha.

In Canon, we only see this location during the Chunin Exams arc. It's where Gaara went murderous and where Hayate was killed. Here's the Wiki page for it.

My Thoughts

History

Historically, castles in Japan were fortresses. Wikipedia says that they were made from stone and wood and were used to guard strategic sites. Maybe Kikyō castle had a similar purpose in Naruto before/during the warring clan era.

Konoha was built around Kikyō castle because Hashirama had no problem building things in a short amount of time. And he wanted there to be as much space as possible for all the clans to live in Konoha. 
 

When Konoha was built, Kikyō lost it's primary purpose as a fortress because the village had expanded well beyond it's location. And Konoha never tore it down for space because it was something given to them by the Daimyo and keeping it was like a sign of respect?