Setting and timeline¶

Last updated through CTL6 ch 38.

Period: June 1981 – December 1984 (Books 1–5). Early Reagan-era Chicago finance; Volcker high interest rates; bear market layoffs (November 1981).

Geography: Jonathan from Goshen, Ohio (Clermont County); works and lives Chicago — Logan Square (uncle's townhouse, through July 1981), 1116 W. Polk garage apartment (Aug 1981 – ~July 1982), Rogers Park (Estes Ave. lease from July 1, 1982).

CTL1 chronology (high level)¶

Span	Work / school	Residence	Relationship / plot notes
Jun 1981	Mailroom start $5.75 → $6.00	Logan Square	Gudia; Paul fired; Matheson red binder
Jul 1981	Mailroom	Logan Square	Rachel + Gudia; Teresa; Kealty vetting
Aug 1, 1981	Mailroom	Polk garage apt.	Move-in; Gilham SEC firing; Charlotte out
Oct 12, 1981	Hancock move	Polk	Lily steady; Monroe hire
Nov 1981	Mailroom; Black Friday layoffs	Polk	Lily break; Jeri Thanksgiving
Dec 1981	UICC enrollment	Polk	Loyola games; Christmas bonus $800
Jan–Feb 1982	Acting supervisor; class	Polk	Rachel quits; Paula murdered; Jeri investor
Mar–May 1982	Supervisor track	Polk → Rogers Park	Nick Andros dies; Huifen lead
Jun 10, 1982	Supervisor Jun 14	Chicago / Goshen	Heather Nicole born; no Bev marriage

CTL2 chronology (high level)¶

Span	Work / school	Residence	Relationship / plot notes
Jun–Jul 1982	Mailroom supervisor	Rogers Park (Jul 1)	Lochner/Violet; Monroe; Bev visit Jul 31–Aug 7
Aug–Sep 1982	Supervisor; CS 101	Rogers Park	Huifen return; Sandeep hired; Series 3 course
Oct–Nov 1982	Analyst offer Mar 1 → Jan 17	Rogers Park	Marcia/Jeri network; father identity search
Dec 1982	Series 7; floor 29 build	Rogers Park / Goshen Xmas	Bev marriage refused; Mom/Glen engaged
Jan 1983	Analyst start; Bloomberg	Rogers Park	Bob custody hearing; Glen = Heather's father

CTL3 chronology (high level)¶

Span	Work / school	Residence	Relationship / plot notes
Jan–Feb 1983	FX analyst; Bolivar/metals	Estes → Morse purchase	Bev St. Louis; Glen/Linda split; Keiko; Morse closing
Mar–Apr 1983	Nexis; FX desk growth	1840 W. Morse (Mar 25)	Violet POA; Teri marriage pitch; Bev Kansas crisis
May–Jun 1983	Hart-Lincoln close; Madoff review	Morse household	Keiko AML; Bianca hired; engagement rings ordered
Jul 1983	Overland Park pension win	Morse	Keiko home Jun 24; proposal Jul 13

CTL4 chronology (high level)¶

Span	Work / school	Residence	Relationship / plot notes
Jul–Oct 1983	FX → Head of Research	Morse	Civil + Shinto wedding; refractory AML; hospice
Nov–Dec 1983	Research dept; layoffs	Morse	Keiko dies Dec 27; Buddhist funeral
Jan–Apr 1984	AUM $100M+; Series 30	Hancock condo (175 E. Delaware)	Heather custody war; Sofía born Apr 9
Spring 1984	Continental short	Hancock	Bev deposition; housewarming May 13; Bev suicide (ch 67)

CTL5 chronology (high level)¶

Span	Work / school	Residence	Relationship / plot notes
May–Jul 1984	Bev funeral; MTB/LA capital	Hancock	Violet consummated; Ohio wake
Aug–Sep 1984	Arrow Fund; Boca salvage	Hancock + Lincoln Park 8-flat	Kayleigh Stanford; CeCi Hughes
Oct–Dec 1984	$2.5M comp; Danforth $150M	Hancock	Chelsea nanny; Saint Martin; Violet pact

CTL6 chronology (through ch 38)¶

Span	Work / school	Residence	Relationship / plot notes
Jan 1985	Spurgeon exit war; Insider Club trap	Hancock; Violet moved in	55/45 Helios deal; Clermont planned Sept 1
Feb–Mar 1985	Client roadshow; S&L shorts	Hancock	Tabitha wedding; Gulf money; ~$450M AUM
Apr–May 1985	Helios May 1; Clermont 40th floor	Hancock	Yūsuke Global; Ateljé D building buy; Sept 1 discipline pact
May 8–19, 1985	Clermont hires (Rawlins, Rice, Weiss); S&L cover	Hancock; Dallas; San Francisco	Singh poaching; Kayleigh Top of the Mark; Chelsea pregnancy disclosed
May 20, 1985	Fed 50 bp cut; SNR client meeting; SF client calls	San Francisco (Mark Hopkins)	Noel SNR pitch violation; Katherine Hamburg F&F + intimacy; Mei-Li family restaurant