PREMISE
Game starts in December 1942; 7th years: August 1924-July 1925; 6th years: August 1925-July 1926; 5th years: August 1926-July 1927, etc.
SEP 1938: Tom Riddle's 1st year. Minerva McGonagall's 2nd year. (Tom Riddle is sorted into Slytherin and learns about the Chamber of Secrets, decides to find and open it.)
SEP 1939: Tom Riddle's 2nd year. Minerva McGonagall's 3rd year.
SEP 1940: Tom Riddle's 3rd year. Minerva McGonagall's 4th year. Rubeus Hagrid's 1st year.
SEP 1941: Tom Riddle's 4th year. Minerva McGonagall's 5th year. Rubeus Hagrid's 2nd year. (Rubeus Hagrid acquires Aragog the Acromantula. Rubeus Hagrid's father passes away.)
DEC 1941: The Japs attack Pearl Harbor.
MAY 1942: Bilius Weasley, 22, dies at the hand of Gellert Grindelwald.
SEP 1942: Tom Riddle's 5th year. Minerva McGonagall's 6th year. Rubeus Hagrid's 3rd year. (He becomes a prefect and learns the location of the Chamber)
DEC 1942: Game Starts Now.MAY 1943: Tom Riddle figures out how to open the Chamber of Secrets. (Typically, this would be the year Tom took his OWLs, but Myrtle Morgen dies and exams are cancelled.)
JUN 1943: Rubeus Hagrid is accused of opening the Chamber and releasing the monster; he releases Aragog into the Forbidden Forest and is expelled. Dumbledore convinces Headmaster Dippet to keep him on as gamekeeper. Tom receives his Award for Special Services to the School.
JUL 1943: Tom Riddle visits his uncle, Morfin Gaunt and steals his grandfather's ring. He murders his father and grandparents in Little Hangleton and frames Morfin Gaunt for the acts. Morfin is taken to Azkaban prison.
SEP 1943: Tom Riddle's 6th year. Minerva McGonagall's 7th year. He asks Horace Slughorn about Horcruxes. Using his first murders, he creates his first horcrux from his diary.
SEP 1944: Tom Riddle's 7th year. He is made Head Boy and creates his nickname "Lord Voldemort".
MAY 1945: Tom Riddle takes his NEWTs.
JUN 1945: Tom Riddle applies for a teaching job at Hogwarts, but he is too young and he works at Borgin and Burkes instead.
AUG 1945: World War II ends.
??? 1947: Tom Riddle kills Hepzibah Smith and frames her house-elf, Hokey. He steals objects of hers, including Slytherin's locket and Hufflepuff's cup, and makes Horcruxes from them. He disappears for 10 years, delving into the Dark Arts. During these ten years, he creates his remaining horcruxes.
