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1944 – The Peregrine organizes a strike force composed
of Revenant, Frankenstein’s Monster, Catalyst and Esper. The group is known as
The Claws of the Peregrine and they take part in two notable adventures in this
year: against the diabolical Mr. Dee and then later against an alliance between
Doctor Satan and the Warlike Manchu ["The Diabolical Mr. Dee" and "A
Plague of Wicked Men", The Peregrine Volume Two].

 

1946 – The Peregrine discovers that Adolph Hitler is
still alive and has become a vampire in service to Dracula. In an attempt to
stop the villains from using the Holy Lance to take over the world, the
Peregrine allies with the Claws of the Peregrine, a time traveler named Jenny
Everywhere, a thief called Belladonna and Leonid Kaslov. The villains are
defeated and Max’s future is revealed to still be in doubt. Events shown from
2006 on are just a possible future. The Peregrine also has several encounters
with a demonically powered killer known as Stickman. ["The Devil's
Spear," The Peregrine Volume Two]. The Peregrine encounters a madman named
Samuel Garibaldi (aka Rainman) and his ally, Dr. Gottlieb Hochmuller. The
Peregrine and his Claws team defeat the villainous duo and several new heroes
join the ranks of the Claws team — Miss Masque, Black Terror & Tim and The
Flame. [“The Ivory Machine,” The Peregrine Volume Two

 

1953 – The Peregrine acquires the Looking Glass from Lu
Chang. ["Black Mass," The Peregrine Volume One]

 

1961 – Max’s son William becomes the second Peregrine.
["The Four Peregrines," The Peregrine Volume Two]

 

1967 – The second Peregrine battles and defeats the
Warlike Manchu, who is in possession of the Mayan Tablet that Doctor Satan
coveted in ’43. Evelyn Davies dies. ["The Four Peregrines," The
Peregrine Volume Two]

 

1970 – William Davies (the second Peregrine) commits
suicide by jumping from a Manhattan rooftop. Emma Davies (Max’s daughter and
William’s sister) becomes the Peregrine one week later, in February. ["The
Four Peregrines," The Peregrine Volume Two]

 

1973 – The third Peregrine is accompanied by Kayla
Kaslov (daughter of Leonid Kaslov) on a trip to Brazil, where the two women
defeat the Black Annis and claim the Mayan Tablet that’s popped up over the
course of three decades. Emma gives it to her father, who in turn passes it on
to Catalyst (Nathaniel Caine) ["The Four Peregrines," The Peregrine
Volume Two]

 

~1985 – Max resumes operating as the Peregrine,
adventuring sporadically. Due to various magical events, he remains far more
active than most men his age. The reasons for Emma giving up the role are
unknown at this time.

 

Events depicted in the years 2006 forward occur in one
of many possible futures for The Peregrine. As revealed in Volume Two of The
Peregrine Chronicles, the events of 2006 onward may — or may not — be the
ultimate future of Max Davies.

 

2006 – The Black Mass Barrier rises, enveloping the
world in a magical field. The World of Shadows merges with Earth. Fiona Grace
(descended from Eobard) becomes a worldwide celebrity, partially due to her
failure to stop the Black Mass Barrier. ["Black Mass," The Peregrine
Volume One]

 

2009 – Ian Morris meets Max Davies and becomes the new
Peregrine. He meets Fiona Grace. Max dies at some point immediately following
this. ["Black Mass," The Peregrine Volume One]

 

2010 – The Ian Morris Peregrine and Fiona Grace deal
with the threat of Baron Samedi ["The Curse of Baron Samedi," The
Peregrine Volume Three]

 

2012 – The fourth Peregrine (Ian Morris) receives the
Mayan Tablet from Catalyst, who tells him that the world will end on December
21, 2012 unless something is done. Using the tablet, Ian attempts to take
control of the magic spell that will end the world. Aided by the spirits of the
three previous Peregrines, he succeeds, though it costs him his life. He is
survived by his lover (Fiona Grace) and their unborn child. Max Davies is
reborn as a man in his late twenties and becomes the Peregrine again. ["The
Four Peregrines," The Peregrine Volume Two]

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