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3.3 Base Ages on Day Zero

3.3 Base Ages on Day Zero

These ages are the calculation source. The age shown in text must be derived from them according to the plot month. If a character has no locked Day Zero age, or if born after Day Zero with no locked birth month, do not build an entrance chapter for them until it is locked here.

CharacterAge on Day ZeroStart Part 3, Month 22End Part 3, Month 27End Part 4, Month 33End Part 5, Month 47End Part 6, Month 65End Part 7, Month 83Note
Lexa3738y 10m39y 3m39y 9m40y 11m42y 5m43y 11mDay Zero 37, in Chapter 1 she is already 38, and in Part 3 she turns / has already turned 39.
Clarke3536y 10m37y 3m37y 9m38y 11m40y 5m41y 11m
Nancy2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Robin2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Steve2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Emma3536y 10m37y 3m37y 9m38y 11m40y 5m41y 11m
Regina4344y 10m45y 3m45y 9m46y 11m48y 5m49y 11m
Alex Vause4041y 10m42y 3m42y 9m43y 11m45y 5m46y 11m
Piper3738y 10m39y 3m39y 9m40y 11m42y 5m43y 11m
Raven3536y 10m37y 3m37y 9m38y 11m40y 5m41y 11m
Henry1011y 10m12y 3m12y 9m13y 11m15y 5m16y 11mHe cannot remain 11 throughout Part 3. By Day Zero scale he is almost 12 at the start of Part 3.
Theonot born1y 1m1y 6m2y3y 2m4y 8m6y 2mBorn around Month 9 after Day Zero. In Chapter 29 / Vauseman meeting he is about 10 months old. Alex and Piper deliver him, his biological mother dies near the birth, and they raise him from the first moment.
Rachel1920y 10m21y 3m21y 9m22y 11m24y 5m25y 11mBecomes pregnant in Chapter 76, around Month 25-26 after Day Zero.
Finn1920y 10m21y 3m21y 9m22y 11m24y 5m25y 11m
Kurt Hummel19dies in the first month after Day ZerodeaddeaddeaddeaddeadFinn and Rachel's first core person on Day Zero. His death in Chapter 36 is the source of the future baby Kurt's name.
Sara Lance3839y 10m40y 3m40y 9m41y 11m43y 5m44y 11m
Ava Sharpe4041y 10m42y 3m42y 9m43y 11m45y 5m46y 11m
Nate3940y 10m41y 3m41y 9m42y 11m44y 5m45y 11mDies in Part 5.
Gideon4041y 10m42y 3m42y 9m43y 11m45y 5m46y 11m
Ray3839y 10m40y 3m40y 9m41y 11m43y 5m44y 11m
Nora3839y 10m40y 3m40y 9m41y 11m43y 5m44y 11m
Zari3738y 10m39y 3m39y 9m40y 11m42y 5m43y 11m
Astra3839y 10m40y 3m40y 9m41y 11m43y 5m44y 11m
Spooner3738y 10m39y 3m39y 9m40y 11m42y 5m43y 11m
Seth1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11mDies at the opening of Part 6, after Part 5.
Summer1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11mDies at the opening of Part 6, after Part 5.
Shelby1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11m
Toni1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11m
Mike1415y 10m16y 3m16y 9m17y 11m19y 5m20y 11m
Max1415y 10m16y 3m16y 9m17y 11m19y 5m20y 11m
Eleven1415y 10m16y 3m16y 9m17y 11m19y 5m20y 11m
Will1415y 10m16y 3m16y 9m17y 11m19y 5m20y 11m
Dustin1415y 10m16y 3m16y 9m17y 11m19y 5m20y 11m
Lucas1415y 10m16y 3m16y 9m17y 11m19y 5m20y 11m
Erica1213y 10m14y 3m14y 9m15y 11m17y 5m18y 11m
Nico1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11m
Karolina1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11m
Gert1718y 10m19y 3m19y 9m20y 11m22y 5m23y 11m
Molly1314y 10m15y 3m15y 9m16y 11m18y 5m19y 11m
Castle4546y 10m47y 3m47y 9m48y 11m50y 5m51y 11m
Kate3940y 10m41y 3m41y 9m42y 11m44y 5m45y 11m
Alexis2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Lily45y 10m6y 3m6y 9m7y 11m9y 5m10y 11m
Jake and Reece12y 10m3y 3m3y 9m4y 11m6y 5m7y 11mAccording to Theo's new canon, they are about one year and nine months older than him, not nine months.
Kurtnot bornnot bornnot bornnot bornabout 1y to 1y 1m, born early in Part 5about 2y 6m to 2y 8mabout 4Born in Part 5, around Month 34-35 after Day Zero.
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