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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
Lexa3435y 10m36y 3m36y 9m37y 11m39y 5m40y 11mDay Zero 34. Exact pre-collapse career durations require reconciliation; no unapproved replacement history.
Clarke3334y 10m35y 3m35y 9m36y 11m38y 5m39y 11m
Nancy2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Robin2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Steve2324y 10m25y 3m25y 9m26y 11m28y 5m29y 11m
Emma3233y 10m34y 3m34y 9m35y 11m37y 5m38y 11m
Regina4041y 10m42y 3m42y 9m43y 11m45y 5m46y 11m
Alex Vause3738y 10m39y 3m39y 9m40y 11m42y 5m43y 11m
Piper3435y 10m36y 3m36y 9m37y 11m39y 5m40y 11m
Raven3334y 10m35y 3m35y 9m36y 11m38y 5m39y 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 Chapter086, 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 Lance3536y 10m37y 3m37y 9m38y 11m40y 5m41y 11m
Ava Sharpe3839y 10m40y 3m40y 9m41y 11m43y 5m44y 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.

| Anya | 37 | 38y 10m | 39y 3m | 39y 9m | 40y 11m | 42y 5m | 43y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Maya Bishop | 34 | 35y 10m | 36y 3m | 36y 9m | 37y 11m | 39y 5m | 40y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Carina DeLuca | 36 | 37y 10m | 38y 3m | 38y 9m | 39y 11m | 41y 5m | 42y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Casey Gardner | 19 | 20y 10m | 21y 3m | 21y 9m | 22y 11m | 24y 5m | 25y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Izzie Taylor | 19 | 20y 10m | 21y 3m | 21y 9m | 22y 11m | 24y 5m | 25y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Sam Gardner | 21 | 22y 10m | 23y 3m | 23y 9m | 24y 11m | 26y 5m | 27y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Paige Hardaway | 21 | 22y 10m | 23y 3m | 23y 9m | 24y 11m | 26y 5m | 27y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Matt Saracen | 25 | 26y 10m | 27y 3m | 27y 9m | 28y 11m | 30y 5m | 31y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Julie Taylor | 25 | 26y 10m | 27y 3m | 27y 9m | 28y 11m | 30y 5m | 31y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Jack Carter | 42 | 43y 10m | 44y 3m | 44y 9m | 45y 11m | 47y 5m | 48y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Jo Lupo | 38 | 39y 10m | 40y 3m | 40y 9m | 41y 11m | 43y 5m | 44y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Zoe Carter | 22 | 23y 10m | 24y 3m | 24y 9m | 25y 11m | 27y 5m | 28y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Sarah Walker | 36 | 37y 10m | 38y 3m | 38y 9m | 39y 11m | 41y 5m | 42y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Chuck Bartowski | 37 | 38y 10m | 39y 3m | 39y 9m | 40y 11m | 42y 5m | 43y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Joey Potter | 25 | 26y 10m | 27y 3m | 27y 9m | 28y 11m | 30y 5m | 31y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Pacey Witter | 25 | 26y 10m | 27y 3m | 27y 9m | 28y 11m | 30y 5m | 31y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Callie Torres | 38 | 39y 10m | 40y 3m | 40y 9m | 41y 11m | 43y 5m | 44y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Arizona Robbins | 39 | 40y 10m | 41y 3m | 41y 9m | 42y 11m | 44y 5m | 45y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Sofia | 10 | 11y 10m | 12y 3m | 12y 9m | 13y 11m | 15y 5m | 16y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Mark (child) | 4 | 5y 10m | 6y 3m | 6y 9m | 7y 11m | 9y 5m | 10y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Timothy | 4 | 5y 10m | 6y 3m | 6y 9m | 7y 11m | 9y 5m | 10y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Cosima Niehaus | 30 | 31y 10m | 32y 3m | 32y 9m | 33y 11m | 35y 5m | 36y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Delphine Cormier | 34 | 35y 10m | 36y 3m | 36y 9m | 37y 11m | 39y 5m | 40y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Lois Lane | 39 | 40y 10m | 41y 3m | 41y 9m | 42y 11m | 44y 5m | 45y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Clark Kent | 40 | 41y 10m | 42y 3m | 42y 9m | 43y 11m | 45y 5m | 46y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Rose Kent | 5 | 6y 10m | 7y 3m | 7y 9m | 8y 11m | 10y 5m | 11y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Sophie Kent | 8 | 9y 10m | 10y 3m | 10y 9m | 11y 11m | 13y 5m | 14y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Root | 38 | 39y 10m | 40y 3m | 40y 9m | 41y 11m | 43y 5m | 44y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Shaw | 38 | 39y 10m | 40y 3m | 40y 9m | 41y 11m | 43y 5m | 44y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Lucy Tara | 33 | 34y 10m | 35y 3m | 35y 9m | 36y 11m | 38y 5m | 39y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Kate Whistler | 35 | 36y 10m | 37y 3m | 37y 9m | 38y 11m | 40y 5m | 41y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Catra | 18 | 19y 10m | 20y 3m | 20y 9m | 21y 11m | 23y 5m | 24y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Adora | 16 | 17y 10m | 18y 3m | 18y 9m | 19y 11m | 21y 5m | 22y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Veronica Mars | 32 | 33y 10m | 34y 3m | 34y 9m | 35y 11m | 37y 5m | 38y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Logan Echolls | 33 | 34y 10m | 35y 3m | 35y 9m | 36y 11m | 38y 5m | 39y 11m | Day Zero age; physical arrival governed by section 3.8. | | Dina Velez | 28 | 29y 10m | 30y 3m | 30y 9m | 31y 11m | 33y 5m | dies in Part 7 Chapter205 | Dock worker, recurring from Part 6 Chapter167. | | Imani Okoro | 39 | 40y 10m | 41y 3m | 41y 9m | 42y 11m | 44y 5m | dies in Part 7 Chapter205 | Returns with base/security group in Part 6 Chapter158; works gate and low-housing evacuation. | | Rafi Haddad | 44 | 45y 10m | 46y 3m | 46y 9m | 47y 11m | 49y 5m | dies in Part 7 Chapter205 | Farm pump maintenance, recurring from Part 6 Chapter179. | | Mara | 4 | 5y 10m | 6y 3m | 6y 9m | 7y 11m | 9y 5m | about 10y 8m to 10y 11m at Chapter209–212 | Arrives with a post-flood rescue convoy around Month80–83; provisional care becomes Clarke/Lexa's household through repeated consent, not a cure for Part6 injury. |

Age-column month fractions are planning offsets from the Day Zero baseline, not invented birthdays. An age calculation does not establish physical presence or survival beyond a locked death. Sarah/Chuck's three unnamed children are 4, 5 and 6 on Day Zero; no fourth child is retained. Izzy is 3 on Day Zero. Grace and the bus children without approved ages remain open.

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