| 1864 | Halloween sees a third child—and second son—born to the Hart family of Dorset. Gregory John Hart arrives with relative ease, and is not a particularly demanding infant.
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| 1869 | His first act of magic sees Gregory reassemble his sister’s dollhouse. The fact that he had been the one to accidentally destroy it seems, in his mind, altogether irrelevant, under the circumstances. This is also the year that his sister, Beatrice, is born, making Greg no longer the literal or figurative baby of the family.
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| 1873 | Honour is born.
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| 1876 | Gregory joins his older siblings at Hogwarts, where he is sorted into Ravenclaw. This is rather a surprise to him and likely his family, as he had never been the most diligent pupil while in the care of the Harts’ governess. Learning magic, though, immediately strikes the lad as much more interesting than learning French, and the more hands-on courses swiftly ignite a deep curiosity. This is also the year that Simeon, the youngest of the Hart children, is born—given their mother’s age, it is correctly assumed that he will be the last addition to the family.
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| 1877 - 1883 | As he continues his studies, what was believed to be a boundless ball of energy and not much sense proves to be actually quite bright—when properly challenged, and when allowed to pursue his interests. He does not even try out for the quidditch team, instead adding a full roster of elective courses (Earth Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, and Ghoul Studies) in his third year.
During his years at Hogwarts, Greg is eventually abandoned left by his elder siblings and joined by Beatrice. His years at the castle pass by otherwise unremarkably.
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| 1883 | Upon graduation, he accompanies his father and his elder brother on a four-month tour of the continent before settling into hell a Ministry desk job procured for him by his father in the Improper Use of Magic office.
He hates it.
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| 1884 - 1887 | By day, Gregory works a job he hates; by night, he carouses with the best of them, developing a reputation as a bit of a rake (never too dire, of course!). He’s young, he has oats to sow! He chooses to take up residence of Excalibur, but sketches elaborate magical homes he would much rather live in.
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| 1884 - 1889 | By day, Gregory works a job he hates; by night, he carouses with the best of them, developing a reputation as a bit of a rake (never too dire, of course!). He’s young, he has oats to sow! He chooses to take up residence of Excalibur, but sketches elaborate magical homes he would much rather live in.
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| 1890 | New Year, New Me: Gregory rather dramatically quits his job (“dramatically”:: he declares to his friends he would rather die than work there another day. In reality, he simply resigned in the usual way). He expects this to shock, or even anger, his father, but Rupert Sr. simply admits he’s surprised Greg lasted so long in the Ministry. Apparently, everyone in the family knew how miserable he was about it and expected he would just do something and then he didn’t. He feels like a bit of an idiot.
By late summer, he has found his solution: he begins apprenticing with a magical architecture firm.
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| 1891 | His father suffers a heart attack while staying at the Sanditon Resort—ironically, the day before it is hit by a storm. He passes, leaving Rupert the Younger with a great deal of responsibility for his mother and sisters, Simeon with inheritance when he comes of age, and Gregory with… a larger inheritance than he expected, actually.
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| 1894 | With his thirtieth birthday slated for later in the year, Gregory knows he will be “homeless” soon as per the rules of Excalibur. With this in mind, he checks in with his man of business to begin working out the logistics of acquiring a proper house… only to be met with excuse after excuse. Something is not right.
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