I want to apologize that in the rush of excitement to post the first chapter, I forgot to indicate the date of when it took place. I can't correct that now without losing all the comments - which I enjoy too much re-reading , so I am making this correction now, the first chapter took place in 354BC.
Now, despite this story being mostly AU, I'd like to follow the main timelines and events (that we know of); as usual inventing my own to fill the too numerous gaps. For me personally, knowing the age of the main characters is rather important. Unfortunately, many of them are not known and could be anybody's guess and approximate estimate (this tautology is on purpose….).
I don't know if it will be helpful, but I made a list for my story with approximate dates of birth for the main characters. The alphabetical list is below, it is rather long but all the people mentioned will be part of my story:
Alexander – 356 BC
Amyntas IV, nephew of King Philip – 365 BC
Amyntor, father of Hephaistion – 383 BC (his age is anybody's guess, I made him a year older that Philip, following Alexander/Hephaistion pattern)
Antigonus the One Eyed – 382 BC
Antipater – 398 BC
Aristotle – 384 BC
Arrhidaeus – 358 BC
Artabazus – 389 BC
Artaxerxes III – 425 BC
Attalus – 390 BC
Barsine, daughter of Artabazus – 363 BC
Black Kleitos – 375 BC
Cassander – 350 BC
Coenus – 360 BC
Darius III – 380 BC
Erigyius – 360 BC
Eumenes – 362 BC
Hector, son of Parmenion – 352 BC
Hephaistion – 357 BC
Krateros – 370 BC
Larisa (Parmenion's daughter) – 358 BC (this is my supposition but it fits with the ages of her brothers)
Leonnatos – 356 BC
Lysimachus – 360 BC
Mazaeus – 385 BC
Memnon of Rhodes – 380 BC
Mentor of Rhodes – 385 BC
Nearchos – 360 BC
Nicanor, son of Parmenion – 357 BC
Olympias – 375 BC
Parmenion – 400 BC
Philip II – 382 BC
Philotas – 362 BC
Ptolemy – 367 BC
Perdiccas – 357 BC
Polyperchon – 394 BC
Theophrastus (father of botany) – 371 BC