-12YR
The Minion Island incident occurs.
Rosinante survives and is put under house arrest until the details of the MII can become more clear (they do not). Because of the threat posed by Doflamingo, Rosi’s survival is made classified information.
Adopted by Sengoku, Drake (19) joins the marines.
Smoker (22) and Hina (20) enlist and all three meet.
-11YR
Rosi (26) follows Drake (20) in his transfer to the East Blue for training, and the two live together in base housing.
Drake and Smoker (23) fail to launch.
Drake and Rosi sleep together
-10YR
Sabo’s (10) ship is destroyed by a Celestial Dragon and he is saved by the revolutionary army.
-9YR
Rosinante (28) accepts a clerical position in SWORD and transfers out of the East Blue to an unknown location.
Lind is scouted by SWORD.
-7YR
Sabo (13) meets Koala (14).
Smoker (27) and Drake (24) begin a relationship, but often spend months apart due to differences in location via work.
-5YR
After the death of the previous head, Rosinante (32) inherits the position of director of SWORD.
-4YR
Sabo (16) meets Lind (28), who joins the revolutionary army and the two begin working together.
-3YR
Law (21) meets Captain Diez (28) and is saved from death via poison thanks to his assistance.
Ace (17) strikes out and forms the Spade Pirates.
Sabo (17) jumps Lind (29) and the two form a mating bond.
-2YR
Drake (29) is inducted into SWORD and “defects”.
Lind (30) joins Drake’s crew.
Law (22) begins his pirate career in earnest.
Drake sleeps with Law, accidentally triggering a mating bond.
The two pirate captains cross paths several times, culminating in the start of an alliance that benefits them both. Drake’s crew is provided with a high degree of medical care, while the Heart’s received foodstuffs, blood for the medical wing, and if needed, extra muscle.
Drake and Lind start a relationship.
The polycule begins.
-1YR
Ace (19) joins the Whitebeard Pirates.
Under the weight of Law's near-fanatical devotion to Rosinante's mission to kill Doflamingo, aware the other is willing to die for the cause, Drake (30) can no longer keep the secret from Law (23) any further and reveals not only that is he still a marine, but that Rosinante (36) is still alive.
Rosi is contacted and Law is allowed to speak with him—a date and location is chosen for the two to meet in person.