THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PROMPTO ARGENTUM
below is a comprehensive list of the timeline of prompto’s life, both before and after canon. information is taken directly from either the official timeline on the ffxv wiki or from my own personal headcanons.
OCTOBER 25TH, M.E. 735 - PROMPTO ARGENTUM is born in niflheim, a clone of the mad scientist verstael besithia, and designed to be a magitek trooper for the empire. he is given a serial barcode for identification and inventory purpose.
MAY 3RD, M.E. 736 - PROMPTO ARGENTUM is taken by lucian spies from the magitek trooper creation facility. he is given to a family in insomnia, and raised as human for the rest of his life. with absentee parents, the boy is often left to his own devices, and wonders if it was his fault they’re never around. although he doesn’t remember his origins, he’s always been cognizant of his barcode, taking special effort to hide it. he was painfully shy and lonely as a child, and his appearance never much helped in that regard, being overweight and wearing glasses.
UNKNOWN DATE, M.E. 748 - LUNAFREYA NOX FLEURET sends her dog pryna to find noctis, but instead, PROMPTO ARGENTUM wanders upon the injured animal. taking care of the dog’s injury, it is later sent back with a letter for him from lady lunafreya. she asks that prompto become noctis’ friend, as he doesn’t socialize much with his peers, asking that he remain ‘ever at his side’. this jumpstarts prompto’s desire to change, and so he does, forming an over-exaggerated personality, eating better, and going for runs more often. he keeps her letter as motivation, wanting to be worthy of being noctis’ friend.
UNKNOWN DATE, M.E. 751 - NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM befriends PROMPTO ARGENTUM in high school. they’re fast friends, and stay friends for a long time.
MAY 16TH AND 17TH, M.E. 756 - NOCTIS, IGNIS, GLADIO, AND PROMPTO set out for altissia to bring noctis to his marriage of LUNAFREYA NOX FLEURET. however, insomnia falls that night, and the headlines break the news the next morning. they stand over the hill looking on the smoking ruins of insomnia, the crown city.
JUNE 27TH, M.E. 756 - LADY LUNAFREYA NOX FLEURET is killed following the summoning of the leviathan in altissia. ignis has gone blind from using the ring of the lucii. hope seems to be lost to most everyone.
JUNE 28TH-JUNE 31ST, M.E. 756 - PROMPTO ARGENTUM is pushed off of the train heading through imperial territory. he is brought to the magitek facility where he was created, and comes face to face with horrors unknown to man. he meets his creator, verstael, and kills him when he begins to transform into a daemon. after fleeing, he struggles with his newfound knowledge of self. wanting to rid himself of his barcode, prompto burns his wrist with a log from the fire. aranea is able to reverse some of the damage with a curative, but it leaves a nasty scar. after defeating verstael’s machines, he makes his way to gralea, intent in reuniting with noctis and company, only to be captured and tortured by ardyn as bait.
JUNE 31ST, M.E. 756 - NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM is taken into the crystal to absorb its power, IGNIS, GLADIO, and PROMPTO are left behind for the next ten years.
NOVEMBER 2ND, M.E. 766 - NOCTIS LUCIS CAELUM sacrifices himself to defeat ardyn and dispel the starscourge he created. IGNIS, GLADIO, and PROMPTO defeat daemons until the sun comes up again.
DECEMBER 10TH, M.E. 766 - THE CROWNSGUARD AND KINGSGLAIVE are formally disbanded, as there is no need for a royal guard with no royalty. lucis mourns, and so does prompto. he fulfills his dream of becoming a profession photographer.
MARCH 23RD, M.E. 768 - PROMPTO ARGENTUM’S first photography exhibit is held in insomnia. it draws a large crowd, as he’s become known for his skill and passion with photography. many shots feature the sights he saw before the world went dark, nature, towns, various areas of lucis. he garners quite a name for himself.
AUGUST 29TH, M.E. 770 - PROMPTO ARGENTUM’S body and health begin to fail him in subtle ways. he has known since gralea that he was expendable, and designed to be that way. finally, he is able to visit noctis’ tomb on his own. he leaves flowers often, and stays in contact with ignis and gladio. he is never quite as happy as he was all those years ago.
NOVEMBER 2ND, M.E. 771 - PROMPTO ARGENTUM visits the tomb of the last king of lucis. he’s created a scrapbook of the pictures and memories he made with his best friends. IGNIS and GLADIO receive a copy, too. the only picture he never duplicated was the one noctis took with him five years ago. he leaves the photo album near noctis’ grave, and thanks him for all the memories they’ve shared. over the years, he grows in his noteriety as a photographer, and has several more exhibits over the next 11 years. his works are often bought by the rich of lucis, and he’s able to pursue his passion in comfort. due to growing aches and pains, he falls out of the habit of his daily runs, and begins to experience growing fatigue, as well as the occasional seizure.
OCTOBER 27TH, M.E. 782 - PROMPTO is doing well for himself in photography, he’s had several famous exhibits, and has made quite a name for himself. he makes time for his friends, he visits those who don’t linger in insomnia, and moves on as much as he can. his health is waning, he’s been stricken with arthritis in late years, and finds it hard to do the very thing he loves. if it came to it, he’s made enough selling his works to life whatever remains of his life in peace. for the next few years, he travels as much as he can, dedicating whatever remains of his life to the creation of his final photography exhibit. he retires at age 47 to his apartment in insomnia, and remains relatively quiet for the whatever remains of his life. the seizures continue, and as often as they can, he meets up with IGNIS and GLADIO.
NOVEMBER 8TH, M.E. 787 - RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER PROMPTO ARGENTUM FOUND DEAD IN HIS APARTMENT, the headline breaks a few days later. he died in his sleep, a seizure, the coroner said. his expendable life had reached its limit, he was lucky to get the years he did, all 52 of them. he died with no regrets, and was proud of the life he lived. he is not survived by any children or lovers, or any remaining family. he was a beloved friend, crownsguard, and icon with the world of photography. he is buried in a quiet graveyard, and his life is left to history.
