Views of the Flow of Time

At the base level, we can look at the events just as they occurred in the "Present" of the series we are taking part in.

One step up is the view of the larger picture, or how all the events relate to each other and the flow of history.

And finally, we can step even further back, so as to see how the events of this story align with the settings and stories of other pieces of fiction, to give perspective.