An Eorzean Timeline - Reborn

[Anonymoose]

I wonder what the actual elapsed Eorzean time is between updates?

One the game begins, time enters The Simpsons Bubble and stops moving in any logical way; this is because time can't progress to any degree that would make the game inconsistent for a player that's going to start in 2017. For established players, the imperial soldiers are all still just hanging around at the castrums even though their Legatus is dead, leaving it to us to say, "Well, I guess they just have nowhere else to go. The XIVth came here alone, after all, and Garlemald is now (we're told) in civil war!" That could be true, but it's also true that newer players just need them there for consistency.

Because of this, you can (probably) make the assumption that we will never leave the current year behind us officially. The 5th Year of the Seventh Umbral Era is (likely) just also known as The 1st Year of the Seventh Astral Era, and that's our bubble. You can play with the rules by going through time like FFXI did, but otherwise you're (generally) stuck with this limitation in the world lore. There's a little bit of relativity - a few turns of the sun here - a few turns of the moon there - but even if this game is out for another decade, we probably won't be seeing Maggie to high school (without time travel).

I really wished we had days of the week in-game.

Based on the Five Ages, the eight days of the week are aspected towards the six elements and two polarities, and the list begins (like the months) at ice, so I've just been saying Iceday, Watersday, Windsday, Thundersday Firesday, Earthsday, Astralsday, Umbralsday - lol.

[NoloeTazier]

Based on the Five Ages, the eight days of the week are aspected towards the six elements and two polarities, and the list begins (like the months) at ice, so I've just been saying Iceday, Watersday, Windsday, Thundersday Firesday, Earthsday, Astralsday, Umbralsday - lol.

Yeah this is why I wished we had official days, Five Ages laid everything out just up to SE to implement it all.

[Valsharess]

Usually I'm not one to delve into an MMORPG's lore too much, but the timeline has definitely piqued my interest. The effort and time put into it is much appreciated!

[NoloeTazier]

Updated with a couple of Little Ladies' Day lore bombs. The 3 blades of the founding Sultansworn were Curtana, Joyeuse, and Durandal. Given to them by the first Sultan Sasagan Ul Sisigan. Speculated that the founding Sultansworn were a Lalafell, a Hyur and a Roegadyn based on the dolls.

[Anonymoose]

USpeculated that the founding Sultansworn were a Lalafell, a Hyur and a Roegadyn based on the dolls.

Suppose that makes it pretty easy to identify Jhal Tristram the True, lol.

Three copies of Oathkeeper, each given to the first Paladins. Tristram with Curtana, and now we know for sure Joyeuse and Durandal are the others.

Can't wait to see the others. This is a really well-made event.

[NoloeTazier]

Suppose that makes it pretty easy to identify Jhal Tristram the True, lol.

Three copies of Oathkeeper, each given to the first Paladins. Tristram with Curtana, and now we know for sure Joyeuse and Durandal are the others.

Can't wait to see the others. This is a really well-made event.

Agreed and more Lore to come as more dolls are revealed. Balmung has the first of the Twin Bows revealed right now, hopefully the second comes soon. Odd to me since you don't really see Ul'dah using Archers.

Also I wonder if it's a connection or a coincidence for it to be a Lalafell, Roeg, and Hyur then we have Papashan, Solkzagyl, and Jenlyns.

[Fenral]

One the game begins, time enters The Simpsons Bubble and stops moving in any logical way; this is because time can't progress to any degree that would make the game inconsistent for a player that's going to start in 2017.

I'm not entirely sure about that, actually. Story-wise, we're prepping to enter a city-state surrounded by optional quests that explain why they won't open their gates, which, one assumes, players will be able to complete even after Ishgard opens its gates.

Following Simpsons' logic, remnants of the Ishgardian and Dravanian factions will never truly stop fighting, persecution of heretics will continue unabated, and the Ascians can never be defeated because that would interfere with the SMN Job quests and that first set of EX Primal quests. And so on. It's shaping up to be a pretty uneventful expansion, isn't it?

[melflomil]

Not sure if you did coils but you can put in the Year 0 what really happened to Bahumut.

[RolandDebreton]

Not sure if you did coils but you can put in the Year 0 what really happened to Bahumut.

This would be tough to do on a general lore timeline. That information would be quite spoilery to someone new lol.

[Urthdigger]

They could do those quests the way FFXI did, where certain quests had different cutscenes depending on progress in other quests.