Quote Originally Posted by treuhavik View Post
Events occur in the order in which patch they were released. So, canonically, the level 50 culinarian quest happened long before the events of 2.55.
Basically, yes.

I mean, the problem with all of this is that the moment you complete "Before the Dawn", you should not be allowed to re-enter Ul'Dah, plus they would have to make six temporary guilds in Coerthas or something to that effect.