*Spoilers* Questions about Shadowbringers

[Iscah]

I think the issue is that you're trying to define the variable text from quest completion as an in-universe manipulation of time, where I don't see any reason to view it as anything more than an out-of-universe gameplay contrivance. It allows for an established sequence of events and character growth without forcing the players to complete every quest along the way, and without taking the route of telling the player "remember when X happened" if they haven't done X.