The Thirteenth's time line flow (POSSIBLE SPOILERS)

[Alleluia]

The first actual calamity was roughly a million years ago (Eorzean time) per the Encyclopedia Eorzea.

Can I have a link for that? Cus my Encyclopedia Eorzea does not say that. It mentions a "thousand thousand years" that precede the first calamity?

[Eloah]

Can I have a link for that? Cus my Encyclopedia Eorzea does not say that. It mentions a "thousand thousand years" that precede the first calamity?

A thousand thousand is a million (1000x1000=1000000), so he's probably using that as a jumping off point since it's really the only time frame we have. Even tne book states the first calamity wasn't fully identified until like the 6th Umbral era. The main history we know is only about 1572 years or so. And we know that some of the eras that proceed the 6th Astral Era are thousands of years prior to that.

[Iscah]

A thousand thousand is a million (1000x1000=1000000)

A "thousand thousand" is also used poetically in the game to mean a large but non-specific number. And to "precede" is to come before. Therefore, the span of time prior to the first calamity, which at the point of writing was a mystery.

The exact line is speculating the "evolution of [mankind] in the thousand thousand years preceding the first calamity", so setting up the question of an evolutionary vs mythical origin for the human races - although in this case the mythical seems to have won out.

[Eloah]

A "thousand thousand" is also used poetically in the game to mean a large but non-specific number. And to "precede" is to come before. Therefore, the span of time prior to the first calamity, which at the point of writing was a mystery.

The exact line is speculating the "evolution of [mankind] in the thousand thousand years preceding the first calamity", so setting up the question of an evolutionary vs mythical origin for the human races - although in this case the mythical seems to have won out.

I am aware, I was updating my response to better fit what I was actually trying to imply. Instead of just trying to look "smart" but showcasing how ill informed I was.

Updating in a phone is not fun, T.T