Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
Sadly, time flow in this game is a VERY confusing thing, and I believe only Alexander knows how everything works. Though somebody had a theory that may explain it...the Exarch's time jump wasn't just through time, but also space/dimension.

If you assume the timeline follows the rule of "You went back in time because you were supposed to in order to cause these events to happen", then we have a lot of stable time loops, nothing contradicting itself. With the exception of the Exarch, every other time travel method has followed this. Summoners of Alex go back and time and give birth to the tribe that eventually leads to his summoning, us going back in time to save ourselves from the laser attack in Alex raids, us traveling to Elpis which sets in motion the events that lead to the Final Days and the Sundering, etc. The Exarch...doesn't match that pattern, and only makes sense if it's a dimension hop, meaning something outside of the normal rules of time travel. Due to how the time flows, him being here is a paradox...which is accepted by the timeline adjusting to him helping cause the events that lead to us going back in time to Elpis.

Again, really confusing as hell overall, and only Alex could tell us how time really works.
Then that means everything has been preordained and there is no free will.