An Eorzean Timeline.

[Endemerrin]

Few things I noticed that seemed off. Take 'em with a grain of salt, though. :>

Ququruka creates Barbatos to destroy Eorzea.

Fairly certain this is incorrect. [Black Mage quest spoilers] If I remember correctly, the entire plot behind the Black Mage story is that Ququruka accidentally twisted his friends into the abomination that is Barbatos when a Black Magic spell they were attempting to cast backfired. He ended up sealing it away and made up the story in order convince the Thaumaturges to lock him away because he felt guilty about what he had done. He ended up biding his time until another Thaumaturge came along (I.E your character) that was powerful enough to slay Barbatos and finally allow his friend's souls to rest. I also don't remember this having a specific date.

A Great Flood submerges and damages many parts of Eorzea. Possibly caused by Urianger and the Archons.

No idea where the last bit comes from. Seems like old speculation and doesn't really make any sense at all. If some one has actual proof of that, though, feel free to correct me on that. I'd like to think speculation should be left out of a timeline, however. Just my personal opinion, of course.

The Empire resumes the advance into Eorzea under Nael van Darnus' and the VIIth Legion.

Fairly certain this occured in 1572, not in 1571. The game began in 1572 according to Fern, and the VIIth legion did not start it's invasion of Eorzea until after the start of the game.

[NoloeTazier]

I am pretty sure we aren't in an Astral Era in ARR. It's only 5 years after The Battle of Cartaneau Flats, so wouldn't that have been the beginning of the Seventh Umbral Era? Aren't the Astral and Umbral Eras supposed to last 100s-1000s of years each?

I asked Ferne the same thing:

Okay, let me do a quick pass over your questions while I take a breather from all this Beta madness...

Are Umbrals Eras short? Or does it depend on the destruction?

It depends on the destruction. The Umbral Eras are the periods of chaos and regrouping that follow the cataclysms that end each Astral Era. The regrouping can take several years, to several decades. More on this, and what happened during the 7th Umbral Era, will be laid out in detail in the 2.0 storyline.

Few things I noticed that seemed off. Take 'em with a grain of salt, though. :>




Fairly certain this is incorrect. [Black Mage quest spoilers] If I remember correctly, the entire plot behind the Black Mage story is that Ququruka accidentally twisted his friends into the abomination that is Barbatos when a Black Magic spell they were attempting to cast backfired. He ended up sealing it away and made up the story in order convince the Thaumaturges to lock him away because he felt guilty about what he had done. He ended up biding his time until another Thaumaturge came along (I.E your character) that was powerful enough to slay Barbatos and finally allow his friend's souls to rest. I also don't remember this having a specific date.

No idea where the last bit comes from. Seems like old speculation and doesn't really make any sense at all. If some one has actual proof of that, though, feel free to correct me on that. I'd like to think speculation should be left out of a timeline, however. Just my personal opinion, of course.

Fairly certain this occured in 1572, not in 1571. The game began in 1572 according to Fern, and the VIIth legion did not start it's invasion of Eorzea until after the start of the game.

Lalai tells us at the Milvaneth Sacrarium that Ququruka conspired with the Beast tribes to create a monster that would destroy Eorzea. The Spell backfired in the sense that Barbatos was not controllable so Ququruka had to seal it. Then we come along years later. I can't remember the exact spot I got the date from but I believe it's said during the quest by a Thaumaturge telling you of the story. Remember Lalafell age slowly, so 100 years isn't that long.

I threw in the speculation not because it was mine own, but because it's told by NPCs. I merely kept it in the story because that's all we're told. That doesn't mean it's true, it's just speculation from the Lore we were given and I think people should know that the Archons and the Circle of Knowing may not be "perfectly" good but also not relatively evil, they just have knowledge we currently do not. It also helps us question how long Elezen can actually live because like Lalafell they age very slowly.

The VIIth Legion began infiltrating Eorzea and taking over Ceruleum supplies and setting about the various aether devices prior 1572. I don't mean they began their war with the City-States merely that with the brainwashed Ala Mhigans that were given to Van Darnus, he began to put things into motion. They weren't necessarily attacking anyone, but the presence was there. We know that a Primal appeared to halt the Garlean advance after Ala Mhigo, and then 1 year prior to 'present' year the VIIth began to appear in Eorzea.

Sadly it's hard for me to give evidence since the servers are no longer up. I merely went through every quest, newspaper article (Harbor Herald, The Raven, the Mythril eye) and talked to every NPC and took any dates I could find and put them together.