Quote Originally Posted by treuhavik View Post
That's a lot of sevens.
If the Seventh Umbral Era never came, the current year would be 1577.

When someone in ARR says "five hundred years ago," I just drop it back to circa 1077,

Also, it took me a while to piece it all back together, as I'm sure it did Noloe as well; he has the right of it. Ishgard's war against the dragons began 1000 (circa 572 or 577, if you will ) years past when it is said that Halone appeared before Thordan and bid he lead his people to the promised land to found Ishgard. They'd only set about building a bridge when Nidhogg attacked the soon-to-be Ishgardians for the first time. Their history states that Thordan took up his spear in defense, but one of his own men shoved him into a crevasse, enthralled by the wyrm. Thordan's son, Haldrath, took up his father's arm and fought Nidhogg himself, prizing out the dragon's eye and initiating the Founding Wars, the first battles of the longer Dragonsong War. Though the power of the dragon was to be feared and hated, Haldrath overcame its influence and showed the people that its power could be used against their enemies, becoming the first Azure Dragoon (leader of all other dragoons, chosen by the Eye).

So Ishgard's founding and the Dragonsong War do, indeed, coincide roughly around 500 6AE.