the good ol days...
the good ol days...
I am trying to set the events of Kaylans backstory to a time line, but no clue how the passing years are recorded in game. Is the calinder dated from the cataclysm, some older event, whats the current year, that kind of thing.
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If I remember correctly its based off the original CARP timeline +55 years. (50 years between CARPs and the Cataclysm, plus 5 years for the stabilization)
And the current CARPs date is just the current date -1000 years.
[2012-1000]+[50+5]= 1067* (post essence war)
* There was also a 'post-cataclysm' date that is equal to the number of years the game has been running (I cant remember how long its been) + 5 years.
[duration of FH]+5 = ____ (post cataclysm)
All this may or may not be true depending on what Chris and Mike have done over the last 4 years while Ive been gone.
And the current CARPs date is just the current date -1000 years.
[2012-1000]+[50+5]= 1067* (post essence war)
* There was also a 'post-cataclysm' date that is equal to the number of years the game has been running (I cant remember how long its been) + 5 years.
[duration of FH]+5 = ____ (post cataclysm)
All this may or may not be true depending on what Chris and Mike have done over the last 4 years while Ive been gone.
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I was told once that it had been somewhere near 12 years since the Cataclysm.
But I can't remember what year I played that it was told to me, lol!
So I would guess then it's been no more than 15 years after the joining of the One Magic.
I just checked, the assumption I was going under when writing Garritt's backstory for WH would put this year as the 15th year since the Cataclysm.
But I can't remember what year I played that it was told to me, lol!
So I would guess then it's been no more than 15 years after the joining of the One Magic.
I just checked, the assumption I was going under when writing Garritt's backstory for WH would put this year as the 15th year since the Cataclysm.
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Ok, My character Garritt came from a place where they had been measuring things post-cataclysm and I had this upcoming year as either 15 or 16, so it works out.
Cool for the P.E.W. dates, though. Ive been wondering about what "year" it is for Marcus, a character that had been in Haven since quite soon after the night of the Cataclysm up to the Night of the Burning Skulls, and most PCs look at me and give me the "who cares?" kind of look.
Thanks Todd and Christen!
Cool for the P.E.W. dates, though. Ive been wondering about what "year" it is for Marcus, a character that had been in Haven since quite soon after the night of the Cataclysm up to the Night of the Burning Skulls, and most PCs look at me and give me the "who cares?" kind of look.
Thanks Todd and Christen!
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Tonia and I attended the second event (as our first event) FH ran (Thats what I recall being told at the party she an I attended at Todds house) and that was late 2003, the same year my son was born.
Poke Taki and see what he recalls, his first event was our first event, and was pupotedly the second FH event ever run.
Poke Taki and see what he recalls, his first event was our first event, and was pupotedly the second FH event ever run.
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Haven existed before the Cataclysm. It just became a gathering point for survivors since it's land wasn't laid waste like most of the rest of the world. Reginald took charge of it shortly after the Cataclysm. So if you ask any (surviving) original inhabitants, you'd likely be told it it's been around for generations.
It was part of the Kingdom of Silverthorne, but no idea under which Duke, Baron, and Thane. There is a Haven on the CARPS map, but not within the Kingdom.
It was part of the Kingdom of Silverthorne, but no idea under which Duke, Baron, and Thane. There is a Haven on the CARPS map, but not within the Kingdom.
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Ok, that clears things up. I was always under the impression that all the inhabitants were post-Cataclysm immigrants, and that as a constant basis for a backstory becomes a little stale (for me at least). That makes it much easier to write Marcus' back story, as he's a Joe-everyman turned "hero", so he could just have lived in Haven the whole time.
Makes it simple for a "new" character to know the year and general Silverthorne knowledge, rather than "this land is all new to me!" all the time.
Makes it simple for a "new" character to know the year and general Silverthorne knowledge, rather than "this land is all new to me!" all the time.
-Evil always prevails when good people do nothing.
-All knight, every night.
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