Danyah;193725 said:
OK, said this in another thread...
The last day of King Diskanar (exactly the last one), Mael sends Theradas Buhn to his realm, the big blue. Timelinewise, that body only could have turned up in Genabackis LATER on, for Paran and the BB's to find it while moving to Coral.
Iirc, the Barghast moved along with Broods army to Coral, so they couldn't have left on their prehistoric canoes until after Coral.
So Barghast landed before death Ezgara, while still marching with Brood (at the very best, could be fighting with Trotts, or amongst themselves for that matter).
So my top 3
On 3. The other barghast left with their entire nation for no good reason to Lether. White faces are the only ones to join Brood.
On 2. There's are some new players in the game we haven't heard of yet.
On 1. SE pulled a GoTMism. He admits regularly in interviews he messes up the timeline (he did in that last one, that's what he uses the forum for), and the canoes belong to the White Faces.
Oh and Abyss, I remember you calling "Timeline is not important, timeline is not important!!!"
What happened? Got a new addiction, next to brainz?
It bothers me too.
He messed the Timeline again.
Malazan Timeline is like one of those
impossible figures that look plausible on paper but when you look closely it turns out the water flows upwards or stairs turn upside down.
Same thing is happens with time in MBotF.
I thought I had it worked out, despite Erikson’s constant mistakes with dates.
See here
And then came Reaper’s Gale.
In prologue we learn that a giant fleet lands just before fall of King Ezgara Diskanar and Rhuald taking the throne. Then we learn it was Baraghast fleet. The White Faces – the ones that learnt about their see faring heritage in MoI and then plan on going to rebuild the ships, learn how to sail. How could that be?
It’s not about the dates. In fact it doesn’t matter if any of this happen in 1159 or 1164 BS.
What it is about is the sequence of events, how they relate to one another, what comes after what. And I do mind.
In DhG when Gesler and co. find Silanda it’s been a while since Karsa killed Binadas and the rest. The ship looks bad.
Binadas was there to rescue Trull after shorning.
Trull was shorn soon after Rhuald took over the Lehterii Empire.
King Ezgara Diskanar died little bit earlier. All this is Past.
Now, DhG takes place simultaneously with MoI – so finding Silanda happens around the time or even before the Baraghast ships under Capustan are found.
After that Hetan and the rest of clans where at Coral and so was Tool.
So how they manage to assemble ships, learn to sail them, sail to Lether (it took a year for both Edur/Letheri and 14th fleets) and get there before the Edur overtaking the Empire?
The only answer I can think of is that they traveled back in time. Even traveling through warrens wouldn’t help and, unless Eres’al transported them, I see no sensible explanation.
And as I said this is without taking dates under consideration.
What about 943rd Day of Search as date of Trull’s shorning? I thought it took a Rhuald a bit longer to order this – not right after conquest.
When did they find time to create Silanda with all those not!dead Andii? They had to find Driff Avalli first.
It’s bit easier with Gray Swords – we don’t know how long after Edur conquest they die. Still I’m not happy.
I wish he’d made a scale with all these events sorted out – like map of timeline.
At least current events seem to happen is sensible time – it’s been a year since TBh – so it’s 1166 BS.
Wonder what happen with Paran in that year. Plenty of time for Toll of the Hounds to happen
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