#of course there could still be time shenanigans afoot especially wrt different worlds progressing at different rates of time - but still

[zxal]

How ancient is ancient?

Dark Road dropped a lot of specific numbers and quantifying information, which got me thinking about when certain things actually take place. According to Player, Ephemer was Xehanort’s great-great-grandfather. That’s not that many generations ago.

If we assume that:

Ephemer’s lifeboat never launched, meaning he remained in the present

Every ancestor had a child at around ~30 years old

No further time shenanigans occurred (for example, baby Xehanort being sent to the future)

...Then the timeline of events goes:

KHX/KHUX → ~15 years to Ephemer having kids (congrats) → ~30 yrs. to Great-Grandparent → ~30 yrs. to Grandparent → ~30 yrs to Parent → ~30 yrs. to Xehanort → ~80 yrs. to KH3.

That’s 215 years (give or take 10 years or so per generation). About as long ago as the US has been a country. Do we consider that ancient? I guess in some ways we do. But it doesn’t fall that far outside of living memory.

“The ancient Keyblade War.” Man.