In said dialogue, H.O.X. says when he was last updated. 55,847 days since he was last updated. With the original number of days in a year (360) which should be accounted for even with the blatant, terribly thought out, retcon, would result in just over 155 years. In other words, Rata Novus fell in 1173 AE.
Just a little fun fact I thought to share.
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Not sure if the notes in Rata Novus reveal anything more specific, but it must have been after 1079AE, as that is when Zinn was last seen during the Krytan civil war.
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(At work so this is brief and without references for now) But if you go around and read all the notes lying around and talk to H.O.X. you’ll see it was founded by Zinn shortly after his exile (the trial you see in GW1 EotN). and the discovery of the Chak crawling all over the place was what caused the fall of the city.
Nothing I can recall says how long Rata Novus was inhabited. Reading everything provided in game it can be surmised that Zinn founded the city shortly after EotN, the city was inhabited for xxx amount of years (roughly 105?) and was abandoned 55,847 days ago, shortly after discovering those annoying bugs northeast of the city.
Just explore the place and read the notes lying around. There’s neat stuff there!
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When was it founded? I’m assuming after the events of EotN since they were studying elder dragons and allied with the exalted.
But then there’s this surface data entry that sounds like it’s from before the asura came to the surface.
Rata Novus was established by asura who refused to live on the surface like those of Rata Sum. It was established after the events of Eye of the North for certain, and since Zinn seems to be a founder this means after the events of War in Kryta too.
That surface data entry doesn’t really say much about date because the city itself is underground. The asura largely didn’t know about the surface or the surface dwellers (sans dwarves) until Eye of the North.
In fact, that surface data entry would have to be dated 50 years after Eye of the North, because it doesn’t mention the dwarves, who were around until approximately 50 years after Eye of the North.
Since Zinn seems to be a founder, it would likely be established in the 1080s – no less than a year after War in Kryta, but still within the timeframe of the exile being recently fresh in Zinn’s vengeful mind.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
Very interesting ! I wondered when this city could have be founded and inhabited. I’ve just been there for the story, but i’ll need to go there again to read all those lil things.
By the way, i really love the music when we stand in this city _
i thought the rata novans were around 50 years prior to GW1, as they were trading/dealing with the exalted at that time. that’s why the exalted in the personal story doesn’t know that rata novus has fallen (which would have happened after GW1 i assume) and assumes Taimi is a novan.
I assumed that the timeline was basically rata novans dealing with exalted > exalted go to bed > some years pass > novus falls > some years pass > exalted awake > where muh asura?
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i thought the rata novans were around 50 years prior to GW1, as they were trading/dealing with the exalted at that time. that’s why the exalted in the personal story doesn’t know that rata novus has fallen (which would have happened after GW1 i assume) and assumes Taimi is a novan.
I assumed that the timeline was basically rata novans dealing with exalted > exalted go to bed > some years pass > novus falls > some years pass > exalted awake > where muh asura?
The blog post about the Exalted was wrong. Either it was a slip in the writer’s knowledge or a typo that was meant to be 200 not 300 years ago, and it was missed by the editing process.
But the game clearly indicates that the Exalted were established after GW1, as well as Rata Novus. Neither existed during Prophecies, and the latter didn’t exist until after Eye of the North by indication.
The exact time of Rata Novus’ founding is unclear, but it was post 1079 AE.
Dear ANet writers,
Stop treating GW2 as a single story. Each Season and expansion should be their own story.
