It's not really 1577 at all. The calender resets at the beginning of every Era change over. So it is the 5th Year of the Seventh Umbral Era.Â
So if you're choosing to ignore this change over, you'd technically have to count in all of the eras before. So it's probably closer to the year 7000+. Eorzea has been around for a really long time. The Allagan Empire existed over 5000 years ago for instance.Â
The change over starts from the moment we have a history altering moment in history. The change over from the Sixth Umbral Era to the Sixth Astral Era for instance was marked by the formation of the original Grand Companies. These Companies rose to help the Archons in their fight against the Ascians. The defeat of the Ascians marked the end of the Umbral and the change over to Astral. That happened 1572 years ago.
Bahamut destroying the known world marks the change over from Astral to Umbral. Which happened 5 years ago. This is where the 5 is coming from, and why we can't use 1577 now. It'd be just like saying it was the year 5000 because the Allagan Empire fell 5000 years ago. Doesn't really make sense right?
So if you're choosing to ignore this change over, you'd technically have to count in all of the eras before. So it's probably closer to the year 7000+. Eorzea has been around for a really long time. The Allagan Empire existed over 5000 years ago for instance.Â
The change over starts from the moment we have a history altering moment in history. The change over from the Sixth Umbral Era to the Sixth Astral Era for instance was marked by the formation of the original Grand Companies. These Companies rose to help the Archons in their fight against the Ascians. The defeat of the Ascians marked the end of the Umbral and the change over to Astral. That happened 1572 years ago.
Bahamut destroying the known world marks the change over from Astral to Umbral. Which happened 5 years ago. This is where the 5 is coming from, and why we can't use 1577 now. It'd be just like saying it was the year 5000 because the Allagan Empire fell 5000 years ago. Doesn't really make sense right?
