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braxsus
2010-03-19, 03:36 PM
Question
How much time passed between #331ish and the fall of Azure city..roughly #484 when All Opposition has left the City..or does someone keep a time line somewhere

Why...
just trying to do the math..
In #572, the Oracle Reminds Roy what the Prophecy of Belkars death was the "last time" they met, that belkar will draw his last breath-ever-within the year..Which started the Clock ticking around #322-331 for the start of 365day count down
(Are there 365 days in a OOTS year?)

In #702, Redcloak states in 6 weeks it will be the One year anniversary of the Conquest of Azure City.


If the time difference between 331 and 484 is more then 6 weeks, the prohecy should have been fulfilled.., if less then Six week, should occur any day now

Sholos
2010-03-19, 03:45 PM
Since the prophecy has not occurred yet, and we have absolutely no reason to doubt the Oracle's accuracy, I would say that less than a year has passed since the prophecy was made.

PirateMonk
2010-03-19, 03:51 PM
In #572, the Oracle Reminds Roy what the Prophecy of Belkars death was the "last time" they met, that belkar will draw his last breath-ever-within the year..Which started the Clock ticking around #322-331 for the start of 365day count down

No. That means no more than one year after 572, not 331, as the Oracle never said anything about a specific amount of time before. 572 was roughly six months later, so there's still plenty of time.

Herald Alberich
2010-03-19, 03:55 PM
The only specific time of death mentioned during the first run of Oracle strips is that Belkar would see only one more birthday. Since we have no idea when his birthday is, that's anywhere from two days (not the case, obviously) to nearly two years.

Kish
2010-03-19, 04:07 PM
At the time of strip #666 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0666.html), Belkar had a maximum of seven weeks left. That's the most recent number we have. We don't know how much time has passed since then.

whitehelm
2010-03-20, 01:32 AM
It's going to take 4 days to walk out of the desert, and they spent a couple days searching in the desert. Add in a few days for all the other stuff they did and it'll have been at least a week, maybe 2 if we come back to them and they've searched a few towns already.