I saw someone say that Emil Pagliorulo doesn't write story bibles and I believed it immediately. I probably shouldn't, unsourced behind the scene claims that confirm all your worst preconceived notions should be treated with a great deal of suspicion, but it does feel right. Their games are so inconsistent about little details like this that it's completely credible to me that they just do not have a coherent timeline for the backstory elements and are just winging it.