Talk:King's Calendar/@comment-7263041-20140209221447

This timeline is very confusing and missing a few critical gaps (but then again, the entire WoW timeline is a can of worms).

This Calendar says that the time between the Second War and Third War is a few short years but in the book Blood and Honor (which is canon) it states that Tirion Fordring has been a Paladin for 30 years and the Second War ended 12 years before the events of the book. As we know Paladins did not exist until the Second War began, which means that if Tirion has been serving as a Paladin for 30 years and the Second War ended 12 years ago, it means that the Second War (and only the Second War, not counting the First) lasted for 18 years.

Then to add more years on top of that. Taelan Fordring is 5 years old when the events of the book take place, but is described as being 20 years old at the end when he becomes a Knight of the Silver Hand. So that's another 15 year gap right there.

So total time between the Second War ending and the Third War beginning is 27+ years.

A man who fought at the beginning of the Second War and is still alive today would be at least 50-60 years older than he was at the beginning of the Second War.