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Bandle City's (and the Glade's) Timeline

Albein·8/4/2017, 11:29:17 PM·2 votes·425 views

Alright, so I brought my issues to support and they redirected me to the boards, as they are unfortunately unable to help me with my mental turmoil. Hopefully I can get a Rioter working on lore to help me out here, because my brain is dying trying to sort everything out. (Also, thanks to Sprinklefloof for responding to me really quickly and redirecting me!)

Here is what I sent to Riot support, cutting out the extra stuff at the end directed to the person who was unfortunate enough to answer me:

Okay, so me and a friend of mine love yordles, and things have not been looking so hot while we're going over Bandle's lore. Our problem at the moment lies particularly at the whole "Bandle time moves slower than humans'". We just need this cleared up, because I'm getting my mind all wound up around the issue just thinking about it. I might be thinking about it all way too hard, and the answer is super simple and obvious and everyone can see it, but eh.

So, Bandle time moves slower than human time, from what we gather from the lore currently at our disposal. Just how slow is it? Can you give a comparison, like 500 years human time is 50 years Bandle time or something?

I keep thinking about it the other way around for whatever reason, that Bandle moves faster than human time, because the lore states that travelers that go and return look like they've "aged tremendously", and that some just don't return. This little blip seriously feels like some sort of contradiction, 'cause I dunno if this implies they come back to the people they knew way older or not. It's also called "timeless", and that's the reason some people don't come back. Elaborate, please! My brain hurts trying to sort out this lore, man!

Also, the Glade. Just how "fast" is Glade time? Does Glade time line up with human time, or is it different somehow? Would Glade time technically be slower than Bandle's if Bandle time moves super fast while you're in the Glade? Then what would be the comparison between Glade and Bandle time, and/or Glade and human time?

Lastly, what would happen if you moved in and out of Bandle? Would your perception of time just be destroyed or would something else funky happen to you? You never know what those yordles could do man. They're Satanic little fluffballs out to get you.

So, eh, can someone help me sort this all out? My friend and I have put a lot of thought into this, and can't seem to get a straight answer on our own. Extra feedback on this matter would be great! Thank you for reading this long-ass post! Hahaaaa....

P.S. Rioters working on lore, work on Bandle soon or something because it's left so ambiguous yet tells just enough that it hurts. Thanksssss

4 Comments

Ebonmaw Dragon8/4/2017, 11:49:44 PM3 votes

Im not sure about this... but maybe, the "Time" in Bandle does not exist at all... and that is why Yordles are "Timeless".

When a human enters to Bandle, the time does not pass for him there... but when he leaves, all the time that he "lost" in Bandle suddenly returns to the human and he ages more than the expected.

But that is my theory

A Yordle8/4/2017, 11:43:45 PM2 votes

OP's friend here.

Here's what I gathered:

(Note that due to the wonders of the yordle land, humans can easily lose track of time)

Bandle time moves way slower than human time, as indicated by the universe page stating that "storytellers have all aged tremendously, or never even returned."(as such, it could be around 50-100 or even more times slower than human time [50-100+ bandle years could be a single human year])

Time in the Glade could probably be much faster than human time, as seen in Lulu's lore. While I cant get an actual estimate (because of how you can easily lose track of time there, even as a yordle) a few days could possibly mean a jump of several centuries in human time.

Ps. For an rioter joining in, BANDLE CITY LORE AND ICON PLEASE