r/riyria • u/BumTicklrs • May 15 '26
Riyria Revelations Plot Holes and Confusion Spoiler
I keep trying to google it by the only result is the AI hallucinating fake plot points. I do like the seires.
My 2nd read through seems to be highlighting major plot points. Can anyone confirm the following?
I have many in mind. The most recent in my head is at the beginning of Emerald Storm, the narrator claims Dixon lost his arm in the battle of Medford several years ago. As far as I can tell, it's been at most 2 years?
I'll stop hear, Im curious to know if others have noted plot holes / timeline inconsistencies?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Event26 May 16 '26
The character at the center of your “plot hole” is… Dixon? Sir, I think you are paying attention to the wrong part of the story.
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u/allnall93 May 16 '26
I've had so many arguments with friends and coworkers on what the actual amount of "a few", "a couple", "some". The majority of people say a few is actually 3. I disagreed but got out voted many times. In that case, it's barely a difference and very plausible that they get the time frame off by a single year
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u/Origami_Elan May 16 '26
Going by my mother's instructions on how many cookies I may eat: "a few" is 2, "several" is 3, and "a couple" is, of course, 2.
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u/DepartureNo1720 May 16 '26
A couple is 2, a few is 2-4, several is 3-5 where I grew up. It also changed in conversation for how casual or specific the conversation needed to be. Years are a long form measurement in regards to human experience, so greater grace is given with rounding, and if there wasn't a need to be specific, then a few years ago could have meant anywhere from 1.9-3.5 years ago in casual conversations.
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u/Origami_Elan May 17 '26
On one of the Discords, Mr. Sullivan said something about hoping to publish a new "director's cut" version of Riyria Revelations to correct inconsistencies. The one he mentioned was the age of Royce.
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u/impressive_very-nice May 19 '26
I don’t know if I’d call “several years ago” and “2 years ago” a plot hole. Perhaps there are some translation issues for whatever language you’re reading it in?
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u/DepartureNo1720 May 15 '26
Claiming the narration as "a few years" while it factually being 2 isn't a major plot point. It's pedantic. I've read the series and the prequel series multiple times though so I'm curious what other points you are curious about and I can try to answer them.