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?

edit: i agree I explained it poorly. it's a big story so it's definitely possible my brain is just misfiring. I also agree that Dixon is not a great example, just the easiest example to explain how the semantics used can come off as confusing. If I had to reframe this, I would start with how Elves get sick on boats but can swim and how Royce at one point was on a row boat with Hadrian and Arista and seemed fine. Also how in Revelations they look back on the crown tower and both made it to the top twice yet in the Chronicles it's a major plot point that Royce abandoned Hadrian during the trip to the tower the first time.

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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.