This significantly shortens the timeline of Gielinor. But it also yields some benefits:
First, this account is far more thinkable for us today - in common speech, we measure Western European history, for example, in centuries, e.g. "the 13th century," "the 19th century," "the 20th century," "the 21st century." As it is, Gielinor's history is made up of unthinkably vast stretches of time largely devoid of story.
Second, the whole idea of the Godwars becomes more believable - and 400 years of warfare is plenty long for the purposes of story-telling.
Third, the various immortal characters who have lived through the ages, e.g. Mahjarrat, Vyre, demons, Illujan*a, become more plausible and relatable - a lifetime of 10,000 years is hardly conceivable, but a lifetime of 1,000 is within the reach of my feeble, human imagination. I see no genuine story-telling benefit in making any characters unrelatable (even the elder goddesses themselves).
Fourth, by compressing the history, the potential for relations among legendary characters is vastly increased - this is great for story-telling. And I don't think 1,400 years is too crowded for the countless stories we could tell. Perhaps the only bit of lore that suffers is Juna's references to a myriad of fragile civilizations existing before the Godwars - this has always been suspect and hardly developed.
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