#and yeah i know the Zandik notes referring to the Doctor is just speculation but i think its pretty grounded

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OK so could someone please explain what the fuck is going on with Dottore's age to me?? Cause like in the Sumeru Archon quest he's referred to as that dude who got kicked out and became a Harbinger, implying that this was recent enough for people to remember him and his crimes against life itself or whatever.

But then in Scaramouche's backstory he was a fully grown adult 300 years ago?? And had enough bullshit going on to know what was happening in Tatarasuna and do his fun little murder spree???

And like yeah I know segments but they don't explain this cause they're clones of him at different ages it doesn't mean he can time travel.

So here's the only options I can think of:

1)He's like 400 but his dramatic murder-and-drop-out is legendary enough at the Akademiya that everyone still knows him by face (which doesn't really explain the Zandik notes but whatever)

2)He can fucking time travel now

Or 3) He's doing that Twilight thing where every few years he goes back to the Akademiya for shits and giggles, but the most recent visit is when he got kicked out

Personally I'm with option 3 but fuck if I can think of something that makes sense. Lore masters, pls assist.