Turbulence Time

Turbulence Time (commonly abbreviated TT) is the epoch of the Haracalnde before the Grand Calming. It is the epoch in which there were perpetual storms throughout the seas of the Attu Archipelago, preventing safe passage across seas and isolating people to islands.

History

Thalassologists consider history to have either two or three distinct eras. Three-era theorists refer to a pre-storm (anteturbulent) era, a storm (turbulent) era, and a post-storm (postturbulent or calm) era. Two-era theorists deny the existence of a pre-storm era, believing that the storm existed since the dawn of time.

Three-era theory

The three-era theory posits the existence of an anteturbulent era in which the seas were calm, before the storm began. Different three-era theorists disagree on when this was. For example, many Caseic thalassologists claim that the storm began sometime between 3000 and 2000 TT, which would place it in the Forgotten Era of Caseic history. Meanwhile, Deysachni thalassologists claim that the storm began no later than 5000 TT.

Two-era theory

The two-era theory posits that there was no anteturbulent era. The two-era theory is generally considered more fringe and less credible than the three-era theory, especially after the 43 PC Attu Thalassology Conference in Canebrija, where three-era theorists presented compelling archaeological evidence of the Tannic migration.

Multi-era theory

Some thalassologists posit that there were multiple eras of calm and storm, or that calm and storm repeat in a cyclical manner. Multi-era theory is considered fringe, but not as fringe as two-era theory.