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After running through much of the Council of Thieves Campaign I realized that I don't know when the events take place in the Golorian timeline. I'm also playing in Curse of the Crimson Throne which begins in 4708AR, but I can't find a reference to when Council of Thieves starts. Anyone have any insight here?
Paizo has stated that they don't want to set specific start dates for their APs, since they don't want DMs to have to change things based on which AP they run first. This is also the reason they won't include the events happening in the APs in any official Golarion timeline.
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If you run the APs independently of one another, meaning that world continuity between the two APs isn't a huge priority for you, then you can run them in any order and still assume each takes place in the default year. In this case, your CotCT campaign "happened" in 4708 and then a year later, the events of CoT occurred, and if something in CotCT contradicts the assumed timeline for the other campaign, you just have to cross that bridge when you get to it.
But no official canon sources (at least until we do an honest-to-goodness sequel) will ever assume that any of the APs have taken place, so you can run them in any order and for your Golarion, that's when they occur.
Approx. several years after 4689AR, I believe this is correct because in The Bastards of Erebus it states that the current mayor took office that year and started rebuilding the opera houses which become a big part of the campaign.