Keep time

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

When Kana gives you a report on Crossroad Keep, you’ll see an entry called "Time Passed," expressed as a percentage. This is commonly referred to as keep time.

This entry is somewhat misleading. You won’t ever run out of game time while working on the keep. Time will simply advance each time you enter the courtyard or build something, and it’s this time that will control when special events occur (such as Daerred’s arrivals and letters, or the completion of special missions).

This does mean that at 100% time passed, you will no longer be able to train men, complete missions, etc. But it is fairly easy to do everything required well within the allotted time, as long as you don't simply enter the courtyard repeatedly without doing anything else.

= Stalled Keep Time = At certain points, time will stop flowing at the keep. This will prevent you from outpacing the plot. Listed below are the stopping points, and how far time can advance before reaching them.