If all the Frozen Times and Legal/Illegal Immigration are confusing you, here’s a recap from Welmaris. This is all Welmaris’ work. I only added the pics because I’m a visual person. 🙂

Thanks, Welmaris!! Thanks for keeping us in order.

@phoenix!!! I didn’t expect our two islands to match the kdrama’s two world paradigm so well.

artwork by phoenix

BTW, a newbie asked if Lady Noh could be Lee Lim’s mother. Lee Lim was born in 1951 before Lady Noh’s arrival in Corea. If he was Lady Noh’s child, that would mean a) Lady Noh was a concubine of King Haejong and b) Lee Lim was born in Korea to a Korean mother. That would be too funny if he turned out to be a Korean citizen either by jus soli, i.e., through place of birth, or by jus sanguinis, i.e. through his parents. All this fuss about the manpasikjeok when he could have just stolen the one in Korea. lol.

TaeEul and SJ would have police jurisdiction over his case then.

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Reported by Head Court Lady Noh

• King Haejong>>ROK
• King Haejong + Noh Ok Nam>>KOC: 1953 (before July 27, when Korean Armistice brought a ceasefire). Noh Ok Nam became Head Court Lady.

 

LL’s travels between worlds before LG’s first trip to ROK

• LL>>ROK: 08 Dec 1994 (Dates on newspapers at stand outside Seoul Arts Center when Lee Lim arrived.). Kills Song Jeong Hye’s husband (doppelgänger of King Lee Ho) by hit-and-run. Kills Lee Seong Jae (his doppelgänger) by breaking his neck. Kills Lee Ji Hun (Lee Gon’s doppelgänger) by drowning him in a reservoir. (Date discrepancy: On columbarium and ROK death certificate, date of Lee Ji Hun’s death is 1994 Dec 28.)
• LL>>KOC: Est. between Dec 1994 – Jan 1995.
• LL + Kang Sin Jae>>ROK: Est. between Dec 1994 – Jan 1995. Kang Hyeon Min/Kang Sin Jae abandoned by KOC mother on 6^th day of King’s mourning rites. Picked up by LL after passage of time, as SJ is in different clothes than when he was abandoned. SJ must’ve returned to that location to wait for his mother. Cut on LL’s hand no longer bleeding but edges of cut still visible. (A wound that is not stitched may take 1-4 weeks to heal.)
• LL + Lee Seong Jae>>KOC: June 1995. Body of Lee Seong Jae (LL’s doppelgänger) discovered washed up 27 June 1995 in KOC. (Date discrepancy: Even refrigerated or frozen, a body will decompose. It is highly unlikely the body could have lasted the six+ months between Dec 1994 death and June 1995 discovery. Time loop? Body stored and preserved in Mystery Realm?) When discovered, body and clothing looked in good condition, and because a shoe can be seen on at least on one foot, the body was likely in the water a matter of minutes or hours, not days. (A body recovered within seven days might be in good condition, but there will be signs of decomposing by eight days. [https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/how-long-do-dead-bodies-remain-inta-2009-06-10/])
• LL>>ROK: Return after leaving Lee Seong Jae’s body in KOC as decoy.
• LL>>KOC: 2004 or later. Met with co-conspirator Yoo Kyung Moo at salt farm. It had been more than a decade since YKM last saw LL.
• LL + 3 men>>ROK/KOC: Brought three men to KOC at unknown times. Per Kim Ju Hyeon, Central Forensics Medical Center, “I’ve worked for 11 years, and I’ve seen three bodies with the same scar.” All had burn marks that appeared on rainy days. All three served prison terms for parricide (the killing of a parent or near relative).
• LL + Park Mun Haeng double>>ROK: Brought KOC doppelgänger to replace ROK Park Mun Haeng, Chairman of HG Group.
• LL>>KOC: 2019. At rowing competition where Lee Gon is competing. Caught in photo by Seung A.
• LL + Kim Ji Hwan + Lee Sang Do double>>ROK: 2019. Kim Ji Hwan sold water outside KOC rowing competition, then brought to ROK to run restaurant. Doppelgänger of Lee Sang Do brought from KOC to ROK, murdered, and body dumped in car trunk.

 

Travels between worlds from LG’s first trip to ROK, onwards

Times stops begin. Length of each time stop equals sequentially larger prime numbers, squared. (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97…) Time will stop a whole day the 62^nd time it happens (293²)

• Time stop (see below for crossing): In ROK art studio, LL sees paint bowl suspend mid-air. (TS#1 / 4 seconds / 2²) or (TS#2 / 9 seconds / 3²)
• LG>>ROK (see above for time stop): 30 Sept 2019. On Maximus. TE sees image of Luna in her rearview mirror just before LG rides Maximus past her car.

• Time stop (see below for crossing): In ROK park, LG sees everything stop as TE is putting her hair in ponytail. (TS#2 / 9 seconds / 3²) or (TS#3 / 25 seconds / 5²)
• LL + Lee Sang Do>>KOC (see above for time stop): LL leaves umbrella at fish shop of PM Koo’s mother (a decoy?), but walks past banner about KOC relics exhibit, umbrella in hand. Goes to Eosu Bookstore and finds note saying the king has left the palace. Yoo Kyung Moo says it has been a long time (since they saw each other), reports “customers” always come at the agreed time. LL visits salt farm w/YKM and meets with many followers. Caught on CCTV departing Busan Cathedral after funeral of the father of LG’s former military commanding officer, which LG attended. Picks up note in secret drop at bookstore saying king returned to palace.

• Time stop (see below for crossing): In KOC, LL on rocks by ocean with YKM. Also: In ROK, ES drops his iced tea latte because it feels hot, while in KOC, JY drops his cup of hot coffee. (TS#3 / 25 seconds / 5²) or (TS#4 / 49 seconds / 7²)
• LG>>KOC (see above for time stop): On Maximus. Next day attends funeral of father of his former military commanding officer. Later sees CCTV video that LL also was there.

• Time stop #5 (see below for crossing): LG sees JY stop while walking toward him in KOC palace courtyard. (2 minutes, 1 second / 121 seconds per LG / 11²)
• LL + KOC double of Park Byeong U >>ROK (see above for time stop): Returns with book on Rare Earth Element. Visits Ji Hun’s mother. Develops photo of Prince Buyeong. We see he’s already developed a photo of ROK double of Prince Buyeong’s oldest son. Meets with pregnant lady. Visits Na Ri’s café. Meets in art studio with HG Group Chairman (KOC double) & son; Park Byeong U murdered, replaced by KOC doppelgänger. Sends lead henchman with bags of money to pay month’s electricity fees to Director Hwang of care center; reads ROK newspaper with picture of Trump visiting North Korea on front page.

• LG>>ROK: On Maximus. (TS#6 / 2 minutes, 49 seconds / 169 seconds / 13²)

• LG + TE>>KOC: On Maximus. Met in KOC bamboo forest by JY & Guards. Also: A scene of LG & TE in Mystery Realm; sky looks like sunrise or sunset with pink and yellow clouds. (TS#7 / 4 minutes, 49 seconds / 289 seconds / 17²)

• TE>>ROK: (LG said he couldn’t send her.) See LG & TE together in Mystery Realm; sky looks like sunrise or sunset with yellow-colored clouds. (In sequence, is TS#8. This means LG could send TE to ROK without accompanying her and causing two time stops for his round trip. Implication is that entering Mystery Realm does not cause a time stop, but switching worlds does.) (TS#8 / 6 minutes, 1 second / 361 seconds / 19²)

• Time stop (see below for crossing): LL is stirring paint in ROK art studio, having conversation with HG Group Chairman & son, when everything stops. PM Koo sees image of her ROK doppelgänger on blank computer screen. (TS#9 / 8 minutes, 49 seconds / 529 seconds / 23²)
• LG + JY>>ROK (see above for time stop): On foot, after leaving horses. We see LG & JY standing in front of the portal in the bamboo forest. Lee Sang Do had been at stable when LG rode out on Maximus.

• Time Stop #10 (see below for crossing): In ROK hotel room, LG puts note in JY’s pocket as proof. (14 minutes, 1 second / 841 seconds per LG / 29²)
• LL + double of Lee Seung Heon>>KOC (see above for time stop): Using return address of fish shop of her mother, mails PM Koo ROK newspaper with front page photo of Trump’s North Korea visit. Picks up TE’s stolen nametag from secret drop in bookstore. Picks up umbrella left at fish shop of PM Koo’s mom. Left photos of Sin Jae in secret drop in bookstore for SJ’s KOC. Mails PM Koo second copy of ROK newspaper; this time she sees inside the photo of her ROK doppelgänger. Replaces Prince Buyeong’s oldest son, Lee Seung Heon, with ROK double. (Proof: LL previously developed photos of ROK double. Eldest son called PB on New Year’s Day, saying “We’ll visit you. Se Jin misses you a lot.” PB emphatically said he cannot set foot in the Kingdom of Corea. After hearing his son complain, “We follow the rule of primogeniture, so I’ll be the next in line when you’re gone. Will you seriously let all that money fall into Gon’s lap?” PB told him, “Let me say this again. I cannot let you come anywhere near the Royal Court, no matter what.” Eldest son came anyway for PB’s funeral, from Los Angeles. LG senses the changeout during conversation in PB’s home after funeral as son rudely tells LG his plans to move into PB’s house, close his clinic as soon as return date set, take over as royal physician, manage the foundation, and suggests LG announce him as the foundation director and the order of succession on the same day. [Sounds like he’d been coached.] LG orders Royal Guards to keep him under constant surveillance and remove him from KOC immediately following the 49^th day memorial rite for Prince Buyeong, out of respect for his being a member of the royal family [and it wouldn’t look good for LG to kill his successor]. When doppelgänger later hears announcement about the beheading of the traitor, his hands shake.)

• Time stop #11 (see below for crossing): In ROK, during ES’s party to celebrate release from military. At ROK hotel, LG’s tap water stopped. (16 minutes, 1 second / 961 seconds per LG / 31²)
• LL>>ROK (see above for time stop): LL adjusts watch ahead hour+ while in car passing Seoul Arts Center. Phones Kim Gi Hwan’s 2G cell phone, which LG had confiscated, and talks with LG. Reprimands henchman during conversation in art studio by throwing him against a burning barrel.

• LG + ES + prisoner>>KOC: On foot. Met in KOC bamboo forest by Royal Guards. ES holding red balloon. Later, LG arrests Lee Sang Do at stable. (TS#12 / 22 minutes, 49 seconds / 1,369 seconds / 37²)

• LG>>ROK: Has about 5 hours Mystery Realm time, 10 days KOC time to complete round trip to be back by Lunar New Year (Jan 25). We see him galloping Maximus in Mystery Realm; sun is above the clouds instead of at the horizon. In ROK bamboo grove, TE sees red balloon before she hears, then sees, LG riding Maximus. LG intended to just call her from a pay phone so he could hear her voice. (We did not see TE experiencing any time stop before or after she saw LG.) (TS#13 / 28 minutes, 1 second / 1,681 seconds / 41²)

• LG>>KOC: Two days before Lunar New Year (Jan 23). LG’s round trip took 8 days KOC time. (TS#14 /30 minutes, 49 seconds / 1,849 seconds / 43²)

• Time stop #15 (see below for crossing): Lunar New Year. In KOC LG sees flying lanterns stop ascending. Later has confrontation with LL in Haeundae. (36 minutes, 49 seconds / 2,209 seconds per LG / 47²)
• LL>>KOC (see above for time stop): 25 Jan 2020, Lunar New Year. LL and LG have confrontation in Haeundae but LL and his minions escape. Meets with bookstore henchman in Guyeon Tunnel, learns Prince Buyeong visited bookstore. (Per log of Prince Buyeon’s security detail, he visited Eosu Bookstore in the Busan slums on 10 January 2020, 15:30-15:50.) Kills Prince Buyeong’s security guards, then strangles Prince Buyeong and puts King’s Ring on PB’s finger. Immediately after murders, with blood on him, goes to Eosu Bookstore and has conversation with Yoyo Kid, who is reading book about Arthur. Meets with captured Luna in salt farm shed. Meets with PM Koo at Eosu Bookstore. Meets with Sin Jae’s KOC mother at Eosu bookstore; gives her photo of LG and SJ, saying it is the last because her role unfulfilled; gives her vial of poison.

• LG>>ROK: Appears outside TE’s gate in ornate coat, bearing flowers. TE recognizes he’s different, realizes he’s from another time. LG tells TE he loves her. As they kiss, he vanishes. (Does not create a time stop.)

• Time stop (see below for crossing): In KOC, at end of hearing autopsy report for PB, LG receives King’s Ring and throws it, but it suspends in mid-air. Also: LL minion posing as patient in KOC hospital is startled to have vision of his ROK double struggling to hold down Ji Hun’s mother after a wrist-cutting suicide attempt. Na Ri has a déjà vu: sees Seung A with ES in the KOC hospital. PM Koo cannot be contacted in KOC. (TS#16 / 46 minutes, 49 seconds / 2,809 seconds / 53²)
• LL + PM Koo + Luna>>ROK (see above for time stop): Body of PM Koo’s murdered ROK parallel stored in Yangsun Care Center morgue. On 30 January 2020: TE sees PM Koo dressed as Koo Eun A and checks her ROK ID (same day Jangmi wrote up arrest report, SJ got cut in fight with LL’s lead ROK henchman, and TE’s clothes were bloodied when she helped SJ to the hospital); TE watches PM Koo buy high-heeled shoes; Luna watches TE and her dad at grocery store. Luna cuts hair like TE. PM Koo visits Na Ri’s café, where JY sees her. JY chases PM Koo using Na Ri’s car, forces stop, but is shot by LL minions while he and PM Koo talk. PM Koo drives away, leaving him on the ground in obvious pain. SJ comes to help JY. Luna gets TE’s cell phone out of storage locker. While with short hair (wig), enters LL’s man cave and takes bundles of money, looks right into security cameras, then stubs out her cigarette on the floor where it will be found by anyone coming in. Meets TE’s dad, he fixes Luna dinner, then she lays down in TE’s room. During the time TE is gone from ROK, Luna is at her home every day, and messages her dad often.

• Time stop #17 (see below for crossing): At 2:24pm LG is at his desk reciting Euler’s number and watching clock to measure seconds. Figures out the pattern to the increasing length of the time stops. (We do not see him experience this time stop; later that night is the raid on Eosu Bookstore and LL’s lead ROK henchman, who has been moved to the KOC bookstore, is killed.) (58 minutes, 1 second / 3,481 per LG / 59²)
• LL + his main ROK henchman + TE>>KOC (see above for time stop): Henchman was still in ROK 30 Jan 2020 when he fought with, and cut, SJ. Takes over role as Eosu Bookstore owner, then killed during LG’s raid on bookstore. TE is drugged and kidnapped; on arrival in KOC smells cinnamon trees. At night LL is with original bookstore henchman at shipyard; henchman reports Eosu bookstore raid. Minion limps in to report losing TE; LL kills him; orders minions working in shipyard to capture TE dead or alive.

• Time stop (see below for crossing): LG & TE in front of Catholic church. Later, LG tells TE: “Now, time stops for over an hour.” (TS#18 / 1 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second / 3,721 seconds / 61²)
• LL>>ROK (see above for time stop): Passes and bumps SJ, who drops shopping bag. Goes to man cave and notices cigarette butt in entryway; with face twitching watches security footage of Luna entering, stealing bundles of money, looking straight into the cameras, stubbing out her cigarette on the floor, and leaving. Has dinner with Ji Hun’s mother, who grabs a ceramic pitcher and cracks it over his head; she reaches for his umbrella, but he pulls her away; LG tells her she’s the perfect bait for LG, which is why he keeps her alive.

• LL + PM Koo + ROK pregnant lady>>KOC: PM Koo is eating in private room at restaurant and her pregnant sister-in-law joins her. PM Koo knows about plan to replace her sister-in-law because she knows the baby is a girl while SIL didn’t check the gender; says it’s a waste of time for her husband to talk to her about an upcoming work trip; warns SIL, “Make sure to give birth in this Kingdom.” PM Koo says this is her first meal after “being sick”; didn’t know about LG declaring TE as future queen of KOC; didn’t have her phone. Immediately goes to confront LG; meets TE in hallway of palace. ROK pregnant lady who replaced PM Koo’s sister-in-law is seen getting massage in KOC. (TS#19 / 1 hour, 14 minutes, 49 seconds / 4,489 seconds / 67²)

• LL + Pregnant sister-in-law of PM Koo>>ROK: SIL was still in KOC when PM Koo returned from ROK. In ROK, pregnant SIL is seen in squalid, small flat, regaining consciousness and panicking. (TS#20 / 1 hour, 24 minutes, 1 second / 5,041 seconds / 71²)

• LG + TE + ES>>ROK: On foot. All three seen in Mystery Realm, where it looks like a starry night. TE stops along the way to sow more Magic Lily seeds. In ROK TE meets SJ right after Luna kissed him. Following TE’s return to ROK, we see Luna laying in a van, writhing, sweating, and crying; next to her is a pharmacy medicine bag; star stickers like the ones in TE’s room are on the ceiling of the van. Luna comes to LG at hotel bringing cans of beer; at first LG thinks she’s TE, but senses anxiety; LG collapses. (TS#21 / 1 hour, 28 minutes, 49 seconds / 5,329 seconds / 73²)

 

• LL>>KOC: LL seen walking past building displaying banner with picture of King Lee Gon. (TS#22 / 1 hour, 44 minutes, 1 second / 6,241 seconds / 79²)