Board Thread:The Official Announcement Board/@comment-25436862-20160608044704/@comment-2185383-20160610053700

Not that I'm against keeping the timeline a mystery, but in a conflict this big (basically the literal invasion of the shinobi lands by a murderous death cult), canon characters are bound to be at least mentioned somewhere sooner or later. This means it will become confusing and more of a hassle in the long run than trying to fit the conflict in the canon timeline.