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[General] Would one timeline diverging into two timelines that later converge back into one timeline make sense?

In my story, the actions of the villain end in two outcomes, one where he annihilates the main cast and wins, and one where he wins but doesn't completely dominate everyone. The story would follow both timelines, the one where the antagonist completely demolished everyone would follow a new set of characters, while the latter timeline revolves around the surviving characters.

Eventually the characters from the former timeline would meet the characters from the latter one, and help them hunt down the antagonist and avenge everyone.
gpt
Kind of. There’s actually a concept from the Elder Scrolls called a Dragon Break where linear time breaks down so multiple timelines are all happening at once. Eventually the timelines merge back into one but everyone still remembers the other timelines happening. To use an example from the Elder Scrolls at the end of the Battle of Red Mountain everyone remembers the battle going a little differently. Some believe that Dumac Dwarfking was killed by Nerevar, some saw him killed by Wulfharth, some by Dagoth Ur. Some remember the Orcs and Nords fighting for the Dwarves and some against. All of them happened but eventually only one of them happened.