: Aaargh. Ok, the essential basics of my theory. Or,
: rather, anti-theory. Mazzarin didn't reincarnate as
: anyone. He was a really powerful mage, but almost
: certainly not up the the power of a Great Hero or
: Leveller (Alric seems to make up for his lack of raw
: power through a mixture of luck, cunning and
: cheating). He couldn't have been Alric, as we know
: that Alric is the A spirit, who was, in Mazzarin's
: lifetime, in the form of Moagim, and so, if Mazzarin
: reincarnated as anyone, it would have to be Balor,
: which would have made Mazzarin the Great Hero at the
: beginning of the Wind Age who got defeated. And
: Mazzarin was killed by the Watcher, who was, at this
: time, an independent evil, therefore creating rather
: an anticlimax, considering that Great Heroes OUGHT to
: be killed by the forces of the Leveller.
Except look at when Mazzarin lived. It was well after the first Moagim and his opponent had died, and "decades" before Connacht fought Moagim Reborn. So no Saviors or Levellers were alive at the time. And as I've been telling Zeph, it would make negative sense for him to be a previous life of Connacht (since he's definitely NOT the Great Hero), because that would make three light lives in a row. If he was between the two Moagims, however, that would make more sense, since that would put a Light between the two Darks.
Another, old theory that I could never get to go anywhere involved the Summoner. Who the hell was he? Why could/would he, of all people, ressurect the Myrkridia? And why at such an odd time in the cycle? That struck me as similar to Mazzarin, this uber-powerfull archmage who appeared at a rather odd time in the cycle. Just doesn't make a lot of sense, but I couldn't find any connections there...
: There's more, but I can't be bothered to post it right
: now.
: Oh, and el $ker, I know I'm rather going against both our
: theories here, but Mazzarin was the founder of the
: Nine, suggesting that he was an agent of Light of some
: kind.
