: Now you're just poking fun. :) I suppose that is what
: comes of watching too much Sliders on TV1 (a channel,
: not a failed attempt at an exclamation mark). My
: theory wasn't that bad, considering that the Codex
: does tell the future of everyone in detail, maybe
: Soulblighter was *destined* to meet the Summoner, just
: like Alric was *destined* to kill Balor. Bad example,
: because Alric's defeat of Balor was against the Cycle
: wasn't it? Shouldn't there have been 500 years of
: dark?
A thousand. In the old 500 year cycle, Alric WAS destined. I guess Bungie thought it was too boring to be just another episode in the cycle, so they made it a thousand years and had this cycle break the pattern, so it would be something special.
