: Now here's the main fallacy of your train of thought,
: which spoils all the rest. The description of the Hero
: rising in the East is not of Connacht, but of the
: Great Hero of the Second Era (who is unnamed). It's to
: establish the basis of the cycles; every Era (a
: thousand years), a Great Hero defeats the Leveller,
: who arises in the middle of the ensuing Era, only to
: be defeated at the dawn of the next Era.
We shouldn't jump to conclusions too quickly. Nothing states that the Eras are the thousand-year-long cyclic periods, eventhough it does make a lot of sense. For all we know, the Great War and the death of Soulblighter could still be in the Fourth Era.
: Now, there's also another observation I've made. It seems
: that the tides of ligth and dark alternate their
: directions. We know Connacht and his later form of
: Balor both came from the East. Early beta texts show
: that the tomb of the first Myrkridian kind was near
: Silvermines, indicating that they - and subsequently
: their leader Moagim - came from the west. Alric, also,
: came from the west. So we have: Moagim (west)
: Connacht (east)
: Balor (east)
: Alric (west)
The Myrkridia seemed to have been around before Moagim ever came to include them into his ranks. According to the Trow in Antero's Bestiary, the Oghres rebelled after twelve centuries of slavery and when the Trow had made the Oghres go extinct, Connacht came in and imprisoned them. The Myrkridia was apparantly around during the Golden Age of the Trow, which should've been either during or before their passion for enslaving peoples.
: Now, look at what we know of Levellers and eras. In the
: Second Era he was killed. Again in the third. Again in
: the fourth. Then there's Moagim (fifth) and Balor
: (sixth). So, trace the east-west pattern back. Moagim
: from the west. Fourth from the east. Third from the
: west. And second from the east. Thus, Second Era
: tradition would tell of their hero rising in the east,
: just as would Fourth Era and Sixth Era (Connacht)
: tradition.
: So, lets put together a bit of a chronology here.
: 0000
: First Era begins.
: First Light Age begins.
: Civilization starts in the west.
: 0500
: First Dark Age begins.
: Leveller arises in the west.
: 1000
: Second Era begins.
: Second Light Age begins.
: Hero rises in the east, beheads Leveller and burns him at
: the stake.
: 1500
: Second Dark Age begins.
: Leveller arises in the east.
: 2000
: Third Era begins.
: Third Light Age begins.
: Hero rises in west, draws and quarters Leveller on plains
: before Illeum.
: 2500
: Third Dark Age begins.
: Leveller arises in west.
: 3000
: Fourth Era begins.
: Fourth Light Age (Axe Age?) begins.
: Hero rises in the east, torches Leveller and buries him
: under Mountains of Kor.
: 3500
: Fourth Dark Age begins.
: Leveller rises in the east.
: 4000
: Fifth Era begins.
: Age of Reason begins.
: Tireces rises in the west, kills Leveller.
: 4500
: Fifth Dark Age begins.
: Tireces becomes Moagim, sweeps in from the west.
: 5000
: Sixth Era begins.
: Wind Age begins.
: Connacht rises in the east, kills Moagim, whoops
: Myrkridia
: and Trow, imprisoned The Watcher, etc etc etc. Damas is
: Connacht's lieutenants.
: 5500
: Wolf Age begins.
: Connacht becomes Balor, sweeps in from the east. Damas
: becomes Soulblighter. Myrdred, an Avatara, is bound to
: Balor as "The Deceiver".
Lemme shove in some other dates here, then.
5950
Balor sacks Muirthemne.
5982
The war against Balor starts, most likely the war against the cities lead by Madrigal.
Did it take Balor 450 years to destroy Muirthemne and fail to find the Ibis Crown there?
: 6000
: Seventh Era begins.
: Sword Age begins.
: Alric rises in the West, beheads Balor. The Watcher and
: Shiver are killed.
: 6060
: Soulblighter breaks cycle? Shiver ressurected, killed
: again; Myrdred joins Alric, is killed by Shiver.
: Soulblighter killed.
: We recently discussed this elsewhere on the forum.
: Mazzarin was the most powerfull in the Four Ages.
: Since he fell in the Wind Age, that would mean the
: "Four Ages" are the one before the Age of
: Reason, the Age of Reason itself, the one between the
: Age of Reason and the Wind Age, and the Wind Age
: itself.
I think you failed to mention one age or another here. Because ."...the Age of Reason itself, the one between the Age of Reason and the Wind age, and the Wind Age itself." makes very little sense to me. Did the Age of Reason follow itself?
I also don't see why the Four Ages should've been before the fall of Mazzarin. Mazzarin's death during the Wind Age is spoken of in past tense. It might very well be that the some of the older incarnations of the Leveler and those slayers were much more powwerful than Alric ever was. And being powerful doesn't really seem to matter that much anyhew. The Watcher seemed to have gotten smacked just because he wasn't bright enough to go look for his lost arm.
: (There are obviously more than four ages,
: though, such as the Axe, Wolf, and Sword ages. I
: suspect the "Four Ages" are like the
: "Nine" - just four prominant ages, like the
: nine prominant avatara).
They were never called the Nine Avatara or the Nine Kickass Wizards or such. The Nine were always just the Nine. I doubt there were ever that many other groups of exactly nine individuals of the same position to lead any other army, whether it be Dark or Light. The Nine were also around for a relativly short period of time.
: Yep, Damas/Soulblighter is over a thousand years old,
: though not much more. Myrdred was from the Wolf Age,
: making him at the most 560 years old in Myth II.
: Magicians seem to last a damn long time in Myth. Lets
: not forget the Watcher, who was around before Connacht
: (presumably one of Moagim's Fallen Lords), making him
: over a millenia old as well.
And the oldest of 'em all get's kicked around by everyone. First (?) by Connacht where he loses his arm. Then Myrdred almost kills him. And finally Alric helps his troops stone him and finally kill him. I thought he'd be Ancient Evil of all Ancient Evil's. And he was the one who killed Mazzarin on top of all this.
Poor him...
: The Age of Light was an old name for the Wind Age. See
: above: the Age of Reason, [unknown], the Wind Age, the
: Wolf Age, and the Sword Age are the ones we know in
: order. The Axe Age fits in there somewhere, and there
: are many unknown ages.
You lost me there. Why is the Age of Light and old name for the Wind age?
Peter Isotalo
