: ** Spoiler Alert**
: The cycle of light and dark is an element of huge
: importance to the Myth series. The Age of Darkness
: ended with the death of Sorengath, thus bringing in
: the Age of Reason. In turn, the Age of Reason ended
: with the death of Moagim and entrance of the Myrkridia
: into the world (the Wind Age). And of course, Myth III
: is all about how the Wind Age was ended by Connacht,
: thus beginning the Wolf Age.
: Now of course, the Wolf Age should have ended to another
: age of darkness. And it almost did, as was shown in
: TFL: the Cath Bruig empire collapsed as did the
: majority of cities in the province.
: But in the end...it did not. Alric triumphed over Balor,
: thus continuing the years of light. But why did the
: light triumph again?
: This is something...that really needed to be
: investigated.
: My thoughts on the matter: 1) Soulblighter's attacks in
: Myth II had no consequence on the cycle. It was
: already "broken" by the time he ressurected
: the Myrkridia.
: 2) The presence of the Head may have had an impact on the
: cycle; By having two levellers (Mjarin and Balor)
: active at the same time, something may have gone
: wrong.
: 3) It seems that the Leveller is always defeated before
: the change from light to dark. Sorangath dies just
: before the Age of Reason, Moagim dies just before the
: Wind Age (dark) begins. And Balor also dies....it is
: quite possible that the cycle is not broken and the
: age just after Alrics victory may become one of
: darkness after all. (We only know what happens up to
: about 100 years after Balors defeat...Muirthemne has
: been abandoned once again and the Province is where
: nearly all of humanity lives...in the 100 year prior
: to that, the continent was torn by war thanks to
: soulblighter).
: 4) At the end of Myth III, Connacht reveals to Damas that
: it is written in the Total Codex that he will one day
: usher in a new age of darkness. By its nature, the
: Total Codex can never be wrong, yet it seems to be in
: this case because Balor fails to destroy civilization.
: 5) Alric did not do anything that unusual. Like the other
: "heroes" of ages past, he simply rallied his
: forces and triumped over the leveller. This alone
: should not be enough to break the cycle.
: Any ideas...?
Hmmm Have Is seen this before:P
Heres my resonce from MWA for those who haven't seen it.
Now in many ways we face a dark Millenia:Trow free, Myrkridia, Ghols with explosives, shades, 2 Fallen Lordsetc.
Also the age is very dark already 110 years were spent in difficulty and slow rebuilding and most of the Millenia will be spent rebuilding the world escpecially the Downs.
The cycle being broken can be seen in 3 ways, one optimistic:We are stuck in a Light age forever.
2 Pessimistic (But allot more fun): The Age is stuck in a medium, not light not dark, forever.
3 Really Pessimistic:Stuck in a dark age, a punishment to Alric for breaking the cycle.
We don't know if the leveller is truly dead, though Connacht is definately dead, you can't bring back a guy with no head.
Technically the Head isn't the Leveller, he's just an ex-leveller's head, he doesn't have the power of the leveller, The Mantle if you will.
Origanally the cycles were 500 years, explaining Connachts early return, this was changed to 1000 years, making one big mess. But the info on Connacht saying he would usher in a dark age is new and is accurate, is it a hint to Myth IV? perhaps the Cycle been broken also stopped what happens in the Codex what happens in the real world.
Myth IV (Oh please, oh please, oh please) will hopefully explain this.
