: Probably a couple of villains attack during every Light
: Age, and are fairly quickly smacked down. Soulblighter
: was unusual in that he sought to force the cycle by
: usurping the mantle of the Leveller, while the Watcher
: just wanted to raise a little hell--which is why
: Soulblighter is currently being tortured by the gods,
: while the Watcher lived to fight in the Great War. So
: the two cases aren't exactly parallel.
Where are you getting this cycle stuff? From Broken Cycle? I doubt very much that SB's goal was to unsurp the mantle of the Leveler... it said before that SB like his master just sought to destroy, also stated is something along the lines of "he wishes to achieve the goal/glory/or something that was denied his master". Pretty much it looks like he was just planning to carry on Balor's mission.
-Milk Man
P.S. yes i know what the epilogue sais but he doesnt say anything for sure, note the world "prehaps".