I think the point of Myth: The Fallen Lords is that the Cycle was broken by Alric. I don't remember who (I believe it was one of our resident Irishmen), but someone brought up the similarity between Myth and a vague historical comparison to the coming of Christianity (which is exactly what The Lord of the Rings was about too). Irish mythology, for instance, died out when good portions of the population converted to a belief system that abhorred magic and was far less fond of the cyclical natures which were far more common in polytheistic beliefs (exempli gratia, karma, or European versions of it, often dictate a circular form of retribution, an eye for an eye, even seven times the punishment on the person who committed the crime, and so forth in endless cycles, whereas Christianity has professed, albeit ironically, to turn the other cheek and forgive and forget).
Outside of Ireland, an example equally valid if not moreso is Saxony, the larger part of old Germany, when its inhabitants were brought to Christianity or the sword by Charlemagne.
J.R.R. Tolkien, devoutly Roman Catholic, added a similar element as a primary theme to LotR, that the age of magic was ending; the Wizards and Elves would go off to Valinor (and you'll notice that the largest constituency of Dwarves, in Moria, were completely wiped out by the last Balrog, which was also destroyed). It's perfectly reasonable to believe this was known to the authors of our belov่d game, and incorporated something similar. Of course, the problem with writing a story which concludes its primary allure, such as the end of the fantasy, precludes the possibility for valid sequels. Indeed, just as for Tolkien's universe, prequels were the way to go.
In any case, that's what makes Alric so special, and this game so special; Alric was supposed to lose, but he didn't. Actually, I would argue that the cycle was about to be broken anyway; Balor had literally killed almost everyone in the entire world. It's not like the Wind Age, with unorganized rabbles of Myrkridia running around just terrorizing people; Balor had a firm and total control over the entire continent, and would have ended up killing everyone and ending the cycle himself (which is exactly what Connacht set out to do). Alric does it for him, but with a better ending.
: The way I saw it was like this: 1)Leveller comes and for
: 1000 years the Dark rule
: 2)Hero comes and defeats Dark and for 1000 years Light
: rule
: 3)Hero returns as new Leveller and Dark rule for 1000
: years
: 4)New Hero comes and so on...
: Like in what we have heard: 1)Tireces defeats Leveller
: and Age of Reason begins (Light rule)
: 2)Tireces comes back as new Leveller Moagim but dies, Age
: of Reason ends and Wind Age begins (Dark rule)
: 3)New Leveller comes but Connacht kills him in Wolf
: Age(Light rule)
: 4)Connacht comes back as the new Leveller Balor to end
: Wolf Age and begin Sword Age but dies (cycle broken?
: or maybe Dark can still rule like in Wind Age when the
: Leveller died yet Dark ruled for that age)
: Moagim Reborn is said to be the Leveller... in Myth 3 it
: is said he is a fake.... so the real Leveller could
: have been one of the people who killed the first
: Moagim.
