: Now, what does that mean for the generalized
: ("genericized," Forrest? ;) theory? Simply
: that the good guy turned bad lives through one Dark
: Age, then dies at its end. It's not that a new bad guy
: arises to die then. So the way it runs is, each guy is
: born good in the east, secures a Light Age, turns bad
: in the east, secures a Dark Age, stays bad and moves
: to the west, but dies and permits a Light Age, and is
: born good in the west, but dies and permits a Dark
: Age: Good Alric born in East, Bad Connacht moves to
: West
I think the Leveller normally disappears partway through the dark age, just like the hero normally disappears partway through a light age. It was dying, and so soon, that was unusual. It's hard to say as we have no real information on what was happening during a normal dark age.