: Can you explain the evidence for the age sequence? I
: personally thought it went: Axe, Sword, Wolf, Wind,
: with the first half of each age ruled by Light and the
: second half ruled by Dark. This is based on the fact
: that Mazzarin died in the Wind Age, but Alric
: remembers when Mazzarin was alive, and Alric's only
: thirty-something in the Great War, so the Wind Age
: must extend from Connacht's rise to Balor's death.
: Also, it's implied that The Deceiver is over a
: thousand years old, which makes the Wolf Age
: pre-Connacht.
I remember way back when, when we madd the distinction between "age" and "era." One signified the 500 light years and the other signified the 1000 cycle, I think. And I think it's the wolf era, isn't it?
Anyway, the sword age is the current age because the fir'bolg flavor text talks about Calliban forging an alliance with the fir'bolg. And Calliban is the beta name of Alric.
Wind age is the age when Connacht arose. Of course, the Wolf era is when Balor arose. But if era signifies the 1000 year cycle, then The Deciever could be born in the first half of the cycle, meaning during the Wind age.
About Mazzarin and Sinas... It could be that Mazzarin (when he was a Shade) fought Sinas (as an avatara) and Mazzarin killed him, then somehow the Deciever brought him back as a Shade.
