: Moagim, the Leveller, formerly Tireces, Great Hero of the
: Age of Reason. Slain by Connacht, or more precicely,
: "driven from the earth".
Where does it say this? I believe you, I just don't remember offhand. You should put it in his encylopedia entry.
: We know Connacht imprisoned the Myrkridia inside the
: Tain, and that Moagim lead the Myrkridia, but was
: Moagim imprisoned in the Tain? I doubt it, because if
: Murgen and Cu Roi could find their way out, I suspect
: someone with the power of the Leveller behind them
: could do so much more easily.
: So how did Moagim die?
It looks to me like Moagim's death predated the making of the Tain. The Myrkridia attacked Muirthemne before the spider-cult's shrines were established in the catacombs(see the Myrk ghost flavor text), and at least according to my interpretation Connacht didn't gain possession of the Tain until the end of the spider-cult. I don't think the Myrkridia all died when Connacht killed Moagim; it wouldn't make sense then to say that Connacht "hunted them to extinction." I think Moagim probably died when he attacked Muirthemne and the Myrkridia, without intelligent guidance, become less of a terror and more of a nuisance. Connacht hunted them down one by one until, gaining possession of the Tain, he teleported the survivors inside.
Long way of saying: I agree with you. Moagim wasn't sent into the Tain. Since I continue to believe that Moagim was the Leveler whose body was destroyed in the Fourth Era by fire, I don't think he was physically "driven from the earth." I think the phrase refers to the fact that the Leveler's spirit was exiled from the world for another 500 years.
Hey, when did the Cath Bruig empire begin? And how did it survive Moagim? Or did it get destroyed in every Dark Age and rebuilt in every Light Age? If so, I'd say the world is, on average, improving, since the last incarnation of the empire was the "greatest the world had ever known."
--SiliconDream
