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On the Ages... Etzel Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 02:16:38 PM
From the clues we have, especially Thom's stories in EotW and what RJ said, I think one can determine the following basic chronolgy of the Ages:

The first Age (the Age of Myths?) is a very natural, primal and instinctive Age, since humankind and the world is born anew. For example, men and wolves run together, apparently the Horn of Valere is created, and eventually Tamyrlin taps the OP for the first time.

This starts the second Age, the Age of Legends, which eventually lead to the tapping into the DO's prison, the War of Power & the Breaking.

Then we have the current third Age, which will end with TG.

Next comes the fourth Age, where the world heals again, eventually it might be another utopian Age like the AoL was at first (as the mentioned name in the 4th Age texts "Great Aravalon" indicates). People can probably still channel, but don't have to fear the Shadow anymore. On the other hand, we know that Mat and Tuon have to reconquer Seanchan in the beginning, likely using the new technical weapons like canonns. I believe this Age will end with a catastrophe like a large meteorite hitting the world, thus ending the society.

The fifth Age could then simply be an Ice Age, where the world and humankind eventually regenerates.

Then comes "Our Age", that means basically "our reality". Apparently it will end with a nuclear war between USA and the Soviet Union, which throws the world again into chaos and ends most of society.

This might lead to another Ice Age, namely the 7th Age, where the world and humankind renew till it all starts again with the primal 1st Age.
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thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 21/04/2010 10:32:38 PM 1405 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 22/04/2010 12:54:27 AM 1006 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 22/04/2010 07:06:52 AM 774 Views
I don't know that there could really be a first or last Age... - 22/04/2010 07:48:11 AM 887 Views
Yeah, it's the "third age"... - 22/04/2010 02:13:56 PM 850 Views
That's not entirely right - 22/04/2010 03:54:23 PM 813 Views
I think FT is saying that human conceptions of time don't apply to eternity. - 22/04/2010 04:14:45 PM 745 Views
However, I think RJ definitely had an idea, what each Age of the 7 Ages is supposed to be. *NM* - 22/04/2010 09:53:20 PM 358 Views
I don't think so. - 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM 720 Views
No, the point is... - 23/04/2010 10:06:03 AM 772 Views
Not sure what your point/question is. Doesn't seem like an issue to me quite frankly . - 26/04/2010 04:45:21 PM 799 Views
The question is... - 26/04/2010 05:08:48 PM 729 Views
I agree with FT - 26/04/2010 06:28:29 PM 896 Views
Well, maybe. - 22/04/2010 06:32:05 PM 783 Views
Doesn't make sense - 22/04/2010 09:51:55 PM 719 Views
Why? - 22/04/2010 11:16:21 PM 758 Views
Ok - 23/04/2010 12:15:03 AM 752 Views
The question isn't if it would be possible for the Creator... - 23/04/2010 08:34:23 AM 742 Views
Yes, but as we also know from the cosmology of WoT... - 23/04/2010 09:08:58 AM 814 Views
Yeah... - 23/04/2010 10:03:19 AM 750 Views
Why must there have been such a thing? - 23/04/2010 07:30:02 PM 762 Views
So, you believe there never was a first 1st Age? *NM* - 24/04/2010 08:55:45 AM 386 Views
Yes and no... - 24/04/2010 10:55:02 PM 722 Views
Don't think so, but might be an interesting question for BS! *NM* - 25/04/2010 09:38:09 AM 365 Views
True that. *NM* - 25/04/2010 06:30:03 PM 412 Views
Yes there was a first age, no it is not a loop. - 23/04/2010 01:49:45 AM 796 Views
More change? - 23/04/2010 05:03:22 AM 705 Views
Re: More change? - 24/04/2010 01:25:22 AM 736 Views
On the Ages... - 22/04/2010 02:16:38 PM 1052 Views
Re: On the Ages... - 23/04/2010 01:54:16 AM 748 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 22/04/2010 03:09:32 PM 852 Views
Nah, it's just a Tolkien rip-off... - 22/04/2010 06:05:50 PM 1192 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 23/04/2010 04:15:49 AM 774 Views
Can't be... - 23/04/2010 08:27:29 AM 765 Views
Yeah, but Loial apparently read a copy of The Lord of the Rings somewhere... - 23/04/2010 09:11:00 AM 812 Views
It's reversed... - 23/04/2010 10:10:56 AM 886 Views
I doubt it, I don't have the books with me right now... - 23/04/2010 07:31:34 PM 846 Views
I don't think that's right. *NM* - 24/04/2010 08:57:45 AM 768 Views
You're right, that is not referenced in the book. - 25/04/2010 06:34:29 PM 719 Views

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