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I don't think so. RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM
That's the point of the whole "...called the Third Age by some..." intro to the books. Their timeline is not a straight line - it may very well be the case in this universe that the seeds of the beginnings of certain elements of Ages to come are planted in small amounts in the past, so each succession of Ages build on one another.

In other words, there is no "beginning", but there are "beginnings". Hence, there is no FIRST Age, but there are Ages that are called "the First".

In other words, since the Creator and the Dark One exist outside of time, their activities in this universe are governed by the rules of a predestination paradox because they are simultaneously working in the past and the future.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
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thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... mazza3 - 21/04/2010 10:32:38 PM 1405 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... GateKeeper - 22/04/2010 12:54:27 AM 1009 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... Kieran - 22/04/2010 07:06:52 AM 775 Views
I don't know that there could really be a first or last Age... Fanatic-Templar - 22/04/2010 07:48:11 AM 887 Views
Yeah, it's the "third age"... DomA - 22/04/2010 02:13:56 PM 851 Views
Difficult to see how you can refer to a billion people as a "fringe"... *NM* Shannow - 22/04/2010 05:02:08 PM 383 Views
You really think half of all christians believe that Earth is only 3000 years old? *NM* Japhy - 23/04/2010 12:35:01 AM 391 Views
Last I've heard, the majority of Christians weren't fundamentalists DomA - 23/04/2010 01:54:04 PM 759 Views
How about "living on the fringe of reality"? *NM* Marshall - 24/04/2010 10:21:17 PM 382 Views
That's not entirely right Etzel - 22/04/2010 03:54:23 PM 816 Views
I think FT is saying that human conceptions of time don't apply to eternity. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 04:14:45 PM 746 Views
However, I think RJ definitely had an idea, what each Age of the 7 Ages is supposed to be. *NM* Etzel - 22/04/2010 09:53:20 PM 358 Views
I don't think so. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM 723 Views
No, the point is... Etzel - 23/04/2010 10:06:03 AM 775 Views
Not sure what your point/question is. Doesn't seem like an issue to me quite frankly . RugbyPlayingAshaman - 26/04/2010 04:45:21 PM 800 Views
The question is... Etzel - 26/04/2010 05:08:48 PM 730 Views
I agree with FT RugbyPlayingAshaman - 26/04/2010 06:28:29 PM 897 Views
Well, maybe. Fanatic-Templar - 22/04/2010 06:32:05 PM 784 Views
Doesn't make sense Etzel - 22/04/2010 09:51:55 PM 720 Views
Why? Fanatic-Templar - 22/04/2010 11:16:21 PM 759 Views
Ok File Leader - 23/04/2010 12:15:03 AM 752 Views
The question isn't if it would be possible for the Creator... Etzel - 23/04/2010 08:34:23 AM 745 Views
Yes, but as we also know from the cosmology of WoT... Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 09:08:58 AM 815 Views
Yeah... Etzel - 23/04/2010 10:03:19 AM 752 Views
Why must there have been such a thing? Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 07:30:02 PM 764 Views
So, you believe there never was a first 1st Age? *NM* Etzel - 24/04/2010 08:55:45 AM 386 Views
Yes and no... Fanatic-Templar - 24/04/2010 10:55:02 PM 722 Views
Don't think so, but might be an interesting question for BS! *NM* Etzel - 25/04/2010 09:38:09 AM 365 Views
True that. *NM* Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2010 06:30:03 PM 413 Views
Yes there was a first age, no it is not a loop. Kieran - 23/04/2010 01:49:45 AM 798 Views
More change? Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 05:03:22 AM 707 Views
Re: More change? Kieran - 24/04/2010 01:25:22 AM 736 Views
On the Ages... Etzel - 22/04/2010 02:16:38 PM 1052 Views
Re: On the Ages... Kieran - 23/04/2010 01:54:16 AM 750 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 03:09:32 PM 853 Views
Nah, it's just a Tolkien rip-off... ursidae - 22/04/2010 06:05:50 PM 1194 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... gjjfh - 23/04/2010 04:15:49 AM 774 Views
Can't be... Etzel - 23/04/2010 08:27:29 AM 767 Views
Yeah, but Loial apparently read a copy of The Lord of the Rings somewhere... Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 09:11:00 AM 813 Views
It's reversed... Etzel - 23/04/2010 10:10:56 AM 887 Views
I doubt it, I don't have the books with me right now... Fanatic-Templar - 23/04/2010 07:31:34 PM 850 Views
I don't think that's right. *NM* Etzel - 24/04/2010 08:57:45 AM 769 Views
You're right, that is not referenced in the book. Fanatic-Templar - 25/04/2010 06:34:29 PM 720 Views
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