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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 1349 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 22/04/2010 12:54:27 AM 955 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 22/04/2010 07:06:52 AM 727 Views
I don't know that there could really be a first or last Age... - 22/04/2010 07:48:11 AM 840 Views
Yeah, it's the "third age"... - 22/04/2010 02:13:56 PM 807 Views
That's not entirely right - 22/04/2010 03:54:23 PM 767 Views
I think FT is saying that human conceptions of time don't apply to eternity. - 22/04/2010 04:14:45 PM 700 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 338 Views
I don't think so. - 22/04/2010 09:57:43 PM 675 Views
No, the point is... - 23/04/2010 10:06:03 AM 726 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 757 Views
The question is... - 26/04/2010 05:08:48 PM 684 Views
I agree with FT - 26/04/2010 06:28:29 PM 851 Views
Well, maybe. - 22/04/2010 06:32:05 PM 729 Views
Doesn't make sense - 22/04/2010 09:51:55 PM 672 Views
Why? - 22/04/2010 11:16:21 PM 713 Views
Ok - 23/04/2010 12:15:03 AM 704 Views
The question isn't if it would be possible for the Creator... - 23/04/2010 08:34:23 AM 695 Views
Yes, but as we also know from the cosmology of WoT... - 23/04/2010 09:08:58 AM 755 Views
Yeah... - 23/04/2010 10:03:19 AM 704 Views
Why must there have been such a thing? - 23/04/2010 07:30:02 PM 715 Views
So, you believe there never was a first 1st Age? *NM* - 24/04/2010 08:55:45 AM 365 Views
Yes and no... - 24/04/2010 10:55:02 PM 675 Views
Don't think so, but might be an interesting question for BS! *NM* - 25/04/2010 09:38:09 AM 336 Views
True that. *NM* - 25/04/2010 06:30:03 PM 393 Views
Yes there was a first age, no it is not a loop. - 23/04/2010 01:49:45 AM 747 Views
More change? - 23/04/2010 05:03:22 AM 656 Views
Re: More change? - 24/04/2010 01:25:22 AM 685 Views
On the Ages... - 22/04/2010 02:16:38 PM 998 Views
Re: On the Ages... - 23/04/2010 01:54:16 AM 699 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 22/04/2010 03:09:32 PM 801 Views
Nah, it's just a Tolkien rip-off... - 22/04/2010 06:05:50 PM 1131 Views
Re: thinking on the 4th-7th and 1st ages.... - 23/04/2010 04:15:49 AM 724 Views
Can't be... - 23/04/2010 08:27:29 AM 721 Views
Yeah, but Loial apparently read a copy of The Lord of the Rings somewhere... - 23/04/2010 09:11:00 AM 763 Views
It's reversed... - 23/04/2010 10:10:56 AM 835 Views
I doubt it, I don't have the books with me right now... - 23/04/2010 07:31:34 PM 772 Views
I don't think that's right. *NM* - 24/04/2010 08:57:45 AM 724 Views
You're right, that is not referenced in the book. - 25/04/2010 06:34:29 PM 674 Views

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