One thing I've never really been able to figure out about Glorantha, assuming every age ends with a reappearance of the Devil (according to KoS) and that Devil is opposed by some mortal hero... how'd that work out at the end of the Second Age?
Assuming that:
Dawn/Wakboth Original Recipe/Orlanth (but maybe Heort?)
1st Age/Gbaji/Harmast
2nd Age/????/????
3rd Age/The Dark Emperor (looks a lot like Ralzakark on GoGII 786)/Argrath
So who nearly destroyed the world in 1042 (or whenever the SA really ended?) Who was the face of the Devil? Who defeated him?
Possibility 1. The official end of the age is the fall of the EWF, but who was Wakboth? Some unnamed EWF ruler? Maybe Ingolf? Peranal? Was Alakoring the Hero of the Age?
Possibility 2. Or was it Zistor? Zazistor? The Machine God is destroyed in 917 but seems to fit the role of the Devil better than the EWF. Orlanth himself is credited with the destruction of the Machine God, but presumably this was actually achieved by some Orlanthi hero or collection thereof.
Possibility 3. Was the Devil a product of the God Learners? Certainly Aringor is the best candidate for the Hero of the Age, since he performed the LBQ to defeat the God Learners. So who took the role of Wakboth?
Thoughts?