I didn't understand the ending of T.Crow trilogy!

[basakar]

I just finished the CCD trilogy and just
didn't understand what happened. I guess
that knathnid and chuthlu are the same
entity, and that the reason the benign
elder becomes evil is because, after millions
of years, all he remembers is that he had to
leave paradise. So this is the timeline:
Beginning of time:knathnid and other elders
arrive after 'running'
from CCD.
1 billion yrs later:knathnid now cthulhu
other elders are other
CCD
3 billion yrs later:titus crow enters the
scene.

So:
How were chthulhu and other CCD's imprisoned?
Were the CCD the only gods around for
2 billion years? Couldn't they have conquered
the universe in that time?
What happened to the 'first' timeline -
the one that happened before the elders
had to run from the CCD (because the CCD
did not yet exist)?

[basakar]

Thanks SiKboy

That makes a lot more sense than what
I was thinking.

[topol_sheap]

can i just point out there were 6 books in the titus crow saga.... whichs ones did you read?

[Peter]

Topol- Basakar probably has the Tor editions which were published as a three book set. Each book had two of the Titus Crow stories in it.

[basakar]

I read the 3 Tor books.
I'm still somewhat confused.
The CCD are angry/evil because they were
exiled from Elysia, but why were they
mad the very first time they attacked
Elysia?
And, if they've been imprisoned since
the beginning of time, how could they
have done anything evil?

[Peter]

Basakar- There is no explanation for the question you are asking. Or at least one wasn't written in the story. In the Case of the Titus Crow stories time is a loop. The beginning leads to the end which is the beginning all over again. There is no first time. It is always the same. If you want to get it straightened in your head you would have to read a lot of books about Time travel, paradox's, and worm holes and so such. It all has to do with theories on how time works. And since we as humans don't grasp how time works yet, the answer to your question would only be theory. It could be that there was a first time event that created the whole battle between the elder gods, but as soon as the Time loop was created the original arguement would no longer exsist, not at least in that time line. It would be in another place all together, or cease to exsist at all anymore.

This probably confused you more, sorry. In short the beginnning is the end is the beginning is the only way to answer your question. There was no first time, only all the other countless times that time has repeated itself.

[topol_sheap]

Peter,

That sounds good to me..... but you've (time) warped my mind http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

Later

Topol