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The Zargothrax that Angus XIII fought in ''Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex'' was from the future, like himself. Before Angus arrived, he defeated his earlier self, who decided to ally with Angus out of revenge.
** Jossed. The official timeline shows mutually exclusive origins for Ralathor and Zargothrax. Ralathor comes from the Terrorvortex universe; Zargothrax is native to the prime universe.

! In the next album (after ''Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex''), Angus XIII will defeat his Knife Of Evil corruption and break out of hell.

! The Terror-Vortex operates on YearInsideHourOutside.

That's why Zargothrax arrived earlier in time than Angus and [[spoiler: The Hootsman arrived the earliest of all as he was the first through the portal.]]

! We will eventually get an evil Angus XIII fighting a good Zargothrax.

** Jossed. Junior is just as evil, hateful, and as sworn to darkness as his progenitor was.

! The starlords were NeglectfulPrecursors.

! Ralathor is a reformed Zargothrax.

! Ralathor goes through the story in the same release order as the listeners.

! Album 5 will feature Angus II rebelling against the Starlords.

! Zargothrax lost his mind because of his pact with chaos.

! Zargothrax was a victim of the knife of evil.

When Zargothrax made his pact with chaos (as shown in the music video for "Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernathy") we see him draw his own blood with a knife. It's not explicitly made clear, but this could very well be the Knife of Evil, and perhaps a simple cut is enough to be corrupted by it. Perhaps the term of his pact was to make himself completely evil using this artifact. That's how he went from being "a simple peasant" to the OmnicidalManiac we know him as.

On the surface, his all-destroying motives wouldn't make much sense since this would destroy him as well. No doubt there was a price to be paid for his sorcerous powers, and it could be that the forces of chaos took his sanity.

The Starlords clearly don't care about killing innocents and, for some God forsaken reason, created a knife that seems to have the explicit purpose of turning people evil. They don't seem to be very nice and Angus will quickly betray them and fight against them.

The Zargothrax that Angus XIII fought in ''Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex'' was from the future, like himself. Before Angus arrived, he defeated his earlier self, who decided to ally with Angus out of revenge.

While they ultimately saved the day by creating the Hammer of Glory, they also created the Knife of Evil, a weapon that seemingly has no other purpose than to turn its victims evil. At the very least, they didn't have everyone's best interests at heart.

Angus XIII going to hell may only ensure his corruption instead of preventing it. But to complete the symmetry, he will be opposed by a Zargothrax clone that has been raised to be good (probably by Ralathor).

That's why Zargothrax arrived earlier in time than Angus and [[spoiler: The Hootsman arrived the earliest of all as he was the first through the portal.]]

Because, given the circumstances, is there much chance Gloryhammer ''won't'' go for an EscapedFromHell moment?

Because, given the circumstances, is there much chance Gloryhammer ''won't'' go for a LikeABadassOutOfHell moment?