In the introduction to the Myth II manual, Soulblighter and some unnamed ancient beings prepare to destroy an unsuspecting village. Now I always assumed that his servant creatures, "nameless for a thousand years," were the Myrkridia. But in the game, the Myrkridia aren't resurrected until long after open war has broken out between Soulblighter and the Province. What gives? I can think of three possible explanations:
1. Bungie made a mistake. No self-respecting Inmate would accept this explanation.
2. The creatures are something other than Myrkridia, perhaps Mahir,
3. A small population of Myrkridia survived the rest of their race, barely sustaining their existence by eating spiders and lichens in some corner of the Tain. Just before Myth II, Soulblighter located the myrk colony in one of the Tain shards he still possessed. From them he learned of the existence of the Summoner, and with their help was able to locate the man without the Total Codex. We never saw these myrks in the game because Soulblighter considered them far too valuable to waste on the relatively minor engagements of the first few levels.
Guess which explanation I like?
--SiliconDream
