...Damas to Soulblighter.
Forrest posted somewhere earlier Myth Pre-release info, noting that "Damas" is one of the shade names that bungie had listed. We know that Soulblighter's name was once Damas.
So, a list of things:
Damas = shade
Damas = Soulblighter
Soulblighter = Twice Born
So, maybe SB used to be a shade, and after his death he was brought back as Soulblighter. But not just brought back... reborn. This implies that he didn't simply arise from the dead, but was returned to life through some sort of birth (as in Christ and the virgin birth, though details are obviously lacking here).
This said, maybe that is also (please don't reply to just this one point... how annoying :) a clue to anchient evils, telling us that they were evil to being with, and never turned from the light. 'Course, I may have missed a post pointing out someone that was both light and achient evil, but I'll know soon. ;-)
So conclusion--our boy damas may have been a shade, with all the history that implies. Maybe Soulblighter would have been the leveler, but Balor got in the way, and that was how things got screwed up... anyway, now I'm just speculating. Interesting, though... after all, Connacht was trying to break the cycle, so maybe this is how he succeeded? ;-)
--Stinger