: Because the Head wasn't in it's Moagim (GIM. GIM. Not
: Moagrim, MoaGIM. No R. That's really bugging me)
: stage, if it ever was Moagim at all.
: Silicon was arguing that the only way the head of
: Tireces/Moagim could have survived was if it still had
: the Leveller behind it, in which case it and Balor
: would be the essentially same person. So, since
: they're not, it can't be Tireces/Moagim. (Though
: that's faulty logic as well, because SOMEONE's head
: survived buried under thousands of tons of sand and
: rock, so it could have been Tireces/Moagim's even
: without the Leveller).
Yeah, I think that although Balor retained a few of Connacht's personality traits (like a rabid hatred of the Myrkridia), he was still first and foremost the Leveler and would immediately ally himself with any other surviving Levelers. Anyway, if any of the Myrkridia had survived and there was a chance that Balor could use them against the Light, I believe he would have gotten over his dislike pretty fast; I think the Leveler erased all the parts of Connacht's personality which mattered, and only left behind irrelevant (as he thought) fragments like his hatred of the Myrkridia. Balor recruited the Watcher, after all, who was another old enemy of Connacht. As for The Head, I think it must be (or be backed by) an agency of power on the order of the Leveler's, or Wyrd's, or Nyx's. It seems to have access to as much knowledge as the Leveler does, and its powers of persuasion exceed even those of the Deceiver, a Fallen Lord who specializes in that area. I think The Head is probably an embodiment of some divine being just as Balor is the current embodiment of the Leveler, although the god controlling the Head is most likely less powerful. In some ways the Head's behavior suggests to me that it's animated by whatever god is the trickster in the Myth pantheon, like Hermes or Coyote or Loki; not physically very powerful, but smart, sneaky and persuasive, and fond of an unassuming physical shape. How much evidence do I have for this? Nada, so don't even bother arguing. But, anyway, that's why I reasoned that if The Head was one of the corrupted heroes it must still be controlled by the Leveller; I don't think what it manages could be achieved even by an ex-hero without divine assistance.
--SiliconDream
