: Not necessarily. I can't think of any instance in the
: Mythworld where someone was paralyzed, killed, or
: otherwise harmed by the use of their true name. The
: closest parallel was when the Watcher was shot by the
: arrows with tips made by his bones, and that most
: likely 'stoned' him because there was enough power in
: his own bones to harm him. After all, he was the
: second or third most powerful sorceror in history.
"Rather like knowing his true name, only better." is a quote from "Silvermines," this showing how the true name thing is most certainly a part of Myth, and most likely has as much implication as its roots, in the Black Company, as well as the thousands of other tales, lengends, and magicks which take this into account. Seeing as we don't know the Watcher's true name, and he isn't constantly barraged by it to make him weak, we can assume that Bahl'al is simply his common name, at best.
