: I cannot comment because I have not seen the comic in
: question. I have a several questions...
You haven't seen it? For some reason I assumed it was the starting point for your theory. You can download it from this site; bug Forrest for the URL.
: 1.) What exactly did he say?
Rabican had several disconnected thoughts (just single words going through his head) while battling Shiver; among these were "vanity" and "Moagim". The Head was not mentioned.
: 2.) Are these comics a bungie-santioned part of the
: storyline?
Well, Bungie made them and (I think) sent them out with some copies of the game, so they *were* probably intended tok complement the storyline. And they aren't known to conflict with it anywhere.
: 3.) What other explanations would there be for Rabican
: saying the word "Moagim" during the dream
: duel?
My only (admittedly lame) explanation is that Moagim was also defeated by vanity (as was Balor; really, when you're the most powerful being on Earth, you can only be defeated by your own vanity or stupidity), and Rabican was remembering it. Yes, it's a crappy explanation, but it seems to me that for The Head to be Moagim, and for Rabican to realize this, is incompossible (read the "Devil's Dictionary" if you've never seen that word before) with the Nine's attitude toward The Head and with what the narrator tells us.
--SiliconDream
