: The two things that might be conflicting in this is that
: the East might not have been the land of men, but
: rather of beings superior to men, but that doesn't
: sound too likely. The other is that about
: "terrible sorcery without equal in the
: West". The Cath Bruig empire is always spoken of
: as the greatest of empires. But that the West would
: not know of a great war going on between the Dark and
: the Cath Bruig for 450 years is just not to consider a
: plausible theory.
Who knows what's in the East, or the South? All the western nations know is that the region east of them is populated by Mauls. They don't know what's east/south of the Mauls. There could be a whole other continent over there, with assorted human nations. People don't travel much in Myth.
: I sorta never saw Alric or any of the Nine being per say
: powerful. Just look at what happened against The
: Fallen Lords. It was almost always defeat and retreat.
: The one thing the Light-sided (Heh heh) had against
: the Fallen seems to have been cunning. Alric had to
: use one of the Eblis stones, an extremly rare and
: powerful artifact, just to get Balor under control for
: a few important moments. It can only remind me of
: Rommel's shenanegance in North Africa. To be honest,
: the Light of the Great War seemed to have been total
: weenies compared to the Dark, but with truckloads more
: wit. Either that or the whatever deities that might
: exist were making destiny work for them in the end.
I think it's a destiny thing. The Dark champions are always more powerful in a Dark Age, and the Light champions defeat them through luck and guile; then the Light champions are more powerful in the next Light Age and are only defeated by the Leveller's possessing the Great Hero. You wouldn't expect Alric to be nearly as powerful back when he was fighting Balor as he will be at the height of his reign in a few centuries. Look how much difference sixty years made; he's already defeating Fallen Lords in one-on-one combat with ease.
--SiliconDream
