: I think the thing is, Balor was around and doing various
: damage, amassing forces and such, for centuries before
: open war erupted. Then the real war started, and after
: 30 years the civilized nations were reduced to carrion
: and ash. Only then (right about when the Head showed
: up), did the Light start to push back the Dark.
If the Cath Bruig knew Balor was running around
: Exactly! The Light won't be a big, powerfull force to
: reckon with (at least not to a force like the
: Leveller) for a good number of centuries, when their
: forces are completely rebuilt. Likewise, if Balor had
: just run into the heart of Muirthemne and started
: hurling lightning about, he would do quite a bit of
: damage but in the end he'd wind up in a thousand
: pieces. So he has to plot and scheme, freeing the
: Watcher and the Trow, subborning the Myrmidons,
: enslaving the Ghols, finding the Dream of Unlife,
: binding Myrdred to his side, retriving the Fetch
: however he did, not to mention wherever Shiver and the
: missing Fallen came from (I'm presuming Damas was more
: than willing to join Balor's side). THEN he marches on
: Muirthemne, and the war really begins.
Well, whatever he did before going to war with the Cath Bruig, no civilised nation that we know knew of his actions. I doubt the Cath Bruig or their Heron Guard would sit on their butts idly while he did such foul things.
: Age and power aren't neccesarily related. The Watcher was
: really damn old and really powefull, but the Deceiver
: was just about as powerfull if not moreso, and how
: would YOU feel if someone shot you with arrows tipped
: with your own bone? (Chances are you wouldn't turn to
: stone, but Very Bad Things would happen). And one
: doesn't have to be magically powerfull to be
: powerfull; look at Soulblighter, he's just, immortal,
: he can turn into crows, and can do a couple odd things
: with fire rings and world-destroying spells of some
: sort. But as far as practical magic goes, what's he
: got? Nothing. But he's BUFF, and a tactical genious.
: That's what makes him powerfull.
*thoughful nod*
: Like the Head. I think it's all his fault.
Maybe the Head is sent from the deities.
Peter Isotalo
