: OK, having looked at all the evidence and posted on the
: Asylum a couple of Leveller/Head-related threads, this
: is what I have concluded: The Leveller is "a
: transient divinity that seeks only conflict"
: (Myht II Epilogue), meaning that it only remains for a
: brief time, as we know. The popular theory is that the
: Leveller "posseses" people. However, this
: cannot satisfactorially explain why Moagim, after the
: Leveller leaves him, remains just as evil and
: destruction-bent as before, and why Connacht, who if
: possesed would like the Myrkridia, as he brought them
: into the world, is enraged by the sight of their
: standards.
: Therefore, after musing on this, I came up with what I
: feel to be a theory that satisfies everything known
: about the Leveller without having to bend parts of my
: theory or reinterpret Myth lore.
: I believe that the Leveller does not possess, but rather
: corrupts its chosen host to the same nihilistic and
: utterly evil level it is. It is a
: "divinity", so it would be able to corrupt
: anyone, no matter how noble. It cannot control, as it
: does not possess, but it does not need to - the
: Leveller, desiring only total destruction, must be the
: lowest level that any sentient being can sink to, and
: so when it has corrupted its host (for lack of a
: better word), it would desire exactly the same,
: nothing more, nothing less.
: The Leveller chooses to corrupt those who defeated it
: because they were the greatest men that it knows of.
: Who better to turn into a destrucion-obsessed madman?
: I also believe that the Leveller retains the knowledge
: of its past hosts, and gives that knowledge and
: experience to the next hosts. This would explain why
: in the M3 manual it says that every age the Leveller
: would become more powerful, and also why Moagim and
: Balor knew how to summon creatues from different
: worlds, but not Sorangath or any others. If they had
: known how, they would have. Tireces was apparently the
: greatest mind of his age too, so he may have known
: this sorcery, and so Moagim would have known how to
: use it. Connacht didn't, but since the Leveller now
: knew how, Balor would have.
: This also explains why Moagim Reborn and Mjarin's Head
: are still evil, despite not being the Leveller
: (remember, Moagim used to be Tireces, who was very
: much a Good Man), as they are corrupted permanantly.
: It also explains why Balor balks at the sight of the
: Myrkridian standard. If the Leveller could control him
: then he would not care, though maybe he would be a bit
: confused as to what exactly Alric had been thinking by
: climbing a pile of skulls, but he is clearly enraged,
: as he is still Connacht, just corrupt. Similarly with
: Moagim Reborn - still Tiresces, just corrupt.
: It may be that the Leveller isn't an entity as such, but
: more a state of being - the Epilogue to Myth II refers
: to "powers" that set the Cycles in motion -
: maybe they select the next Evil Destroyer and simply
: make him really nasty.
: Tell me what you think.
You seem to have explained why Balor virtually goes berserk on Alric for the Standard.
Good work at explaining the general Light/Dark Cycle too.
Moving slightly off topic here:
Soulblighter uses the Myrkridia without batting an eyelash (If he still has any),do you have any idea on that? After all both of them would have fought them in the Wolf Age. If Myth III history is correct, one other question on Soulblighter, why would a Heron Guard become a Fallen Lord?
It makes no sense.
Thanks for your time and effort.
