: This is just a part of where the concept of Myrdred being
: the one who is nearly Bahl'al's equal comes from.
: Balor is clearly the biggest badass on the face of the
: planet right now (living memory). Bahl'al is second or
: third, meaning he's running up there for second but
: someone else might be just above him, or vice versa -
: he's neck and neck with some other sorceror out there.
The "...had been the second or third most powerful sorcerer..." sort of suggests that the position is no longer so ambiguous, and then the following statements seem to confirm it (Leave it to me, the guy who gets raw scores of 100 on his English midterms and finals after 5 minutes or so of studying for each, to overanalyze like this).
: In TFL we learn that The Watcher and The Deceiver had it
: out after the battle for Tyr, and that the Watcher
: barely survived it. Then at Silvermines they have it
: out again and Myrdred barely survives. That flavor
: text just basically restates it, and since it's
: Myrdred's flavor it's obviously in his favor. It could
: just as easily have said "[The Deceiver was] one
: of the second of third most powerful sorcerors in
: living memory... these two had it out after the
: flooding of Silvermines... The Deceiver barely
: survived", if the flavor had been for Bahl'al
: instead.
As I pointed out in my response to... someone in this strand, the Watcher uses his army to beat the Deceiver. It doesn't say that the Deceiver himself was hurt, or injured, etc.; thus, since the Watcher has a better, much bigger army, and a better tactical knowledge, AND much more tactical experience, the Deceiver's army probably wouldn't have been much of a challenge (especially if he wasn't completely prepared, though, I don't remember exactly what was going on at that time, so that's a hypothetical situation, and that's why it's in parentheses =).
Anyway, that's why I pointed it out.
Doom.
