: So yeah, I think that Balor conquered Gower first. And
: just as the West remained free of the Dark until the
: very end of Balor's rule, so Gower will remain under
: Dark control until just before Alric is possessed by
: the Leveller. Over the next 400 years, Alric will
: extend his dominion eastward, liberating the people
: from the remnants of the Dark (if there's anyone left
: to liberate; the rest of the continent may be as
: lifeless as the Cath Bruig). Just after he gets to
: Gower, he'll be possessed and return to the Province
: or thereabouts, establishing his Dark empire there.
Here is one thing that bothers me, if you look at where Muirthmne (the seat of the Cath Bruig Empire) is in comparison so Gower, it seems awfully close. So close in fact that Alric could and should just take his army East to finish off all the remanents of the Dark forces. So the fact that it will take 400 years for that seems unusual to me.
: I think it's very likely that the two missing Fallen
: Lords are hanging out East, around Gower. If there's
: anyone still alive there (the Dark may keep a
: population of humans alive in order to be harvested as
: food for the Ghols and to be killed and resurrected as
: undead warriors), they'd probably revolt if at least
: one Lord wasn't there to keep them down.
Now, I know this leads into the whole Shiver debate, but it is very important to understand which two Fallen Lords are still missing. We know (pretty much anyway) that the Faceless Man is one of them. He was converted from the Light so he is fairly inexperienced to say the least. However, depending on whom Shiver is, opens up a large gap between The Faceless Man and the remaining Fallen Lord.
If Shiver is Bonesplitter, then there is an ancient evil that may still be around. Otherwise if Shiver is The Voiceless One, then there is a powerful Myrmidon back at Gower. One thing to note is that there are no Myrmidons in Myth II. Now, if Shiver was in fact a Myrmidon, then when she fell to Rabican, the Myrmidons lost their leader.
There are two possible explanation for why there are no Myrmidons in Myth II. the first is farily simple and is that when Balor died the power used to keep the Myrmidons alive failed and they all crumbled to dust. The second is that when Shiver fell in battle, and Balor after, they all returned to their homelands since there was noone left to lead them. This would not explain why they did not return in Myth II when Shiver did, however. So my first explanation proves to be a bit stronger.
I would love to whole-heartedly accept that Shiver is Bonesplitter, but the fact that she has a Whisper Dream makes me reconsider. But then again she hardly seems like an ancient evil. The only referrence I can even find to her being old is from Tales from Myth TFL, where Moagim is mentioned. It has something to do with her weakness and as little follows after Rabican mentions his name. What exactly it refers to I am not sure however.
So we know at least that more than likely The Faceless Man is still in Gower tending to the horders of undead there. Shiver is dead and if she was in fact Bonesplitter then there is probably a second Fallen Lord still around somewhere. If she was The Voiceless One however, then Bonesplitter probably died with all the other Myrmidons meaning that only The Faceless Man is left. Either way we have one, maybe two Fallen Lords remaining.
Sincerely,
Pimpy™
