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Re: Bahl'al, The Watcher, Unlife, etc

Posted By: Gothmog (ool-43562621.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: 4/15/2003 at 9:44 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Bahl'al, The Watcher, Unlife, etc (Ghôlsbane)

: Having learned Balor's greatest secret, the reanimation
: of the dead, Soulblighter passed on this knowledge to
: his evil human associates so they could build him an
: army. These Undead are the corpses of villagers and
: other commoners, and are the first stage in what will
: eventually become a Wight.

: They are nimble compared to most undead units, and while
: their blows do little damage, their foul stench and
: clammy touch can stun the living.
: -Ghast Description, Cast of Characters, Myth II Manual

: I believe this counters the argument that Bah'lal alone
: could raise thrall.

: While I believe Children of Bahl'al to be a correct
: epithet of the thrall, I don't feel it's enough to
: suggest that Bah'lal alone had the power to create
: them though he was probably the first to do so.

as just another idea, seeing that i have no proof... maybe bahl'al is one of the dark gods, associated with the reanimation of the dead. the watcher could have been his earthly representetive, but when the watcher died, he would have been fairly unharmed, still able to pass on his knowledge to others.

this would make the dream of unlife not a dream of wyrd, but a dream of bahl'al. it would have been a dream never intended by wyrd to pass onto his world, but when wyrd lost his train of thought, bahl'al and his other friends(i.e. the dark gods) slipped some other dreams into his world.

this would also make it possable, that instead of the fallen lords being ancient heroes who were corrupted, maybe they died, of natrual causes, and when the leveller showed up, each dark god in turn took one of the heroes and raised he or she to be their champion, to aid the leveller in his quest.

that might also explain the fallen lords names
shiver could be the name of the dark god that ravanna's corpse serves

the deceiver could be the dark god that myrdred's corpes serves, and by giving power back to this archmage, by the time of myth 2, he was able to free himself from the deciever's influence, but he retained the name out of habit.

bahl'al i already mentioned

and soulblighter could be the dark god that damas's corpse serves, but soulblighter(the god) decided that instead of letting go, he would try to use damas to impersonate the leveller, but failed, and eventually was forced out of the world, by his champions destruction.

the leveller, therefore would be the reincarnate spirit of the balancing force that comes to power every 1000 years, and due to the dark gods lust for death and destruction, they usually come to his aide.

Gothmog

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