: Here are some thoughts, although not necessarily my final
: ones: Damas - I'm not sure I like the Heron Guard
: captain thing either. So... nowhere does it say that
: the Herons were the only protectors of the Emperor
: either. It could be possible to have the Heron's as a
: general protecterate, with the Emperor also choosing a
: group of personal guards. Or, maybe he chose the best
: fighter in the land to be his sole bodyguard; and
: giving him to Connacht as a Captain when he named the
: Big C as a General. -- If he was a Heron, he could
: have been put into a special class, thus the glaive,
: which may have also given him a special status.
: Though, I don't like that either. I mean, a Heron is a
: Heron is a Heron. Also, if he was a Heron, the ritual
: he underwent may have been to prolong his life at an
: even better advantage than heron magics, but also
: giving him the increased hit points, as well as a
: special "eye" into the dark magics
: Ravanna - I find the 'double soul' thing intriging.
: However, it may be too complicated. Let's say that she
: and Damas really did get married or whatever. They
: travel to the untamed lands, and Damas fallls into the
: dark magics. He tries to convince her to undergo the
: ritual with him, but she refuses. In another ritual,
: Damas is able to split her soul; the good from the
: evil (still within the same body); and the evil (being
: the stronger half) undergoes the ritual with Damas.
: Thus making the good Ravanna the Voiceless one. Then,
: during the Great War, when her soul is taken through
: Tramists mirror, it's actually the Good soul (tragic,
: I know). The Evil soul, too weak from this loss, makes
: the body appear dead. With the help from Soulblighter
: and 60 years, the Evil soul is able to fully use the
: body. However, the pure evil transforms (cases)
: Ravanna (the body) into the hideousness known as
: Shiver. When the Deciever fights her, he
: underestimates the power of her PURE evil, and dies.
: Mjarin - No one will ever convince me that he was the
: leveller. I find that to be pure crapola. However, we
: need a Head ... Mjarin could still be the leader of
: the Warlocks, thus giving him the increased power.
: However, he is NOT the leveller. He could simply be a
: double agent type (like in-game). He wants Moagim to
: win, but he may know about the cycles. When Moagim is
: killed (which needs to be much harder, by the way),
: Mjarin will try to force a break in the cycle. When he
: is killed; his intense magical abilities will keep his
: head alive (again, nothing new). In the Great War, he
: will still be on the side of evil, but will use the
: light as his vengeance against Connacht. Thinking it
: won't matter, since he knows the cycles, he continues
: to help the Light, but also punishes them at the same
: time (the capture of Alric). Then, he causes a civil
: war to also feed his dark intentions as well, before
: disappearing again.
: Myrdred - I've got some theories I still need to flesh
: out on him. True, he needs to be around to trap the
: Watcher. True, he needs to be around Ravanna at some
: point (when she's good) to know her true name. True -
: he needs to "Decieve" at some point, though
: I'm just not sure when yet. I'll get back to you guys
: on what I think later
: Wights - nope! not supposed to be around yet
: Soulless - From the Myth II Manual: One of
: Soulblighter's most successful experiments with
: reanimation ;
: so they shouldn't be around either
I find the Ravanna double soul thin annoying and too complex, it's allot of trouble to got to just to sync up pre-release and GURPS with the Myth II fact, Ravanna=Shiver, Shiver=Ravanna. That I do believe is class A canon and no more need be said.
Mjarin- Definately not Leveler, I'd say someone who knew about the cycle and used it in his own attempt for power, and I think he works well as a Head.
Myrdred-The thing about Myrdred and Mjarin is that it sets up a Head relationship, and the Warlock relationship, so I still like the idea of him being evilish back then. What we could do is that he keeps it secret, remains in the Bruig for most of the Wolf Age until Connacht becomes Balor and "tempts" him over to the Dark, as we've seen it doesn't take much to tempt Myrdred, whoever is more likely to win he'll side with. Hence he Decieved the Cath Bruig Empire for the better part of a Millenium.
-zeph
