: However, if Snackwell's asking for the Myth III
: perspective, I think MJ must have intended the Mauls
: to be descendants of the Oghres-- their Oghres are
: much too close in appearance to Mauls for it to be a
: coincidence. How would they explain no one mentioning
: this fact in Myth II? Well, we never actually see Trow
: and Mauls on the same map, so I guess maybe it never
: came up; and most Humans other than Fallen Lords and
: the Heron Guard would have no idea what Oghres looked
: like. Sure, it's a stretch, but hardly the worst one
: in Myth III's plot. :-)
Hm. Or perhaps the Mauls and Oghre were simply different races which sprang from the same general genetic origins, like Humans and Fir'bolg. And if a Maul looks like an Oghre to human eyes, consider how much like a Fir'bolg a Human must look to Maul eyes.