: I think the point of Myth: The Fallen Lords is that the
: Cycle was broken by Alric. I don't remember who (I
: believe it was one of our resident Irishmen), but
: someone brought up the similarity between Myth and a
: vague historical comparison to the coming of
: Christianity (which is exactly what The Lord of the
: Rings was about too). Irish mythology, for instance,
: died out when good portions of the population
: converted to a belief system that abhorred magic and
: was far less fond of the cyclical natures which were
: far more common in polytheistic beliefs ( exempli
: gratia , karma, or European versions of it, often
: dictate a circular form of retribution, an eye for an
: eye, even seven times the punishment on the person who
: committed the crime, and so forth in endless cycles,
: whereas Christianity has professed, albeit ironically,
: to turn the other cheek and forgive and forget).
: Outside of Ireland, an example equally valid if not
: moreso is Saxony, the larger part of old Germany, when
: its inhabitants were brought to Christianity or the
: sword by Charlemagne.
: J.R.R. Tolkien, devoutly Roman Catholic, added a similar
: element as a primary theme to LotR, that the age of
: magic was ending; the Wizards and Elves would go off
: to Valinor (and you'll notice that the largest
: constituency of Dwarves, in Moria, were completely
: wiped out by the last Balrog, which was also
: destroyed). It's perfectly reasonable to believe this
: was known to the authors of our belov่d game, and
: incorporated something similar. Of course, the problem
: with writing a story which concludes its primary
: allure, such as the end of the fantasy, precludes the
: possibility for valid sequels. Indeed, just as for
: Tolkien's universe, prequels were the way to go.
: In any case, that's what makes Alric so special, and this
: game so special; Alric was supposed to lose, but he
: didn't. Actually, I would argue that the cycle was
: about to be broken anyway; Balor had literally killed
: almost everyone in the entire world. It's not like the
: Wind Age, with unorganized rabbles of Myrkridia
: running around just terrorizing people; Balor had a
: firm and total control over the entire continent, and
: would have ended up killing everyone and ending the
: cycle himself (which is exactly what Connacht set out
: to do). Alric does it for him, but with a better
: ending.
Still there were any survivors before Balor dead. And we can see that in myth 2 there are alot of human, i don't think that in 60 years with small population you can destoy any enemy. So Free Cities mb had about 20 or 30 tousands of men in myth 2. So dark forces collapsed and any light survived, so light won and Alric broke the Cycle.
It's my opinion.
HGK
