: Also, despite him saying it is the seventh year in the
: war, there are journeymen around so it must be not
: counting the fall of muirthemne... but it happens MUCH
: earlier than the game begins, though its possible that
: they are the same person, that man would be rather old
: after fighting through the first 20 years, though he
: does speak as a vetran.
"I am not a coward. I think that my actions over the last seventeen years prove this. Yet I was relieved to not be among those chosen to die." I'm almost positive that he cannot have served through the first twenty years if he only refers to seventeen years that prove that he's not a coward. Of course, it may just mean that only in the last seventeen years has he actually proven himself to stand out as exceptional, as opposed to another Warrior.
Regarding the fall of Muirthemne, we only have one minor problem matching this up. According to the manual writer: "...the Fallen torched Muirthemne just a few years ago." In the glossary, it refers to Muirthemne falling fifty years ago. Admitedly, a not-so-minor error I just noticed (off topic, but while I'm commenting). "...the Fallen...turned the Empire east of the Cloudspine into desert (now called the Devoid)". "The Devoid"?! Huh?
Also, just out of personal interest, any thoughts on why he would refer to it as "the war in the North" instead of the "the war in the West"? Its not really vital to proving anything, but I'd like to know if anyone has an impression on why he would say it that way.
: On a side note, from perspective I would guess that the
: narrator in the intro is not the same person as the
: journal writer too, because the journal writer did not
: realize that it was the same army of the dark as
: previously in legends until after alric explains in
: the last few missions.
: Either that or the intro is from the journal writer, but
: after the great war is over...
As far as we can tell, which means nothing, the Journal Writer did not survive the struggle at the Great Devoid. If I had to take a guess (I'm assuming a fitting outcome, not a probable one): Seeing that the dwarf who carried Balor's head would not make it before Soulblighter slew him, he selflessly sacririced himself to hinder Soulblighter's advance.
To be perfectly honest, the intro "In a time long past..." is possibly One Heron Stone (you try spontaneously coming up with a Heron Guard name), the Myth 2 Journal Writer.
Of course, that's not even remotely supported (not neccessarily contradicted either, but I don't have even solidly logical guesswork to justify that) by the facts, but it makes some sense.
Seraph
P.S. Some good thoughts are coming out of this much gone over topic. My thanks to those who have shared theirs, as it keeps life a little more interesting.
