: The Great War did get rid of most of the nine (and the
: rest of them don't seem to have made it to the rebirth
: of the Cath Bruig, or at least they're lying
: low)--this thread reminds me of the conversation
: between Alric and Soulblighter in "Twice
: Born", where SB talks about Alric's dreams of
: glory and conquest or.. or whatever... sorry, shame
: spiral here, I haven't got the dialogue down by heart
: yet.
: Some thoughts: 1. Alric was using the head, not the other
: way around like most people seem to believe. He wanted
: the civil war and the deaths of the nine.
The Head, imho, was against the Dark and the Light. Its hard to believe the head as Alric's victim... didn't he say that the nine should beware of the heard or something hwen he was out in the desert?
: 2. Balor blasted the Myrkridian standard, proving he was
: Connacht--and proving that he didn't believe himself
: to be innately evil.
maybe he doesnt believe he's evil, but how good can someone who practices necromancy and slaughter villages of innocent people be?
: 3. Alric's actions lead to the destruction of the Tain,
: and the subsequent release of the Myrkridia (only to
: send in his best men later and make himself look like
: Connacht by wiping out the Summoner).
Alric was off in the East during the whole Tain eppisode in Myth I
: 4. The taking of Muirthemne, the recovery of the Ibis
: crown, the rebuilding of Cath Bruig--seems to me like
: a risky political adventure when you've got SB riding
: roughshod all over the kingdoms of the West.
It was a last ditch effort. The pivitol battles at Muirthemne changed the tide of the war!
: Face it, everyone: Alric is a power-mad dictator waiting
: to happen! How long before he starts turning his
: people into thrall because they're easier to control?
Okay, so maybe I seem like Alric's little puppet, but he seems like a hero. And if he's the leveller, how come Blor has the Leveller's armour?
