: No, Soulblighter didn't know dwarfs were the only cones
: who could carry objects and heads, *anyone* can but
: for *gameplay* reasons your dwarf had to carry it. A
: berserk carried the Head in the opening movie.
But that was Truan of the Hundred Battles. He's a berserk hero. Plus that was the Head, not Balor's head.
: From GURPS : "When the Fallen Lords first appeared,
: the Avatara mistakenly assumed that they consisted of
: the Balor and servants that he empowered. Subsequent
: events proved that each Fallen Lord very much wielded
: his own power on his own behalf, and that Balor's
: "lieutentants" really made up a Dark circle
: remarkably similar to The Nine's led by Alric."
It wasn't so much an assumption as what the Deceiver told them. I'm thinking the Deceiver told Alric this in an attempt to get rid of Balor, who he didn't particularly like.
: For the last time, Balor did not have the Fallen Lords
: bonded to him, they were a group led by Balor.
They weren't dependent on him for power apparently, but GURPS maintains they had been bent to his will. The only exception is Soulblighter, who joined up on his own.
: You seem to be taking the Myth story as black and white
: when most of its characters walk through the gray
: consistantly. The story is not what it originally
: seemed.
We all know that, but that doesn't mean all theories are equally viable. The game depicts Soulblighter as trying to stop the dwarves from throwing in the head, so that's how it is. You might as well say the dark lost on purpose, and Balor wanted those berserks to chop his head off and the Watcher left him behind hoping someone would make arrows from it. It's pretty silly.
