: 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.
Okay, first, I realize that Soulblighter doesn't know how the gameplay in Myth works. But it's obvious that the programmers had him specifically target the dwarves, and there's only one reason: he really wanted to prevent the Light from throwing the head in. Another reason Dan and I are right: in the introductory cutscene of Myth II, Soulblighter screams after the dwarf throws Balor's head in, in anguish we can assume. Third: if he really wanted Balor do be destroyed, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP at the Great Devoid. Fouth: (this is more speculative) Soulblighter was once Damas, the right-hand man of Connacht/Balor. I think there's reason to believe he may still feel loyal. Fifth: (also kind of speculative) Soulblighter's aim, established before The Forge of Myth II, is to destroy the world, to destroy, not to conquer. Balor was the most powerful of the Fallen Lords, and losing him can be nothing but a loss in the quest to kill the world. Why would Soulblighter let him die?
You may not think that the last two answers are too good, but the first three, in the absence of ANY EVIDENCE (though you may have plenty of baseless speculation) that Soulblighter had an ulterior motive, add significant weight to Dan and my side of the argument. Yes, Chris, your theory is POSSIBLE, but, using Okham's Razor, or however you spell it, let's just assume until Myth III comes out that we're right, that there's not some shadow conspiracy going on, and that the government isn't working with the aliens.
: 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."
: For the last time, Balor did not have the Fallen Lords
: bonded to him, they were a group led by Balor.
The first line, "when the Fallen Lords first appeared," actually takes place many years before Myth I, at the very beginning of the Great War. Clearly, what Alric learns (years AFTER the beginning of the Great War) is not "that they consisted of Balor and the servants he empowered." Alric learned something else--that they had been bent to his will, and would in some way suffer when he died. It's written that each Fallen "wielded power on his own behalf" Heck, the Avatara must have known that they had some independence ever since the battle between The Watcher and The Deceiver at Covenant, some years into the Great War...I think it was Covenant...anyway, the battle between them before the one at Seven Gates. This might be one of those "subsequent events. In any event, it's entirely possible that they wielded their own power but also were dependent, in part, on Balor. Hence, they did not die, but Soulblighter and The Deceiver became weaker in an unspecified way.
