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.
Why? Or under what circumstance, we do not know. The programmers made Soulblighter go after the dwarf because in the game you are supposed to believe that the head must be thrown in there or you will die. It's a game that is goal-orientated, plus it adds to the story.
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.
Actors scream in anguish all the time...that doesn't mean they are showing true emotion. He has to play the part.
Third: if he really wanted Balor do be
: destroyed, HE NEVER WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP at the Great
: Devoid.
Not ture. He had to be there in order to enforce the idea that he was desperate to get Balor's head back because he needed Balor to live. Who knows what he wanted the head for. Perhaps to save, perhaps not. Maybe he felt he could extract the Leveller's power or transfer it over to himself.
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.
Perhaps, but world domination goes beyond any loyalty.
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?
Because *he* wanted to destroy the world, not sit by and watch Balor complete the task. He's greedy.
: 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.
I have evidence of Soulblighter acting strangely. Plus, we are all speculating. The history of Myth has not been written out and we are only given pieces of the puzzle. We're here debating where the pieces fit and why and what could possibly be shoved in the remaining open holes.
: 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.
I feel its obvious that the story is not played straight out of the game. I think we can all agree on the fact that everyone has a motive that may not fall in line with the masses.
Soulblighter's actions throughout Myth: TFL are very questionable. Likle I said, I believe he was working with someone else, possibly the Head.
If the story was as true as we see it there would be no need for a Legends and Lore section and a story debate forum, now would there?
: 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.
It was Tyr ;)
How did Soublighter and the Deceiver become weaker? Soulblighter was never too strong, in terms of magical ability, to begin with. He learned it all after the death of Balor. Again, the Deceiver was simply crippled and weakened at the hands of the Watcher. It had nothing to do with Balor. I've never read anywhere that it says "After Balor died, the remaining Fallen Lords were reduced to a weakened state".
Chris
