: Interestingly, in the opening cutscene to Myth 2, Alric
: dreams of the dwarf throwing Balor's head into the
: devoid, so somehow he knew or recalled this event.
: Also the strange appearance of half of Alric flying
: through the Great Devoid area in the final cutscene of
: Myth: TFL. There are a lot of unanswered questions
: surrounding the devoid.
It is generally assumed that the cutscenes were done before the story was finalized. THere are other instances of this as well. For instance, the cutscene for the Five Champions shows the wrong units.
: Back to my original post, which we seemed to have strayed
: from. I was looking over the Journal entries when I
: read that the Deceiver captured Alric near the
: Cloudspine. I had forgotten, and now this makes more
: sense. The Deceiver could have easily fooled Alric
: into believing he was talking to Balor. If Shiver, who
: is apparently much less skilled in the art of
: deception, could make Rabican think he was seeing
: Moagim, why wouldn't the Deceiver be able to fool a
: weakened Alric?
: "Alric was interrogated by Balor during his
: captivity, and he learned by chance that Balor had
: bound each of The Fallen to himself, to ensure their
: obedience to his will. The Fallen draw their power
: through these links, and were Balor to be killed they
: would all be powerless. The armies of the Dark would
: collapse."
: Why would such a powerful enemy let this secret out. It
: sounds like the old James Bond movies ;)
: My guess would be that someone wanted Balor dead, or at
: least the attention to be thrown completely on him so
: he impersonated Balor and created this lie.
Shiver didn't fool Rabican into thinking he was seeing Moagim. He knew very well it was a fake from her. But that's beside the point. I think this is certainly possible. GURPS and other sources refer to the Fallen as bent to Balor's will, though they clearly maintained some autonomy. Perhaps the Deceiver did this in order to get out of Balor's control.
: Or perhaps there is an even larger twist: GURPS-
: "Others suggest appearances were just that, and the
: Deceiver served the Light as a spy in Balor's
: ranks."
It is implied several places the Deceiver's loyalty was to the Cath Bruig. This could be why he wants out from under Balor and why he's so chummy with Alric in Myth II. It would also explain his animosity with the rest of the Fallen.
