: Here's what I think. The Watcher and the Deceiver clashed
: in Seven Gates in the winter of the 17 year of the War
: in the West, and the Deceiver was bested. He
: disappeared, probably running of through "odd
: angles" to grab a new army and recover from his
: wounds. In the next spring, about the time of the Tain
: incident, he reappeared and crossed the Cloudspine at
: the Stair of Grief. Later that summer, after Balor's
: fall, he was beaten back to the Stair, and plunged
: into the Dramus.
That's what I thought too... really, what I still think, despite the rather gaping plot oversights and contradictions that occur in Myth II. However, this quote from GURPS Myth seems to refute that theory:
"...but this proved his temporary undoing when the Deceiver overreached himself in confronting the Watcher's army with his own. The Deceiver nearly died in fleeing that fight -- perhaps did die -- but was revived at Alric's command."
Unless I am gravely mistaken, the 'being revived' part refers to the mission in Myth II in which you awaken the Deceiver. If it does, then doesn't this quote imply that the reason he was dead (which we thought was from being defeated at the Stair by the good forces after Balor's defeat) was actually because of the battle against the Watcher?
