: I suppose it can be tied to the fact that they are bound
: to Balor and his energies stemming from the Light/Dark
: cycle - that he will reign until the hero of light
: kills him.
Well, the Fallen Lords aren't bound to Balor as was thought early in Myth TFL's story, take for example the Deceiver, Shiver and Soulblighter. They all returned (though Shiver was ressurected)and Balor is nowhere to be seen. Keep in mind too that they were not always Fallen Lords, they are just sorecerers who can live a long time, either genetically or through magic, that were coaxed by Balor to become a Fallen Lord. The Watcher, although not much detail is given about his past (or anyone's for that matter) seemed to be the out-right longest evil of all the Fallen. As mentioned before countless times, Soulblighter was a general in Connacht's army, and the Deceiver used to be an Avatar, so they were not always Fallen Lords, but they have a special ability and their life expectancy is just longer than the average human, a few hundered or thousand years longer :)
: Also, can someone explain this Light/Dark cycle to me?
: It is very confusing. I assume that it all started with
: the Dark reigning over the countryside and enslaving
: mankind and such, until a Hero of the Light rises and
: leads the people in revolt and kills the current Dark
: ruler in the year 500.
: At year 1000 that Hero gets possessed by the Leveler, who
: comes and destroys the Light, until a new hero comes
: by and repeats all this...
: It wouldn't make sense for the Light to start as the
: leading force, because they would not have a Hero of
: the Light for the Leveler to possess. Unless, of
: course, the Leveler just manifests himself onto the
: plain, gets defeated, and 500 years later gets his
: revenge by possessing the Hero that killed him.
That seems about right. I'm sure someone will have something to say about it though ;)
Chris
