: The Head was mostly used by the nine for direction to the
: lost artifacts which Connacht scattered around the
: world.
: [This is a good argument for the Head=Connacht=Balor
: theory cause the head seems to know where Connact put
: alot of these things. That or The Head was someone
: close to Connacht and Balor just happened to be
: fetching the armour at the same time as the Head sent
: Alric out]
: Either way, the Head sends Alric out specifically looking
: for the armour 'cause it knows where the armour is.
: I'm 100% sure that statment "Balor, who wore the
: mantle of the Leveler" from the final naration of
: MythII is just figurative language meaning that Balor
: was the physical manifestation of the Leveler in this
: age. There is no actual "Mantle of the
: Leveler." Obviously TheLeveler/Balor didn't think
: figurative language was sufficient protection for
: precious physical self;), so he snaged the armour...
: and seeing as Alric was out there as well, snaged him
: too.
I don't think it's figurative because of the picture on page 3 in GURPS Myth. It has Balor taking what is probably a fake Ibis Crown after he destroyed Muirthemne. We know that that the destruction of Muirthemne was one of the first things he did so he probably had that suit of armour since the begining of his time in Mythworld. Even if he didn't have it since he became the leveller he had it well before he found the other armour and captured Alric. So there :P
-Skullfinder (proud to hav finally made a notable point)
