: I suppose also the memory of its power got exaggerated
: through myth & legend over time. But if it was a
: _total_
: fraud, it makes sense that Ceiscoran would make replicas,
: as this would guard against people finding the 'true'
: crown
: and hence claiming the leadership of Cath Bruig. Every
: crown a usurper (such as Balor) found would be useless,
: hence would be discarded as a replica. Thus the true
: crown could never be found, and the empire would be safe.
You forget that magic can be stuff other than purely combat oriented. the strength of the crown could have lain in it's abilities to enhance the user's charisma and maipulation, thus allowing him to make stirring speaches and lead with power. Just because a power doesn't appear in Myth _the game_ doesn't mean it doesn't exist...
: I think Cath Bruig came to grief because it relied on
: deception and ruses, having lost its old strength. Now
Cath bruig was destroyed by the awsome might of Balor's magic wasn't it, I mean that _is_ what created the barrier and all... also rememeber that the empire was excatly in decline when it fell. It was destroyed by a combination of trickery and magic, the Heron Guard were lured out of the cities by Soulblighter's forays into the Cloudspine, and in thier absense, the empire was overrun and destroyed. It seems that _the only_ was Balor could defeat them was by outsmarting them, not exactly the sign of a civilization in decline if you ask me.
Yours in Chaos,
Discordia
