: Additional bits of information (again, just religious
: theories, not facts) from GURPS are that "great
: heroes and villains tend to be alternate aspects of
: the same reincarnated soul" and that "every
: Dark lord is a Light hero reborn and vice versa."
: Depends what you mean by "spirit". If you're
: using it to mean the mind as a whole, then yes, the
: Great Hero's don't share very much of this. But I'm
: using it to refer to a few desires and aspirations.
: Being an avatar of the "A" spirit, say,
: simply means that you tend to favor chaos and freedom.
: Other than this--and a few memories that might leak
: from avatar to avatar, like a hatred of horses--the
: various "A" avataras may be entirely
: different in personality and memories. On the other
: hand, I think the Leveller is much more of a complete
: mind--carrying more complex desires, and lots of
: memories, and so forth. So naturally the Leveller
: *remembers* that it's the Leveller, whereas the
: chaos/order avatars don't really know what they are,
: unless they find out through magical research or
: something.
What I'm suggesting is that none of the Great Heroes are alike in any way at all, other than by pure coincidence. There is no spirit shared between them, and no traits are carried over in any way. The only singular spirit involved is that of the Leveler (one L!) who possesses the reincarnation of the previous Great Hero as per the cycle. This is the only relationship; the one between the Leveler and the previous Great Hero. This is all theory, mind.
: So different avatars of the same spirit are merely
: *similar* in motivation, whereas different Levellers
: are truly the *same.* Think of the percentage lists I
: gave earlier. Both the Leveller and the chaos/order
: spirits make up a percentage of their avatars' minds,
: but the Leveller makes up a *much* larger percentage.
: Furthermore, I don't believe that Mythworlders are really
: aware of this fact. After all, from what GURPS says,
: these more exotic theories of reincarnation (such as
: Alric being Moagim) are held only by obscure scholars.
: And very few people alive now are old enough to
: compare Tireces to Alric and notice any similarity. So
: it's not surprising that Nine Skull simply summarizes
: as "The Levellers are the same but the Heroes are
: different."
GURPS is a book intended for role-playing. RPG books give adventure-hooks, and this could easily be a prime example. I honestly don't think it hints at Alric's connection with Moagim other than to provide some interesting potential plots.
I just don't want newcomers to the Asylum to get the wrong idea and think that theories are actually fact. Because I'd think that if I didn't have my own knowledge to protect me :)
