Now hold on just a cotton-pickin' minute here (what does that phrase mean, anyway?).
Fallen Lords don't just die and stay dead. There's some sanctioned language that states when fallen ones return from the dead they are stronger than before. That implies the fallen ones are *already* dead. I'm sure you knew all this. But the point is, Balor being dead, dismembered or decapitated wouldn't be enough to break the cycle.
I'll bet you *didn't* know that inside Balor's suit of armor is a bunch of machinery controlled by a vampiric gerbil mage, who pulls levers inside the helmet. He speaks through an enchanted loudspeaker, as gerbils don't usually have big voices.
Man I can't wait for this workday to end.
-David
: Well, that depends on whether you believe it's broken
: *now,* rather than just jolted or even running
: perfectly according to Rules Which We Wot Not.
: Moagim's premature death seems to have been somewhat
: unusual, at least.
: If it *is* broken, the moment of breaking probably
: occurred when Balor died before Alric did. In any
: case, it's a little suspicious that the Devoid
: happened to go off just as Balor's head fell into it;
: hard to argue that the two events had nothing to do
: with each other. But, again, Balor's head falling into
: the Devoid wouldn't seem to be the key Cycle-breaking
: event; he was already (at least functionally) dead.
: Guess. :-)
: --SiliconDream
