: Even in the Black Comapany knowing a mages true name
: wasn't garunteed to kill them, just make them
: vulnerable. Like when Raven ambushed Whisper and
: Limper with the arrow with Limper's true name on the
: tip. It didn't kill him just made him vulnerabel to
: attack although till the very end he was trying to
: cast a spell on his attackers. This is alot like what
: happened to Shiver isn't it? Her true name (maybe)
: revealed she attacks but with lessened effectiveness
: against Myrdred and then Myrdred is able to kill her
: with his simplest attack, she sounds pretty weakened
: to me compared with Rabican's stunning victory in a
: spectacular dream duel. Rabican never would have
: expended such energies on any but one of the fallen
: and Myrdred uses the same attack he would use to
: dispatch a common maul or myrkridia.
Well, GURPS says that the Myth II Shiver was never as powerful as the TFL one. This may be due to physical or mental degeneration because of her resurrection, or it may be because her wounded vanity and constant rage screw up her concentration, but either way she didn't seem to have all the powerful spells (like the Whisper Dream) she wielded in TFL.
Also, as usual, Myrdred suckered her. She'd clearly been pouring a lot of her power into Phelot, getting him those extra Energon Cubes for his Dispersal Dream and all--and then Phelot goes and switches sides! That doubtless distracted her further.
But it's certainly possible that saying her name somehow weakened her temporarily. The fact that Myrdred stated her name each time he confronted her might support this, although it might also just mean that she wanted her Ravanna-name kept secret for some other reason, and he was emphasizing his knowledge of it to freak her out.
--SiliconDream
