: Well, it's pretty clear that being bound to Balor still
: leaves lots of room for personal agendas. What with
: Soulblighter skulking around, Shiver and the Watcher
: clashing, and Ravanna sliding through the night on
: incomprehensible missions, Balor would have had to be
: brain-damaged to think he had total control over these
: guys. You're a Black Company fan; you know the kind of
: political jockeying the Taken could do. I think it's a
: good bet that that carries over into Myth.
If Balor knew of his rowdy subordinates, why not do something about it? I'm sure the Fallen would have taken careful precautions to at least cover up their activities(the first activly apparent action being Watcher letting loose his army at Myrdred in Seven Gates). Balor does not seem to be the forgiving type of superior, I'm sure he would have all sorts of nasty surprises in store for unloyal servants, none of which any of the Fallen would be eager to test.
: I doubt The Nine had any independent way of verifying The
: Head's opposition to Balor. They didn't even know when
: he'd lived or what his position had been. He must have
: told them he was Balor's enemy, and they (and the
: narrator) accepted that as fact once he helped them
: off a Fallen Lord.
I suspect Bungie threw in this fact as the true background to the Head, not expecting this type of analysis to occur.
: And Damas and Myrdred were the only mentioned Fallen
: Lords The Head *didn't* overtly work against. Hmm...
Maybe his plans never made it that far. Often old foes save the best for last
: But Moagim wasn't killed by Connacht; he was killed by
: the forces of a nameless hero who died either
: immediately before or immediately afterwards. Connacht
: came a thousand years later. And Moagim was killed at
: Ilium, not Muirthemne. Of course, all this info came
: in Myth II, but it *is* definite canon--and before
: Myth II, we didn't know Moagim died in a way which
: suggested he might have been beheaded.
When I say Maogim, I mean Moagim reborn, whether he is the reincarnation of the original Moagim doesn't matter, just that he would have a vendetta against Connacht. The reborn part gets repetitive to type.
: And surely a former Leveller would be reasonably
: dedicated to the Dark? He wouldn't work its ruin on a
: personal grudge against the man who killed him and
: whose mind has been practically erased by the
: Leveller. Or, if he returned to the Light, he wouldn't
: then turn around and cause civil war. And why would
: Moagim have a grudge against Shiver?
The defeat of Shiver was merely a means to gain the trust of the Nine. What better way to weaken his rival and earn the trust of useful pawns in his game of revenge?
I don't think any mind possessed by the Leveler for an extended period would be completely untainted. The Head could be hopelessly insane, only plotting how better to get revenge on his foe. His actions that triggered the civil war could also point to his Dark past. Perhaps he thought the balance had shifted on the Lights side far enough and he decided to even the odds to make way for his ascension. The civil war does start up around the time when things are looking good for the Legion.
~Longshadow
