![]() My question is how will The Head be incorporated into Myth II? Soulblighter's Advisor? Will he get a body and become his Seargent-At-Arms? Should be interesting to see how they use him. Now, if Bungie is keeping "loosely" tied to the Black Company series, then would'nt it make sense that "The Head" is also a Fallen Lord from the past who is trying to (as many have said) end up in control? It's obvious he's playing one group off another and I support the theory that he and Soulblighter had a grand plan to wipe out Balor & the rest of the Fallen Lords so they could rule in his/their place. Now, remember how The Limper was beheaded and buried for a long time until ToadKiller Dog dug him up and finally got him a new body. Myth: TFL's story is loosely connected with that of Glen Cook's "The Black Company" series, yes? Well, one of the Taken (the most dangerous imho) was that freaky little guy known as "The Limper". Lophan points to another similarity between Myth and the Black Company: In one of the later books Murgen replaces Croaker as the Company annalist. In The Black Company, Croaker's assistant and the Company's standard bearer is named Murgen. In Myth, one of The Nine is named Murgen. In The Black Company, Soulcatcher was also fond of crows, and used them for recon. In Myth, Soulblighter turns into a flock of crows when he needs to move quickly. The Black Company is narrated in the first person, by the Company's annalist (record keeper) Myth is narrated in the first person, by a journal keeper in the Legion. In The Black company a comet passes every thirty-seven years, always preceding a major event related to The Lady. A millennium later, the comet again appears in the sky as Balor and his Fallen Lords are sweeping the continent. The first time it passes (that we're told about) Connacht shatters the Myrkridia's ancient hold on the world, and the Light take power. In Myth, a comet passes every thousand years (an early Myth press release said the comet came every seventy years), always preceding a major shift of power. She would then be able to take complete control, with no one to contend her. Her hope is to end up with every person of power on both sides dead, including The Lady. In The Black Company, Soulcatcher secretly manipulates the other Taken to fight both amongst themselves and the Rebel. In Myth, The Head's plan is to play Dark against Dark and Dark against Light, leaving every person of power on both sides dead, except for Soulbighter who could then seize control of the land, perhaps permanently. In The Black Company, Soulcatcher and The Limper constantly try to undermine each other, sometimes violently, even though they both serve under The Lady. In Myth, The Watcher and The Deceiver constantly battle each other, even though they both serve under Balor. Each Taken once opposed The Lady, but was defeated and forced to serve her. In The Black Company, The Lady has ten subordinates, called The Ten Who Were Taken. The Deceiver once used magic to turn many members of the Legion to his service. The Fallen Lords have Shades at their command, which are former sorcerers and Avatara of the Light, killed and resurrected to serve the Dark. ![]() It's likely that both Balor and his subordinates were once powerful members of the Light. In Myth, the Dark are lead by Balor and his Fallen Lords. In just the first book of the series, many similarities are already evident. Glen Cook's "The Black Company" series was a major inspiration for Myth's storyline. I'm lazy, so I'll just quote from the internets. Kelric wrote:Having missed out on the Myth games, why would you say that? ![]()
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