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Batlin's death

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2002 10:28 pm
by Max aka Moscow Dragon
Looks like the whole rgcus newsgroup is moved here :-), so, I'm asking this here.

What are the versions of what went wrong with Batlin, why his sorcery failed and why he died?

His last words were - "The Banes, they..."

One only version I have is that he tried to do a _Chaos_ ceremony in the _Order_ shrine.

Another is from Torissio's, he did not tell Batlin all information about Worm Gems. The Gems were too weak to hold the Banes if not bathed in Chaos waters.

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2002 4:26 am
by Thomas Decker
Yeah, I suspected that all along. He had the wrong blackrock serpent, I guess (look at the inlay on the ground and compare that to the serpent found on Batlins body.)

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2002 5:03 am
by Soule
I thought the developers made us think the Guardian did it?

Guess the Guardian really toned down in U9..... his powers being VERY limited in U9

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2002 5:21 am
by Oblivious
Yeah, but he killed somebody with just a thought in U9.

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2002 5:24 am
by Soule
Who? I can't remember...

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2002 6:56 am
by Stephan
SEE how I reward those who FAIL ME!

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2002 2:15 pm
by suraimu
A person, hell, he annihilated Skara Brae with a thought.

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2002 6:44 am
by MagicMop
Well, *technically* the mayor of Scara Brae annihilated the whole town, by getting the recipe for chicken soup - errr, I mean "liche removal" wrong.

But I think we should blame the Gaurdian anyway - he's big and red.

MM

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2002 6:53 am
by Dominus
That destruction of Skara Brae with a thought was a reference to U9

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2002 8:51 am
by MagicMop
Oh... I really should play that.

Oops. ;)

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2002 9:40 am
by Kurt
what's wrong with big red people with a tendency for megalomaniacy?

I can't remember how the Guardian killed Samhayne now. wasn't that just by thinking about it? Very Darth Vader-esque. Use the force, shiny red dude, use the force....

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:18 am
by suraimu
More or less. He shot a big colorful bolt of something at him, inside
the Guardian's/Blackthorn's/Mondain's castle.

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2002 4:58 pm
by Hacki Dragon
He also killed that mage in Valoria. Which doesn't explain why he didn't kill that old bastard Lord British :)

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2002 6:34 am
by Thomas_Decker
You SHOULD know by now that killing LB isn't easy even if you're in the same dimension ;)

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:15 am
by crypt
lb is one tuff basterd

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2002 11:01 am
by suraimu
Actually it's simple. All it takes is a small rectangle of gold.

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:54 pm
by Darkfist Dragon
Aye, but It deemed me that there was a distinct lack of shiny golden rectangles in Ultima IX.. I could err, but perhaps LB learned from his mistake (I wonder how often he died, after all there was almost always a Ressurrection Spell in the Ultima's) and banned the usage of golden rectangular signs in his realm.
Or the LB in Ultima IX is a fake, a decoy for the real Lord British who took up the disguise as a lunatic prisoner in the dungeon under the castle, controlling the fake through the crown of telepathy..

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2002 2:48 am
by MV
British death in u9 was a little more sophisticated than a knock to the head. Poisoned bread is more an assassins tool. :)

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2002 1:53 pm
by suraimu
Yes. Although oddly enough, when I used the poisoned bread the guards
never came after me. I always thought that was weird.

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2002 2:27 am
by Thomas_Decker
"What's wrong with big red people with a tendency for megalomaniacy?

Uh, I don't think the guardian is a megalomaniac. Considering his power, he is perfectly reasonable... 8)

Re: Batlin's death

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2002 2:49 am
by suraimu
I'd have to agree with that. :)