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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* MacRoich is a character in the [[Wikipedia:Ulster_Cycle|Ulster Cycle]] in Irish mythology; his full name is [[Wikipedia:Fergus_mac_Róich|Fergus mac Róich]]. He was chosen as the escort to bring the epic heroine [[Wikipedia:Deidre|Deirdre]]; her lover, [[Wikipedia:Naoise|Naoise]]; and his brothers home to the court of Deirdre’s husband, King Conchobar. | |||
* He possibly wields the sword [[Wikipedia:Caladbold|Caladbolg]], a sword Fergus in the Ulster Cycle was known to wield, in the game though it is split into two. | |||
** The mark on his face alludes to how the Caladbolg was known to have cut the tops of three hills. | |||
** Although his charge skill also alludes to it being "Cosgarach Mhor" or "Great Triumphant One" which was the sword of [[Wikipedia:Oscar_(Irish_mythology)|Oscar]] a character in the [[Wikipedia:Fenian_Cycle|Fenian Cycle]], grandson of the epic hero [[Wikipedia:Fionn_mac_Cumhail|Fionn mac Cumhail]]; or it could also be "Cruadh-Chosgarach" or "Hard Destroying One", the sword of the character [[Wikipedia:Caílte_mac_Rónáin|Caílte mac Rónáin]], the nephew of Fionn mac Cumhail. | |||
* His peculiar connection to the number seven is from his myth where he is extremely virile (The name ''Fergus'' means "virility") where he would need seven women to satisfy him; he was also allegedly as tall as a giant and had the strength of seven hundred men. | |||
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