Starting a thread for belated observations and musings on Eyrie works, because why not?
It never really dawned on me precisely where the name "Avalon" comes from until I reread the Raven/The Demon Halloween Special just this evening, and got to the part about Etrigan's verse-epic about King Arthur's court. At first I was thinking "Gryphon is Arthur?!", but a cursory examination puts the lie to that. No, I think the Great King is a figure of much more mysterious origin and whereabouts: Lord Fahrvergnugen. Seemingly slain by a trusted personal assistant, he returned when his people (the Wedge Rats) most needed him.
It never really dawned on me precisely where the name "Avalon" comes from until I reread the Raven/The Demon Halloween Special just this evening, and got to the part about Etrigan's verse-epic about King Arthur's court. At first I was thinking "Gryphon is Arthur?!", but a cursory examination puts the lie to that. No, I think the Great King is a figure of much more mysterious origin and whereabouts: Lord Fahrvergnugen. Seemingly slain by a trusted personal assistant, he returned when his people (the Wedge Rats) most needed him.