[Glorantha] Gunda, the Valkyrja and "Sweet Vengeance"

Jane wrote about the Valkyries being daemon's of Humakt. I quite like the image, and since the (mostly male, I think) Humakti often don't have much of a social life it would be nice if their souls get carried away by coldly beautiful female daemons. Heck, parhaps there are male ones for the lassies.

Jane wrote on the spear:

I've thought about the spear lately. I think I'm going to have Gunda's spear be more of a Western Gloranthan artefact than a Humakti one. She's supposed to be from there, afterall. What I'm thinking is a spear that does extra damage according to how "guilty" the person struck is. So against a very good person it is just a spear. Against normal peasants / city folk it does a little extra damage, and killers like soldiers will get a very nasty zap as the they are punished/clensed of their sins. Still with the Boristi logic there, but Gunda herself doesn't have to be a Boristi. Heroes are supposed to do, and be equipped with, outlandish things anyway, not necessarily of their culture (like one isn't supposed to kill/skin the White Bear!). Note that I've dropped the effect of the spear heaping the sins on Gunda. It's still propably a very grim weapon to wield (I'm working on a picture!), and propably makes Gunda very aware of her own guilt. Just how much damage do you think such a weapon would do on a proper Gloranthan (Greek style) Hero? A lot, I'd say. (Illuminates propably get away with a halved effect, or even none).

I like Greg's version of how Gunda is called "the Guilty" because of her deeds. Since she has the geas of never knowing love, poor thing, she is propably very somber and remorseful figure.

        -Adept

Thinker, dreamer and adventurer Received on Thu 23 Feb 2006 - 12:27:04 EET