[Glorantha] Arkat, Nysalor, and Gbaji

> Roderick Robertson
> >
> > >>I'm sure that Peter knows this, but as a reminder to everyone else -
> >
> > Nysalor, Gbaji and Arkat are three names for only two beings. Whether
> > Nysalor or Arkat was Gbaji is a source of serious controversy.<<
> >

Me
> > I seem to recall that at one of the Gloranthan lore auctions Greg said
> > that Nysalor and Gbaji were seperate entities.
>

Julian Lord
> There is a very subtle but very real difference between entitities and
> beings ... :-)
>

I found the relevant question and answer on page 57 the RuneQuest-Con Compendium

"30: there seems to be reference to Nysalor, if I'm pronouncing it correctly, in all Lunar texts as a minor Sun God. But, if I remember correctly, Nysalor was created in Dorastor, ant then you start hearing about Gbaji. Now, I wanted to know if this was a Darth Vader sort of thing, where Nysalor turned evil, or Gbaji was a seperate entity which possessed Nysalor and had to driven off by Arkat.

GS: They're seperate entities. The Dara Happans recognize an individual, the generally remember Nysalor with resect. And his evil enemy, Gbaji, who came from the far west to destroy him."

I suppose that could mean that the Dara Happans regard them as seperate beings, as opposed to people outside DH.

                                                                               Mark Mohrfield