[Glorantha] Emperor and his bodyguard

Orlanth Umathi <orlanth.umathi_at_blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

>Maybe, as well as the more formal elite troops from the best regiments
>the Red Empower has a small band of hand-picked Pentan Horsemen or loyal
>Talastar Berserker Axemen. Something that makes one say "What? How can
>he trust them?" is a clever psychological trick.

That's just given me a wonderful idea... how about a picked squad of Storm Bull devotees? That would *really* play with peoples' heads...

Presumably since the Emperor himself and other powerful Lunars will be Illuminated, they won't register to the Uroxi's Sense Chaos, so they'll have no overpowering urge to chop their heads off... but for all the lesser non-Illuminated Lunars around them, it's only their loyalty to Takenegi that's keeping them from going on a rampage...

Now imagine having an audience with the Emperor, as his bodyguards stand behind him and grip their great-axes with white knuckles as they stare fixedly at you...

Stephen Received on Thu 21 Sep 2006 - 15:10:56 EEST