> Jane wrote
> ----------
> > One thing we know for definite is that the people
> of
> > Sun County (the real one in Prax, not the almost
> > undocumented one in Dragon Pass!) have blonde hair
> and
> > brown eyes. I have no idea whether this extends to
> > other Solar types, but I would expect it to.
Mikko:
> I'm not sure how much I'd look into that particular
> tidbit. Since those
> things are not documented for Glorantha at all,
Huh? It's documented in "Sun County". Which is set in Glorantha. And before that, in "Pavis", I think, in the cut-down version of Sun County there, though I don't have it around to check.
> that particular bit is
> just what has seemed cool for MoB at the time, I'd
> think.
> For what it's worth, I've just taken it to mean that
> the sundomers look
> much more european than the nomadic natives of Prax.
How about taking it that they have blonde hair and brown eyes, since that's what it says?
> <snip>
> > There is a real-world correlation between high
> > temperature climates and dark skin, for reasons to
> do
> > with vitamin production, but Glorantha is more
> likely
> > to have a magical reason for skin colour.
>
> I assume you are talking about UV exposure here?
Yes. And vitamin D production.
> A small amount of UV is
> benefiscial, and to get it us northeners need to be
> pale.
Exactly, hence our losing our pigmentation as we migrated north. But I wasn't going to bother with details, since the thing that matters is that the cause in the RW is irrelevant in Glorantha, and so is the correlation.
> > Except for Esrolian Humakti who wear black silk
> and a lot of lace :)
>
> Not one of the themes I'm very happy with.
Hence the smiley. Some like it, some don't. It certainly isn't fully part of GaG.
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