[Glorantha] Re: Ethnic types in the Empire (and elsewhere)

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20>
Date: Mon Oct 2 23:00:20 2006

> > 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.
>
> That's interesting. I assume the Sun County people
> kept themselves
> pretty separate from the local population?

The local population being Praxians, yes. And yes, absolutely. No interbreeding with riff-raff. There has *never* been a time when the Count of Sun County was a nomad, the place has never been conquered, the religion there has stayed the same for the last couple of thousand years, and the idea that the present Count has to dye his hair blonde due to nomads in his blood-line is slander. By the way, there's this rather nice bridge for sale you might be interested in...?

> Dara Happens are blond with brown eyes? I presume
> the blond is for
> magical links with the sun. I could be sold on that.

It makes sense to me, but extrapolating "all Dara Happans" from one isolated and primitive bunch in the back end of beyond may be a mistake. That's like saying all Sartarites have webbed feet just because the Lismelder do. (And even that isn't true, of course. It's only the Marshedge clan.)

> > Except for Esrolian Humakti who wear black silk
> and a
> > lot of lace :)
>
> Silk is hot. I'd put them in something similar but
> that breathes better.

Ah, but silk has style! (Yes, I prefer linen myself, but it's still better than cotton or wool, and far better than any modern man-made fibre!)

> :) But I do like Urban Esrolia as having a tendency
> to elaborate dress,
> and the Humakti there no different.

I like the contrast betwen "foppish" Esrolian Humakti and the more down-to-earth Heortling variety. Putting them in black silk and lace just picks up the right cliches for me. OK, so I have no taste. Guilty as charged.

> (Side note, which is the "Perfectly loyal companion"
> subcult of the
> Humakti again? I just got sucked into reading a
> trilogy that had a
> character who was pretty much exactly that.)

Makla Mann. ST p104. The name means "unfailing bondsman", apparently, though we're not told in what language.                 

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