[Glorantha] Hsunchen definitions

On the question of whether the Praxians have any connection with the Pamaltelans or the Hsunchen, I wrote:

> > IMO the Hsunchen - being native to the Shanshan -

>While that is the entirely correct definition for the term Hsunchen, I
>meant to include also the Fiwan of Pamaltela and the Beast Folk of
>western Genertela (Ralios, Fronela and Seshnela).

You can really only use that definition for the Imperial Age and later as a result of God Learner meddling (and even then I don't think the beast people of Tarint or Kothar are Hsunchen). Before that time, the three beast peoples - the Fiwan, the Hykimi of the west and the Hsunchen - that look outwardly similar but have as much as common with each other as sharks, dolphins or ichthyosaurs do (convergent evolution in other words).

--Peter Metcalfe Received on Sat 28 Oct 2006 - 02:48:22 EEST