[Glorantha] Imperial Age Vithela

Nils:

>Me> * The Haragalans are part of the God Learner
> > Empire and worship the Invisible Vith. Nothing
> > is said about the Valkarians. The Eastern
> > Seas Empire still exists but controls a
> > smaller part of Vithela than previously stated.
>
>Surprises me as well! I do have an idea about how to mix
>this up with what I previously thought of Haragala and
>Mokato though.
>
>As for the Valkarians, you could explain that if Valkaro
>came to the East Isles in the late second age perhaps?

The only date that I have about Valkaro comes from the Sog City guidebook (p9) where he is listed as a delegate for the Fifth Ecclesiastical Council in 821 ST. But this source is less than authoritative.

However:

         Valkaro, disturbed at the perfidy of the Jrusteli Empire
         and the God-Learners left his rich home and lands to
         travel to the distant East Isles. There he preached the
         Malkioni Liberation, and succeeded in converting all
         the inhabitants of one island to that philosophy. He
         defended his converts against the Eastern Seas Empire
         in a famous war instigated by Brithini diplomats.

Now if the God Learners actually controlled a large chunk of Vithela at the time, the war wouldn't be quite so famous.

The only reconciliation that I can see is that Valkaro is the William Penn of Vithela (persecuted in England for being a Quaker yet became the owner of Pennsylvannia under the aegis of the British crown). The famous war has happened in the past and the Haragalans have attached themselves to the God Learners and/or Valkaro after his victory.

>But, I also assume that this (and the other startling things
>Peter mentions) can fall under YGWV, as the MRQ publications
>may not necessarily match the Moon Design HQ publications,
>which may not necessarily match things that Greg writes.

I have no idea on what the policy on differences is which is why I forbore from labelling some of the startling things as errors.

--Peter Metcalfe Received on Mon 30 Oct 2006 - 04:55:33 EET