[Glorantha] Newts

Mikko:

>Me> The 'newts of Dragon Pass are said to have five sexes, all of which
> > are necessary for reproduction.

>I did bump into this thing too, a long time back. I thought it was just a
>rumor/theory, and not an established Gloranthan fact.

Given that the source was Sandy, it ranks higher than mere theory I think.

>I've always thought
>that the 'newt eggs are all layed by true dragons.

         Before the world is hard and set, immature dragons produce
         eggs, from which hatch the race of dragonewts.

         Gods of Glorantha: Cults Book p7

David Dunham:

> >For the Ralians, they can reincarnate so long as their eggs
> >aren't destroyed so the crucial question is how they can
> >reproduce without an inhuman king.

>Or, just as one could view aspects of the EWF as a scam to get the
>populace to worship their superiors, the Inhuman King is actually a
>con artist. The Ralian dragonewts can get by just fine without an
>Inhuman King, as evidenced by the fact that they still reincarnate.

I've never been convinced at all of the theory the EWF was one big scam and the sources that claim that it did seem to be confused on what a pyramid scheme is. Pyramid schemes are bad because they are unsustainable. The plan of the EWF however was not unsustainable but had a payoff in the rising of the Cosmic Dragon but the empire was destroyed before that eventuated.

Moreover for the inhuman king to be a con artist would require him to have tangible human motivations which seems quite odd for an inscrutable dragonewt to have.

--Peter Metcalfe Received on Sun 04 Feb 2007 - 01:07:06 EET