Dead Lions

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From: David Cake (davidc@cs.uwa.edu.au)
Date: Tue 29 Nov 1994 - 11:26:10 EET


>(hence the death of Basmal at the Hill of Gold myth

        This is the first I had heard of it! I thought the opponents at the Hill of Gold where (in order) Orlanth, Zorak Zoran, Inora, chaos parasites. Some variations for earlier versions (like GRAY), but I don't recall any of them mentioning Basm(a|o)l, or any other Lion God.

        The real problem is that this is about the fourth or fifth version of how Basmol was defeated I have heard! I have heard that he was beaten by chaos, by Waha, by Tada, etc. Who really killed him? (subjective nature of god plane withstanding - I'll happily settle for who the Basmoli think killed him, which I assume they agree on).

        There is an interesting vein of myth to be mined in the connection between Basmol and Durbudath, I think. 

        Cheers
                Dave Cake

PS I have a Basmoli Berserker PC who has recently been inquiring about Acolyte status, so I have some practical need.
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