From: David Dunham (dunham@pensee.com)
Date: Sun 14 Jan 1996 - 09:31:48 EET
Peter Metcalfe claimed
>some of the Empires of the period.
The Jrusteli were utterly wiped out and nobody even remembers much of what
In most ways, Glorantha represents a steady decline (ignoring local ups).
they did (c.f. Gift Carriers). It is true that some of the changes they
imposed on Lightbringer cults are still in effect (perhaps pieces of the
Issaries cult like Tradetalk), but I'm not sure if this is continuity --
certainly there's no political or social continuity. The EWF was utterly
wiped out and nobody even remembers much of what they did (i.e. everybody
forgot Draconic). Alakoring dismantled their social structures. What
empires are you talking about? (I'm not informed enough on Kralorela but
didn't they burn all the old books from about this time?)
It started out and everything was wonderful -- nobody died. Then came the
Darkness. This finally ended, but gods could no longer walk the earth. But
there was cooperation between all the species. Then that ended. Then a
couple empires spread their civilization across most of Glorantha. They
were wiped out. The Lunars spread a mostly benign civilization, the
Orlanthi become almost civilized. We know this ends and literacy is lost
for a while! The long-term trend doesn't look good.
Martin Crim mentions the FAQ but doesn't provide its URL:
<http://hops.wharton.upenn.edu/~loren/Rolegame/glorantha.faq.html>. You can
of course get to it by starting at my page (below).
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