From: Tim Ellis (tim@timellis.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon 19 Aug 1996 - 01:27:08 EEST
In Digest #122 Daniel Fahey argues
>Solara, but still exists in her castle, which reaches into both planes.
I know there is some conection between Arachne Solara and the Cult of
We know little of Cragspider - She was born before time and "Even the
(1) The Miscellanea in White Bear & Red Moon contains a myth of a God
This same passage goes on to talk about the inhabitants of the Duchy of
Mind you, you can take this God-Learner parallels too far, - it has just
Aranea, and between Cragspider and the Cult, but not of a more direct
link between the Firewitch and the Mother of Time!
dragons were not sure of her ancestry, for she lived in her mountain
long before they were hatched" (WB&RM). She has a Dragon as an ally due
to favours she did it before time. She was probably not born a
troll(1), but underwent the Ritual of Rebirth, and emerged as a Dark
Troll. She subsequently Heroquested to return Troll fertility to its
"Golden Age" level - ie the birth of Mistress Race Trolls, but only
managed the creation of the Strong but stupid Great Trolls, many of
which still follow her. She can still be found in her castle in Dagori
Inkarth and will take part in the Hero Wars, leading Troll Armies, and
casting mighty fire magics.
called "Soul Arranger" - one of the Lawgivers, who arranged the future
populations of most men. After dealing with the east, the south, and the
west he rested at what became Dragon Pass before spreading "his seed and
his word" in the north [Anyone any idea whose myth this is? or who Soul
Arranger is?]. The Duchy of The Blue Moon, however was never planned by
the Soul Arranger "Who had been seduced away from his work by a
masterful witch nymph later called Cragspider." I find it hard to
equate Nymph with Troll!
the Blue Moon as being "children of the Blue Moon, an unborn deity
decaying in it's mothers bowels." - Does this remind you of any recent
topic of discussion in the digest? - You've all been looking to the
West for Vadeli, and they are behind you all along!
occured to me that Brown Vadeli have to eat their children, and Kygor
Litor cultists have to eat family members, Red Vadeli are cruel and
viscious warriors, and Zorak Zorani favour red clothing, and some
mysterious, virtually unknown Trolls worship the Blue Moon - Obviously
Vadeli are either wannabe Trolls or Trolls cursed to look like humans!
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