From: Erik Sieurin (BV9521@utb.hb.se)
Date: Thu 22 Aug 1996 - 20:13:56 EEST
David Dunham:
> I imagine in Sweden there's seldom a problem having enough snow.
You would be surprised, but there is. Especially Southern Sweden can
be virtually snowless and still be very cold, and the earth gets
frozen deep enough to cause trouble. I suspect people could call on
Valind to protect them during cold winters; better to have the
brightest of Vadrus kids around as "king" while the real King Orlanth
is away in the Underworld (sorta like King John Lackland, with Elmal
as Robin Hood :-)), than let his blood-brother Himile and his hollri
demons have free reins.
As a matter of fact, snow makes it much lighter as well. The woods are
Then, Swedes (as well as other Northerners in general) have one MAJOR
dark in winter; snow does much to actually lighten them up. (My
mother, who HATES winter, always long for the first great snowfall so
that she will have more light when she goes to work early in the
morning.) Another way of fighting foreign Darkness with Darkness you
are slightly related to!
reason to dislike snowless winters: I think every winter there is at
least one MAJOR sports event cancelled or moved because of the lack
of snow, or at least made much more expensive. I doubt this is the
case in Glorantha, though - especially in Dragon Pass.
I think that in DP Valind is seen as a "last resort" those winters
when it do get really cold; winter with snow is better than winter
without snow. Also, the Wind Children worship him extensively.
I have some legends and stuff of Valind, mostly in my head, since
some guys in my campaign actually worship the bastard. I'm doing some
revisions at the moment, as well as trying to spin the tale of how
Barntar, Voriof and Odayla went to rescue their little sister from
the Winter Giant while their Daddy was away on his quest in the
Underworld. I'll tell it to you when I'm finished.
Erik Sieurin
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