From: Saravan Peacock (saravan@perth.DIALix.oz.au)
Date: Wed 18 Sep 1996 - 06:56:49 EEST
>But who was the more heroic? Roland at Roncesvalles or Charlemagne hurrying
>back?
In my opinion Roland was a stupid son-of-a******###### (etc. etc) who
Who are the real heroes? The ones who die gloriously, or the ones who live
thought he was just SOOOO great everyone else would have to pay with their
lives for his effort as self-(and friend-)sacrificing grandeur. Instead of
running away to get help to clobber the Moslems, he sat around with his
mates and got them all slaughtered so Charles could come back and avenge
him. Yeah, heroism is great... except for those around the hero. Say, it
sounds a lot like Garrath/Argrath doesn't it? Who remembers all those
friends of his (maybe many PCs included) who got slaughtered in the Cradle
adventure?
to found dynasties and build kingdoms? Both have their purposes and both
are heroic. The one can't be famous without the other.
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