From: Peter Metcalfe (P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Sat 02 Nov 1996 - 06:28:00 EET
Steve Coltman:
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> Are there any Mermen in the Safelster sea.
No. There may have been some historically but they would have been
> How many of the Ralian Telmori are "Pure Ones" as
Very few I imagine. No outsider distinguishes between them IMO and
James Walter Frusetta:
exterminated in Arkat's war.
>discussed in the dorastor supplement.
so since the Werewolfs have a survival advantage, the number of
Pure ones remains small. IMO 10% is 'pure'.
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>I'm struggling at attempting to find information on the Machine City &
>Zistor; there's references in the RQIII Glorantha box (sorry, never can
>remember it's proper name), King of Sartar and TrollPak.
Have you a copy of Different Worlds #24 (Dwarf Special)? Particular
mention is made there about the sins of the Machine City, notably their
BrandX swords with bladesharp 3 in the hilt.
>Who participatted in the overthrow of Zistor's mortal minions? On the
>Mythic plane, it seems clear enough (Orlanth the Interventionist and his
>minions). But for the mortals in the battle, all I've seen are brief
>references to Trollish armies (TrollPak), Elves (TrollPak) and Shadowland
>women (KoS). Dwarves seem a logical addition as well (considering that
>Zistor infringed on the copyright for Mostal). Any thoughts on whether or
>not Orlanthi barbarians and Yelmists were participating in the fray?
If Orlanth particpated in the battle, then it is pretty safe to
assume that the Orlanthi were heavily involved in the battle. Who
do you think summoned him against Zistor?
The DW Dwarf special notes that the Dwarfs were involved although their
presense was not noted until late in the war. Their traps infest much
of the machine city.
If by the Yelmists, you mean the Dara Happans then they were not
involved. They were still fighting the EWF and had only recently
liberated Raibanth from the EWF.
However the Dragonewts and EWF look as though they might have
been involved. The Dragonewts are one of the main elder races
and the writings all mention that it looked as though the Unity
of the Elder Races might be restored. We know that the EWF
had access to inhuman troops such as the Dwarves of Greatway,
the Uz of the Shadowlands and Dargori Inkarth and the Elves
of Stinking Forest. Furthermore the Machine City is just south
of the EWF Heartlands and I find it hard to believe that they
weren't involved in the conflict. The absence of such mention
of the EWF in the myths could merely mean that the descendants
purged such mention when the EWF was overthrown.
>Or Waertagi?
The Waertagi didn't return until shortly before the Closing which
is still 30 odd years in the future. Even then they were fleeing
the Closing.
- --Peter Metcalfe
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