From: Simon Phipp (crassus@dol.ru)
Date: Wed 30 Jul 1997 - 11:02:23 EEST
Dave Bailey on Pavis:
> How do they do this? Is it a HeroQuest, could be since they could need =
> to mess with the Myths or quests for a Myth that links Pavis with the =
> Lunar Pantheon? Is it a marketing ploy like Seven Mothers?
As far as I know it's simpler than that. You have a Priestess of the Full
Moon in a shrine in Pavis. She prepares herself ritually to be able to take
on the Form of the Goddess. The Priests of Pavis and the Lunar Empire
negotiate a political deal, hammering out who is in charge of what. Then
the Priestess of the Red Moon performs a HeroQuest (probably several in
fact) and makes Pavis an offer he can't refuse. Usually this takes the form
of magical gifts, new powers, influence beyond his own. Pavis can then
either accept, in which case everyone is happy, or reject the offer in
which case the Lunars fall on the Rubble like a ton of bricks and trash the
Temple. Hard Choice.
V.S. Greene
> Still, a
In our multi-GM campaign we had a number of Orlanth/Humakt cultists (Wind
> non-Illuminated chaos worshipping Humakti doesn't _feel_ right to me.
Lords Associate Sword Priests). One of the GMs took great delight in
occasionally bringing in a Chaotic Humakti Sword (normally a broo or
Scorpionman, but once a Walkatpus with 8 swords) and watching us all line
up to challenge it to single combat in the Humakti way. Of course, some of
us were in Storm Bull too (Illumination again - wonderful) and sometimes we
just flipped out - not nice. Of course, our swords didn't break so Humakt
must have agreed with our methods.
Fabian Kuechler:
> Are the Chaos-gods part of the Great Compromise?
Wakboth is by his exclusion (Cults of Terror, somewhere). Some of the
others may be. Primal Chaos certainly is as it is part of Glorantha. I
would guess that any owner of a Rune is part of the Compromise. Certainly
the Red Goddess, a major Chaos Goddess, is an integral part of the
Compromise.
This means that anyone who rids the world of Chaos then destroys the world,
allowing Chaos back in. Fun, eh?
Sergio Mascarenhas:
> One of the things that I think Glorantha lacks is a woman touch. I mean,
Apart from the Lunar Empire, the Earth Pantheons, The Trolls, Scorpion
Folk, Theyalans in general ......
1. Theyalans in general (and Sartarites in particular) have no opposition
to men taking on female roles and women male roles. Look at Kallyr,
Vinga as two simple examples, Babeester Gor and Maran Gor as two
extreme examples. Don't forget that an Orlanthi "All" is 85%, so 15% do
whatever they want. As such, the Sartarites have no problem with the Red
Goddess taking on certain masculine properties.
2. The Red Goddess has proven her ties to the Earth - she heads the Young
Elementals Cult and thus provides Earth magic. Hon Eel, an Aspect of the
Red Goddess is a major fertility goddess, bringer of Maize. In my campaign
there is the Red Earth Cult which promotes fertility through blood
sacrifice and
works well. The Lunar Empire produces so much food that nobody can claim
that it has broken its ties to the Earth.
3. & 4. I don't think so. Nothing has been written, as far as I know, about
this. Anyway, who says the Red Goddess is barren - I am sure that she has
more children than the Red Emperor (but I can't think of any off hand).
Also,
if the Glowline made women barren the Lunar Empire would not be around
today - the Lunars seem to be breeding quite happily.
5. Ernalda marries everyone she meets - she lifts her skirts with
regularity. That is why she has so many Husband Protectors. Anyone who has
married Yelm (Emperor of the Universe) , Orlanth (King of the Gods) and
Pamalt (Ruler of a continent) wouldn't care about
marrying a little God like the Red Emperor. Anyway, Ernalda has many
husbands, her husbands have many wives. This is the way of the Earth and
nobody cares.
6. Maybe ........ I would feel that Orlanthi women are sophisticated enough
to realise that this is a title not an actual status.
Sorry, but the Male vs Female contest does not apply to the Lunar
Expansion.
Simon
Simon Phipp <crassus@dol.ru>
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