Re: Glorantha Names, 2 questions.

From: Andrew Raphael (raphael@research.canon.com.au)
Date: Mon 29 Jun 1998 - 17:03:26 EEST


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>Does Argrath really just mean Liberator? I thought that it came to
>mean that because of Argrath' s actions, like Caesar came to mean ruler
>despite starting as a nickname.

It certainly means that in the Fourth Age when King Of Sartar was
compiled from recovered fragments. Since there seems to be several
Argraths at the same time in the Hero Wars, I don't have a problem with
it being a title.

>I have a question about Kralorela, the Land of the Rising Pun.
>Godunya (Good On ya (Australian greeting)),

I don't think so. All the Australian jokes are in Sun County.
Pent Ridge, Lassiter's Reef, etc.

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