From: Julian Lord (julian.lord@hol.fr)
Date: Tue 04 Aug 1998 - 18:22:12 EEST
Peter Metcalfe:
> ME>Maybe there are lions in Fronela?
>
> Syranthir's Ten Thousand marched from Loskalm to Carmania in
> the second age had tame lions in their ranks
Ah ! So there were lions in Fronela, then. Thanks !
> which implies that
I can't see why not. The lions, surely, killed people? Were these people fearless
> Where these lions came from is not known to me. Also it is unlikely
> leonophobia was not a characteristic of the Loskalmi.
of them? Unlikely.
> for Syranthir to leave any sufficient numbers of lions and troops
> behind that could survive the next two ages to become incorporated
> into the Kingdom of War.
But the Kingdom of War appeared during the Syndic's Ban, seemingly from nowhere.
Also, in reference to a later message : Are all knights who paint dragons on
It incorporates no part of the physical world as it previously existed, surely,
despite the blatant unrealism of this idea.
their shields fearless of dragons? Surely not !! Don't you think that one purpose
of lion motifs in heraldry is an attempt to foster fear upon one's enemies in war?
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My present conceit is that there are men of the Kingdom of War who use lions as
steeds ("tame" lions). They worship Basmol, and are indeed Basmoli, although they
may suffer from some kind of magical damage from the fact that they are the
embodiment of the fear and loathing of the Loskalmi (ie they use western armour
and weapons, etc...). The Loskalmi look on them as being Evil Knights. And,
indeed, they are.
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