From: styopa@iname.com
Date: Tue 23 Feb 1999 - 05:44:30 EET
>Back in 1988 when the Genertela book meandered out, several lands were
>marked as "blank lands" i.e. "Referee do what you will with them". When
>Trollpak was torn assunder and loosed on the market in more bits than
>Krjalk, there was made the odd reference to Balazar, which was one of the
>Genertelan "blank lands." I think on the Greggly Web site mention is made
>to one of the Balazaran citadels as well: in the Blueface write up.
Aha, you've stumbled onto the myth of T-roll, Ollpa, Lapa, and Packion: an
opposing and somewhat mysterious counter-analogue to Thanatar. Where we
know the different Tien and Atyar cults were mystically welded together,
T-roll, Ollpa, Lapa, and Packion were initally one Great and Wonderful
being "TrollPak".
In the Greater Darkness (1984-1994) Trollpak, pursued by two secret
organizations ("Chapter 11" and "Chapter 13") realized his survival was at
stake and thus quested to find the Hill of Avalon. Upon the Hill of
Avalon (famous for it's battles and it's lost city of Eldarad that nobody
in particular is looking for...) TrollPak decided that his best chance of
survival lay in self-dismemberment. Unfortunately for TrollPak, his lesser
selves T-roll, Ollpa, Lapa, and Packion did not do well. Of course, most
worshippers realized that they could simply go back to their older worship
of TrollPak, and ignore the new incarnations totally since they did little
more than repeat in a feeble and pointless fashion the worship that had
been so complete in TrollPak. So T-roll, Ollpa, Lapa, and Packion languish
yet, waiting desperately until someone, anyone picks them up - a hope with
is almost as pathetic as it is futile.
:)
- -Steve (styopa@iname.com)
or at work (Steve@necadon.com)
http://surf.to/styopa
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