From: David Dunham (dunham@pensee.com)
Date: Sat 22 Jul 2000 - 03:13:45 EEST
Ian Thomson
> Pavis was founded by Pavis and Joraz Kyrem who were both students of
> draconic wisdom in one form or another. I don't think this has to mean that
> they were intent on turning themselves into dragons, or even that JK was a
> mystic per se, but both were experimental H Questers.
Jhoraz Khyree was almost certainly no such thing -- he was a Pure
Horse chieftain. Since the Pure Horse had been allied with the
Jrusteli approximately 30 years earlier, my guess is that he is (like
most chieftains) a politician, who figured his chances were much
better with the EWF (which was after all a lot closer to Prax than
the Jrusteli).
45 years later (which suggests JK was a heroquester, though says
nothing about experimenting), he fled back to Dragon Pass and this
time recruited the Sun Domers (probably the Tharkantus cult, which is
among the least draconic of the EWF cults).
Sorry, but I'm not reading anything into KoS.192-193 or RoC.9-11
which suggests any connection between the Pure Horse leader and
draconic wisdom (if anything, the reverse, since they are said to be
very traditional). I think he is just a pragmatic opportunist.
David Dunham <mailto:dunham@pensee.com>
Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html>
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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