From: Mikko Rintasaari (rintasaa@mail.student.oulu.fi)
Date: Sun 06 Aug 2000 - 23:10:31 EEST
:>Apple Lane (It has a Sherrif, [...].
:Sheriffs exist in Heortland (Glorantha Intro p142).
:I did put them there because of the Apple Lane reference.
:- --Peter Metcalfe
I was wondering about that one. I found the reference to sheriffs in the
Heortland seems to be getting the short end of the stick anyway, both
It's named after king Heort, yet the new Glorantha book writeup hardly
One would think Heortland is the hart and soul of _Heortling_ orlanthi
Glorantha books Heortland section really painful.
previously and in the newest books. It should be a strong, large and
traditional Orlanthi land, with more population than Sartar. Yet the
Empire marches over them without breaking a sweat (just a few lines have
been allocated in describing this, it hardly seems worth mentioning(!?!)
mentioned him.
culture, and this is indeed the view I had from the RQ-2 writings. Ok,
they had some malkioni remnants from the time of Arkat, but they were
stygians, and had to get along well with the much more numerous Orlanthi,
or they would have been crushed and driven off long ago.
It's infact rather easy to picture some orlanthized malkioni livin in the
cities of the coast. The orlanthi world wiev already has high gods and
goddessed (the Celestial Court, Arachne Solara, Glorantha), so they could
accept a male creator principle there _alongside_ the others. The actual
Malkioni of course choose tho honor and revere this Creator above the
others, but they sure wouldn't dare deny the god's of the orlanthi. (since
they are still there)
Anyway. That's a snippet of my take on Heortland. I feel it has a lot of
I sort of liked the Larnsti tho... I just don't see how they would end up
potential, and it seems to be continually ignored, or used as a sink for
really weird and unpropable ideas.
geing the kings of the tribes of Heortland. Holy men, prophets and seers
sure, but kings? Wasn't Heort's way opposed to kingly lines, the King is
supposed to be chosen from among the thanes.
-Adept
I think I think... Therefore I think I am.
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