From: Mr Robert McArthur (mcarthur@fit.qut.edu.au)
Date: Sat 16 Oct 1993 - 00:29:36 EET
Graeme Lindsell writes
...
> Nope. The Queen is Gundrun the Golden, wife of Hakon the Swimmer, High
> King of the Bilini (Talastar Papers, P12). In the Genertela book it
> gives Talastar a population of 200,000 and claims that the Bilini are
> the largest tribe in the southern part of Talastar. If a relatively
> large Orlanthi kingdom doesn't have at least a minor Temple to one
> of the Lightbringers than I doubt any exist anywhere. She also has
> a Lunar Dee Zola priest as a personal physician.
>
> To take the point one step further, it's says that she was crippled
> by Wasting Disease (affects Str), not Creeping Chills as I said earlier.
> _Ernalda_ gets Restore Health (Strength) (She get Restore (Con) too). In
> the current RQ3 rules Gundrun would have been healed by them as easily by
> Chalana Arroy ie a group of 10 Ernalda acolytes could have sacrificed
> for 1 point of Restore (Strength) each, and she'd be fine.
Well, there are a number of reasons for the Queen not getting better. The first (and onyl as far as my SB character would see it :-) is that there is a lunar healing priest around. Seems like the best way to keep someone sick is to be their physician.
Secondly, when she first came down with the disease, a Chalana Arroy may have tried to heal her and fumbled with the spell. Result: no healing of the disease *ever* by Chalana Arroy. This gives the opportunity of course for some strange healer from far away with different practices/gods the chance to come in and show their stuff. My prefered reason.
Thirdly, while CA may be able to heal almost any disease, she may not *want* to, thus not allowing followers to (or at least not letting the magic work). Let her reasons be obscure, or to do with the potential rebirth of chaos given the queen's past, something the queen once did (pretty bad huh!), politics, etc etc.
Fourthly, there exist diseases that CA cannot heal. Part of the lightbringers quest proved that is true.
Lastly, the compromise states the gods cannot intervene in anothers 'area'. If the queen has been 'claimed' by Malia, and Malia is *actively* interested in her demise (ie. keeps a good part of her conscience on the queen) then I don't think CA can do much.
Well, there's some reasons to think on!
Robert
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