From: David Cheng (drcheng@sales.stern.nyu.edu)
Date: Mon 01 Nov 1993 - 17:11:29 EET
I would like to state, clearly and publicly, for the record, that the term
"God Forgoti" was coined not by me, but by Charles Morehouse, the creator of
the _Masters of Luck and Death_ game. The utterance Nick refers to was made
at the Convulsion playtest of said game. I am deeply ashamed of said
utterance, and will not propogate it further.
I will now refer to the people of the city of God Forgot as
"Malkioni." Not as Brithini, as some are prone to do. While their
origins might originally be pure Brithini, certainly a culture such as
theirs would be so far from the strict Brithini mores that they could
not be commonly labeled. I see a culture driven by greed, where money
can buy anything. Wizard and Serf: "You know, I'm not supposed to
teach you this magic, but since my mistress has this taste for
Falagian Diamonds, I guess we can overlook the rules 'just this
once...'" The god of these people is not so invisible; they can hold
his shiny image in their palm. I also think that such decadance
exists only in the city proper. Most of the countryside of the Left
Arm Islands probably just lacks overall spiritual guidance.
I do indeed give my blessing on Nick's proposed "Esrolite" interpretation. Once again, I am overwhelmed and envious of his almost transcendental grasp of the magic and culture of Glorantha, and of our own Earth.
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