From: Graeme A Lindsell (graeme.lindsell@anu.edu.au)
Date: Mon 08 Nov 1993 - 17:34:38 EET
G. Fried writes:
>Does this mean that Ompalam is an aspect of Wakboth, Chaos as moral evil? In
>the sense that Thed is the Chaos god of the (moral evil) rape? Is slavery in
>Glorantha a NATURAL moral evil in the way that, say, incest is -- one that
>Wakboth preys upon in order to break in upon the world?
In TOTRM No8 (The Chaos Feature) the various gods are grouped by type. I think Ompalam is typed as Seductive, with Gbaji and Sessiene (sp?) the chaos god of submission. These are gods that make Chaos seem attractive, unlike Wakboth (classed uder Evil, I think)
Sandy Petersen writes:
>Ompalam's worshipers consist of slaveowners and slaves. The slaves
>are involuntarily brought into the cult, of course.
Well that slaves are involuntary initiates make some sense, after all he is a god of slavery, but are there any other gods someone can be forced to join? Primal Chaos is the only one I can think of, in the sense that all creatures with chaotic features are members.
I thought the addictive magic would be appropriate since Ompalam is meant to be a seductive god, making chaos palatable. Part of the evil of slavery is the "slave mentality" - slaves who accept their state as natural - and I think Ompalam would attempt to create this attitude. A slave initiate of Ompalam would have an easier life by using Ompalam's magic, but at the cost of remaining a slave in the afterlife.
Just an opinion.
>The "addictive" god of
>Fonrit, who is sought after by slaves who "want to make their lives
>less horrible" is Gark the Calm.
I thought he was the chaos god of zombies? Someone would have to be in great despair to want to join (listed under "Void" in ToTRM No8, as I recall, total annihilation).
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