From: Roderick Robertson, SC1-5, x52936 (ROBERTSON@delphi.intel.com)
Date: Tue 15 Feb 1994 - 18:57:00 EET
Paul Anderson asks:
> I must thank those who have written to answer my questions; you are all
>most interesting. Particular comments:
> I seem to have been ambiguous. I said:
>> 1. On CoP p.77 it says that Orlanth "led a strong army of immortals with
>>many allies. The gods of light continued to fight back, led especially by
> ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^
>>[Yelmalio] in Peloria...." and continues with Yelmalio's wounding. Since the
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>>discovery of the Elmal\Yelmalio (or is that Yelmal\Elmalio? :-)) schism:
>
> a} [answered]
> b} who tells it?
> c} what is the name in brackets?
> I meant to ask about [Yelmalio] as Captain-General of the armies of light,
> ^^^^^
>not about the Hill of Gold, which is, I agree, a local aitiology from the
>Vanch (the border between the hills and the Pelorian plain) which has been
>extended by [proto]-Yelamalions.
> I don't yet have GRAY, but I don't believe Yelmalio is Captain of Light
>anywhere in Peloria, for example.
In discussion with Greg, I brought up the idea that Yelmalio *as a name* was a Theyalan invention. Here is Orlanth storming around and ending up at the Hill of Gold. There he meets a Solar god whom he does not know (In GRoY, Antirus is a part of Yelm left behind after Yelm leaves this world). Orlanth knows a thane called Elmal, He knows of the (now dead) Yelm. He does not know who the heck this is, and calls him by a combination of the two names, with some sort of diminutive attached Y(elmal)-io. (-alio may be the diminutive here, with no thought of Elmal). In the Dara Happan Empire, the God at the hill of Gold was Antirus. Polaris is the General/Captain of the Solar Armies. Shargash is a Hungry god (he eats as much as he can, until there is nothing left to eat, sort of like Oakfed), as well as a Chaos fighter. Kargzant is a nomad, and acts sort of like Storm Bull (rushes in before thinking). The 'Author' of GRoY dislikes Kargzant, and Shargash doesn't get too much good press. One wierdness I noticed (greg hasn't got back to me on this yet) Kargzant does not appear on the Gods Wall (which lists all the gods known to the Dara Happans, good or bad).
Roderick
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