Gold Wheel Dancers, Kresh

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From: Groove Requiem.. (johnston@heart.enet.dec.com)
Date: Thu 07 Apr 1994 - 15:48:01 EEST


ANDERSJC@howdy.Princeton.EDU (Paul Anderson) says

> The point on "the human species" is well taken, but I don't think Glorantha
>has Linnaean species at all. Another hybrid is Gwalynkus the Good, who reigned
>in Dorastor c. 150. (D p.6) He is mostly descended from Theyalan humans, but
>his mother's father is a dwarf, and his father was descended in the female line
>from a dryad.

I remember finding this a bit strange. Dwarfs are basically edible stone arent they ? Flintnail bothered me for the same reason.

Also Gwalynkus is also supposed to have married one of the last of the gold wheel dancers. Pinniching (from the cradle scenario) is supposed to be a Gold wheel dancer too, yet he (she? it?) is a spinning hoop. You would have to be pretty wierd to marry a spinning hoop I think.

So either Gwalynkus was deranged, or GW Dancers had more than one form, or the author of the history had a fetish for strange unions...

Does anyone have anymore info on the Gold Wheel Dancers ?

>John Hughes talked about the kresh a day or two ago.

When I first read about the Kresh I assumed it must be dinosaurs pulling the wagons. I agree that humans pulling them is a bit harder to cope with. I decided in the end that the Wagon Master must also be a Kresh priest of some sort, able to cast spells to aid the wagons movement. Spell names such as Slither, Slide or Lighten Wagon come to mind.

Hows about something like:

        Lighten Wagon 1 pt Divine ritual, reusable. Duration 1 day. This spell may only be cast upon a Kresh Wagon. Each magic point sacrificed by the Priests congregation lightens the weight of the wagon by 100 KG.  

nigel johnston

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