Re: RuneQuest Daily, Wed, 01 Jun 1994, part 4

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From: Paul Reilly (paul@phyast.pitt.edu)
Date: Wed 01 Jun 1994 - 21:34:28 EEST


 Paul Reilly again. Graeme writes:

"I don't want "bad guy" Orlanthi (plenty of those in Dragon Pass IMO), I want "good guy" Malkionists, ie some group that don't harshly oppress the lower classes and strangers (the Brithini, Seshnelans and the Jonateli do that admirably), Tap, and aren't raving fanatics like the Loskalmi."

  Glad someone agrees about the Loskalmi.

  The Junorans might fit your description, of course they are caught between Loskalm and the Kingdom of War and will have to knuckle under to the former to resist destruction by the latter. Kind of like Hungary in WW2: do you trust the Nazis or the Soviets? Ugh.

  Anywhere where the Malkioni DON'T have the political power they might be relatively OK, like the Janube city-states.

  Of course the people you are really describing are the Jrusteli. Religious and political freedom characterized the home country of the Middle Sea Empire. Otherwise they could not have made the developments that they did. Of course their economic and political colonies may not have enjoyed the same freedoms (compare the US and Nicaragua, frex, or Belgium and the Congo).

  The Jrusteli get a lot of bad press, but remember that the Brithini Talars are very good at spin doctoring (2000% Spin Doctor skill, always crits, can do wonders in making people hate you.) Imagine the reputation Western society and "The Scientists" would have in 500 years in a post-apocalyptic scenario.

" While I do like the original idea of an oppressive culture doing it's best to keep out the nomads and keep in the peasants, putting it in Salfester removes the last lot of Malkioni. I'm still more inclined to put it in the Redlands: makes a shock for Lunar characters to find how the freedom of the Lunar way disappears when they approach the Pentans."

  Hmm. I treat the Redlands quite differently, remember they had no problems from the Pentans for a long time after the Nights of Horror. Those lands were just considered 'empty' and I thought they were populated by people who wanted MORE freedom. Have to look up some references in order to have a Scholarly Debate and drive off some of the heathen :-)

> How would the Earth Worshippers kill? Burial alive and defenestration
>I could see for the Dark Earth worshippers.

  While these are fun I think the could old 'cut their throats so their blood will feed the earth' is also popular. Crushed between stones is a good one as well.

  I think Old Tarsh practiced this sort of thing and that the Exiles on Wintertop still do. Less common elsewhere but still down in emergencies.

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