From: Joerg Baumgartner (joe@sartar.toppoint.de)
Date: Thu 02 Jun 1994 - 16:04:04 EEST
Nick Brooke in X-RQ-ID: 4292
> Graeme Lindsell:
>> I've never seen any reference to Hrestol being executed, much less how
>> he died - can you point me to one?
> Well, looks like my theory's the only one in town, and seems to plug a hole
> in the mythos. As I said, there's no supporting evidence for *any* part of
> the hypothesis. Take it or leave it.
Well, I'm not too sure about Hrestol being executed. As the epitome of a knight, I'd envision his "martyrdom" to be more of the Roland or Artus kind. If you really need a prophet martyred by execution, take Malkion, and make his own sons the judges who condemn him.
We know Hrestol found the way to protect Seshnela from the Basmoli by introducing knighthood. How about this death: Hrestol, by now aged, but still a fighter of impressive skill, and a handful of boon companions, ride out to save some Arolanit villagers from a marauding band of Basmoli toughs. The sorcerers get wind of this and decide to make an end of this nuisance in a saddle, and inform the Basmoli leaders of this. The Basmoli stage a trap, but Hrestol manages to escape. A long persecution along the Nidan River ends at a rocky crevice, where Hrestol and the remaining of his companions find a defensible position which they hold for several days against overwhelming odds of Basmoli. The end comes when a contingent of elite Horali soldiers, sent and magiced by the Arolanit sorcerers, manages to crush his resistance and slay him.
Afterwards the Basmoli deliver enough of his remains to become a holy relic (or a few), to honour a foe "who fought with a true lion's strength and determination", against the protests of the Brithini.
How about this version? No evidence either.
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