From: David Dunham (ddunham@radiomail.net)
Date: Sat 04 Jun 1994 - 00:10:26 EEST
Joerg answered
>>>King Heort with his antlers
>> Where's this reference?
>RuneQuest Companion, p.27, Jonstown Compendium 1483. Expanded by
>Mr. Nick Brooke...
Ah, Heort wears a hart mask. Not quite the same as _having_ antlers. (And related to his name?)
>Heler is one of the most aggressive of the war gods of the Orlanthi.
"Heler is occasionally considered a militant deity, but rarely as an effective one." His images are "never armed." He certainly isn't a war god today, and I'm not sure he ever was.
Matt asks
>I've often heard mention of Vinga the Adventuress, but
>other than the fact that she is Orlanth's daughter, I
>really don't know anything about her.
>Does anyone have a cult write up?
I was just about to ask myself...
RQ: Adventures in Glorantha has her as an Orlanth subcult. I give her the rune spell
Wind Run 1 point, reusable
The recipient of this spell can run at up to ten times Movement Rate
(instead of the normal three times), but only in the direction of the wind.
While at speed, she can run over obstacles no higher than herself.
In my East Ralios campaign, Vinga is very popular -- most of my female players liked the idea of spiking their hair [in East Ralios, Vingans wash their hair with lime instead of dying it with henna as in Dragon Pass].
Harald asked
>Now about Urox the Storm Bull in the Ralian mythos--how did he defeat
>the Devil? It seems to me that the story would be far
>different from that told in Sartar or Prax.
The basic tale of Urox fighting the Devil is no doubt present, and I see no reason why a piece of the Spike couldn't have squashed the Devil in the Ralios version. But I suspect since there was no Block or Dead Place as a constant reminder of the struggle, he was considered a minor storm deity...until Gbaji. Even now, he's not a major god.
Supposedly the Rockwood Mountains were formed in Godtime to separate the warring people of Peloria and Ralios [Dorastor: Land of Doom], I don't see Urox having a role.
>How do the East Ralians view Malkioni?
I started my campaign with characters from the Belovaking clan, all of whom have Hate Naskorion as a passion. This is mostly because they are close neighbors, and raid each other a lot. Think of it as an institutionalized blood feud.
The majority of the clans probably have more complex views. Many Safelstrans actually worship the same deities they do (even if the nobility may be Malkioni). And they have good things to trade. On the other hand, they have good things to pillage, and some of them worship Arkat -- East Ralians use that name as a curse, something you yell when you stub your toe.
Safelstrans often hire East Ralian mercenaries, who are happy for the chance at glory and plunder without the risk of starting a blood feud. Naskorion isn't quite so happy with this practice, as mercenary bands often try for a little more plunder on the way home.
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