From: Paul Reilly (paul@phyast.pitt.edu)
Date: Sun 05 Jun 1994 - 00:23:45 EEST
Paul Reilly here
Boris writes:
And finally, the subject that's on everybody's mind, Devin's riddles. The first seems easy enough for everybody (though Paul Reilly makes a cryptic comment about the First and Second Gifts of the Dark Woman; who is this, Subere, or Nakala? And what was her second gift?)
Dark Woman = Subere
First Gift = Death
Second Gift = Black Eater.
Note that when Arkat tried to use the Black Eater against "Gbaji" it seemed to fail. This sort of backfire was to be expected- went he quested to receive the Second Gift he must have been following the Trickster's path, not recommended.
Subere is, IMO, one of those deities NOT dependent on mortal worship. She is at the very bottom of Hell - below her is Chaos. She has the power to stand against Chaos.
Alex writes:
> (Does Glorantha have eclipses?)
> What about burial alive? Let's not forget those rave-faves, castration, and
>Putting Out of The Eyes, for "lesser" offences (or as a preamble to execution).
And being tied in a sack with a cat, a dog, a snake, and a cock (I think?) and being thrown into a river. For parricides.
>Vormainians: a variety of _efficient_ methods.
We had a Vormanian, Tora, in our campaign as a 'guest star'. He was
carrying a
letter to the Red Emperor but was a bit lost. Tora was a _samurai_ who had
a little companion who translated for him. Tora had learned the guy's
language, the "Barbarian Tongue". He was very annoyed when he found out
that barbarians had more than one language.
Tora got annoyed easily and tended to lop off people's heads. One day a Eurmali was reaching out for his purse; Tora lopped off his hand in the blink of an eye. The Trickster held up his remaining hand and bleeding stump, regarded them, and cried "Now I'm assymmetrical!" Vormainians love symmetry...
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