The GoLEM, a postscript

From: HVH@LETT.KUN.NL
Date: Mon 04 Jul 1994 - 16:11:00 EEST

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Hi guys, Hans van Halteren here. (No, not Hasueros, he disappeared, remember?)

I thought it might be useful to assure all of you I am still able to distinguish between Glorantha and the Real World. So here goes... The only Real World items in the recent GoLEM posts were:

• We have been told The Secret is expressible with three words. The experiment wouldn't work since Greg probably wouldn't want to look at all three word combinations.
• We did have a fire here. Certainly set by someone. Probably by either pranksters or disgruntled ex-employees. No, I don't really suspect Sandy, even though he did threaten the GoLEM. As a result of the fire, nobody was let into the building for a week. We do still have a building, though. By the way, I now have to renew my Face Backlog spell. You guys sure produce a lot in a week.
• Sandy has worked (does work?) on DOOM!. But nobody on this list will want to blame him for that. All negative remarks about Sandy were made by good old no longer present Hasueros.

Now to some other loose ends.

Originally, there were three possible continuations of the GoLEM message:

1. Hasueros was what he said to be and all of you would have received a list of word combinations. Not just the volunteers. Yes, there were actual volunteers.
2. Hasueros was a riddler and the word combinations were seeded with some riddles to get all volunteers Illuminated.
3. Hasueros was actually Zero, Glorantha's greatest detective of Runequest Companion fame (thanks again, Hal), who had sent the message as part of a cunning plan to root out GL sympathizers for the Arkati thought police.

Obviously, the fire here was too interesting a plot development to let go.

Eric Rowe proposes to continue the experiment in a somewhat more sensible manner. DON'T DO IT! DON'T JEOPARDIZE THE SODA ARCHIVES!

Anyway, I'm not sure the secret is useful anymore. If I understand Sandy's piece on the God Learners' demise correctly, the secret doesn't work any longer after the God Plane shifted. (Is that correct, Sandy? Would anyone with the secret be able to use it in 16xx?) This, by the way, might also explain the way the Gift Carriers find their victims: they don't! The God Learners who knew the secret, again according to Sandy some kind of Heroquesting trick, just tried to use it the next time they quested and it backfired on them, with spectacular and lethal effects.

OK, enough contribution to your backlog for now.

Happy Questing,
Hans van Halteren

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