From: Sandy Petersen (sandyp@idcube.idsoftware.com)
Date: Mon 04 Jul 1994 - 09:34:54 EEST
David Gadbois asks:
>Do you have any more info on the Star Captains? The only mentions I
>recall of them are in Nomad Gods and in tGRAoY
They are the guardians of the stars, which are, of course, fortresses surrounding holes in the sky, through which the ether shines brightly. A individual Star Captain is like unto a hero or gigantic monster in toughness -- beyond the scope of normal RQ.
Paul Reilly responds to my statement:
>> If Loskalm was on Earth, not one female knight would exist.
>Reasoning? Perhaps because they are more conformist than Medieval
>France, which had a few
I scoffingly disbelieve in the existence of "a few" medieval French female knights. Maybe over the entire period of the Middle Ages, which would mean that in any given year there woudl be, on the average .... zero. Just the same number as we find in Spain, England, and other areas.
My point was not that there weren't female knights on Earth (though they were obviously scarce), but that this should not prevent us from having them in Loskalm.
Joerg
>According to popular theory and a few facts, the Theyalans absorbed
> Hsunchen cultures.
This was probably made easier by the fact that the Theist culture doesn't really handle the Hsunchen mythology effectively. The Hsunchen were presented with an obvious choice -- either their ancestors were right, or the Thelayans are right. And the Theyalans have better magic, metal, are more numerous, etc. So you end up with absorption and extinction of the Hsunchen where they meet the Theyalans.
I still don't agree that the Praxians stem from Hsunchen, nor do I admit that ALL primitive Gloranthans were Hsunchen.
Stephen Stair:
> In Dorastor, one of the Hellwood Elves is listed as being an
>initiate of Tyram. Who is Tyram?
The Chaos God who led the invasion of the Sky. It was pretty much defeated by the Star Captains, but the God is still around..
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