Hello Battle of Iceland on the Hero plane? ... into ... The battle of Iceland wasn´t important enaugh to make it in the Composite History of Dragon Pass, so...
... guide to the myth in question. It probably has one of those decision tree/flowcharts in it like a Birding book: "Key" is what they are called. Sam....
... (wince) The whole Orlanth being Dead thing, complete with major climate change, got missed from every account of the period in KoS, and no rationalisation ...
... I thought the split appeared with RQIII although not so carefully defined. I don't regard it as hair-splitting either, it's a crucial distinction on both...
... As I've said, I think this restriction is fine. That is, you're not saying, "You have to solve it X way!" you're saying, "You have to solve it some other...
... Well, yes. I use the term situation instead of tools. That is, if you hand somebody a tool, it says, "use me!" Just throw in a lot of data. Which your ...
... Why? Greg wrote Orlanth is Dead many years after KoS and after he thought more about some of the implications of the Lunar defeat of Orlanth. So he wrote...
... There's no need for me to respond, even if I didn't realize that this was dry humor, as my record here will prove to everyone just how fallible I am. ...
... Why is it painful? You really need to ask? When you've got an on-going campaign that covers that period, and all of a sudden something as massive as OiD...
... Hardly. It is a major event, but let's face it, 99.9% of Gloranthan background and history is unaffected by OiD. And it is a really cool story. Which...
... Well, yes, but maybe 90% of the bits of Glorantha people were actually playing in were affected. Sartar, Pavis, Prax... ... It is, in every sense. ... Sure...
... Fits with what? Greg's only obligation - and that goes for any other non-work for hire writer - is that his stories fit within the general framework of...
... We already covered that, didn't we? And you even repeat it later on. The whole shared universe that at the time of publication, people were using to game...
... Icebreaker which depicts the stages of the quest. ... http://mythinglinks.blog.ca/?tag=kalikos Thank you, Oliver, for that great link. I read it, and...
OK, the basic idea works for me. Elmal, Fire Tribe, Vinga in disguise. Good stuff. ... er.... wasn't he a human hero from an Age or so later? ... If it's...
... Googling suggests that the story was originally published in stages on the old Digest. I can't find all of it, but here's a link to a bit that at least ...
OK, the version I remembered is in Entekosiad -- a pre-finished work which is really only for serious Gloranthaphiles. But the relevant bit is, "Kargzant...
... Correct. I was without email for a few days. I'll be in town today and tomrorow, and then gone for a week again. ======================== Sincerely, Greg...
When I was going through my collection of stuff, trying to decide what to sell and what to keep, I found my Pavic Tales. It's all nine issues. Is there anyone...
... morning. ... Who knew there was a character limit on posts? (Guess I should have read the instructions:-)) The last bit of the story now has it's own post...
... Thank you. I rather liked it myself. Just in case people think this is another manifestation of my Vinga fixation, I'd like to mention that it was Ian ...
Jane ... If you want rationalization: Argrath wasn't there, so it wasn't worth the mention of his chroniclers. *And I'm amazed Jeff missed this one: "Bittery...
I think its time that the 'Orlanth is Dead/Battle of Iceland' debate was resolved with a simple 'we agree to disagree'. Its clear that for some people, like...
... The Char-Un do have some wind cults - the ones mentioned in SoK are Yuliuk and Raug (pg.48). Interestingly the latter is open to both men and women. -- ...
More musings, which will almost certainly result in a YGWV from someone! Red-haired Redlands children are being recruited by the Lunars. Ian vaguely remembers...
... Thanks - that is a *VERY* good story. BTW, next one down has a broken link. The "http" bit on the front got doubled. The page and site at the other end...
A bucketload! Stick them on ebay - I've seen them go for $30-$40 per issue. mike 8-) xxx ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
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