The year is 571:
"Before the great plague which ravaged Auvergne prodigies terrified the
poeple of that region in the same way. On a number of occasions three or
four great shining lights appeared round the sun, and these the country
folk also called suns. 'Look!' they shouted. 'There are now three or four
suns in the sky!' ... Then a star, which some call a comet, appeared over
the region for a whole year, with a tail like a sword, and the whole sky
seemed to burn and many other portents were seen."
Later in the 570s:
"...a remarkable portent was seen in the middle of the night. A bright star
was shining in the very centre of the moon, and other stars appeared close
to the moon, above it and below. Round the moon stretched the circle which
is usually a sign of rain. I have no idea what all this meant. This same
year the moon often appeared in eclipse and there were loud claps of
thunder just before Christmas. The meteors which country folk calls suns
and which were seen before the plague ... also appeared round the sun. I
was told that the sea rose higher than usual, and there were many other
signs and wonders."
Sounds like UFOs to me :-) but it also sounds like how the Dara Happans would talk. "Three great shining lights appeared around Yelm, and these the Naverians also called suns."
Sword-tail comets hanging over a particular region sound like they need to be in Glorantha, too. I suspect, however, eclipses don't happen (except for singular events like Sunstop).
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End of Glorantha Digest V2 #69
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