Re: Orlanth's Ring from Joerg Baumgartner on 1996-12-18 (Glorantha Digest Vol 04)

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_toppoint.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 96 18:02 MET

Stephen Martin
>>We can posit a similar dissappearance of Orlanth's ring when the God
>>Learners enslaved Bingista and caused no wind to blow in Dragon Pass
>>for two years until a settlement for peace was made. Of course when
>>Orlanth's Ring reappeared, not only did Orlanth defeat Zistor but a
>>Windless Typhoon wrecked havoc across the western lands.

>I can't believe I never looked at Orlanth's Ring in relation to the God
>Learners. You have renewed my faith in the nature of Orlanth's Ring! So,
>the only missing piece is determinging when it disappeared again during
>the Third Age. And the defeat at Castle Blue is, of course, the obvious
>candidate. Perhaps the "wound in Orlanth" referred to is not _just_ the
>Red Moon itself, but also the missing Ring in the sky.

I dislike this. The disappearance of the Ring would have made its recognition by some not very devout Sartarite at the 1625 ritual unlikely if it had occurred already in 1247. I might accept the Fall of Whitewall for its disappearance, even though this ignores all of Ralios and its Orlanthi, which Lunar propaganda may do, but the skies might disagree with.

If that star constellation disappeared in any bad weather, it would have been in the sky only 01to 375 ST, 450 to 578 ST, and 1042 to 1247 ST. In that case it is most peculiar that it gets mentioned at all...