Re: Glorantha Digest V4 #395 from Christoph Luehr on 1997-05-11 (Glorantha Digest Vol 04)

From: Christoph Luehr <christoph_at_tlnet.de>
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 21:27:02 +0000

> In an RQ campaign which recently ended, I had intended to have the
> Sartarite PCs find out about a Lunar inspired cult of "Orlanth Bridegroom".
> The idea was that Orlanthis who were friendly to the Empire and the Goddess
> would attempt to "marry" Orlanth to the Red Goddess by rituals (Orlanth Wind
> Lords and Storm Voices marrying Lunar priestesses, maybe) and heroquests.
>
> How absurd an idea is that?

I think it is not so absurd. Indeed it is rather unrealistic that all Orlanthis everywhere on Glorantha would be enemies of the Red Goddess. And it would be only natural for the Orlanthis to find a solution how to explain the friendship of these both gods. But what about Ernalda. How is Orlanth getting rid of her ?

>
> Most extreme version: The PCs are put in some kind of stasis or
> otherwise out of the universe. When they return, Orlanth is part of the Lunar
> pantheon and the Empire rules almost the whole of Genertela.

I don't like this idea. It would be more science-fiction than fantasy. In add I don't believe that it would be possible for the Lunars to rule over whole Genertela. I think the more civilized countries in Ralios would union against such a strong enemy and defeat them. Of course they would break after the war, but before the Lunars would be stopped. And if not, the Lunat Empire would break one time like the Roman Empire had.

Christoph

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