Daruda from Stephen Martin on 1998-01-31 (Glorantha Digest Vol 05)

From: Stephen Martin <ilium_at_juno.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 18:08:54 EST

Nils:
>Time for my Daruda theory! I think Kralorela was originally
>inhabited by a multitude of hsunchen tribes. The strongest
>of those were the dragon people, who were not nomad hunter-
>gatherers, but built towns. Then there was an invasion of
>sky worshipping Vithelans. The other hsunchen were pushed
>to the margin areas: mountains, jungles, but the dragon
>people were strong enough to put up some resistance. So
>the cultures melded, dominated by the sky worshippers, who
>provided the first emperors (Metsyla, Shavaya).
>
>The came Daruda, a dragon people hero, who quested and
>brought back new draconic knowledge and understanding. He
>became emperor and made for a draconic revival. However,
>by this time the influence of the sky people had changed
>the dragon people into something knew. And this became
>the draconic Kralorelans.

Last time I brought it up, Greg shot down by 99% identical theory (I didn't make the Vithela/Solar Empire connection), but that doesn't mean that you and I can't convince him now that we both know the other knows the truth.

Peter>>It may be but we know Kralorela cannot be that place for it has
>>been conquered by Orlanth, Kajaboom, the God Learners and by
>>Sheng Seleris.

Nils>Then please tell us in what way they changed Kralorelan
>_culture_ in a major way. Foreign conquerors don't
>necessarily mean broken tradition.

Also, some of Peter's objections are irrelevant, because they are untrue - -- it is never said that Orlanth or Kajaboom _conquered_ Kralorela, it merely says they _invaded_ Kralorela. No, it does not even say that -- it says they are mentioned in the Kralori Catalogue of Foes as being enemies of Kralorela in the Gods Age. If the Kralori have a written document which has been added to over time, since the end of the Golden Age, this implies a lot more cultural continuity than Peter wants to allow. I agree with Nils that it would be more interesting to have one Gloranthan culture which actually _is_ culturally 90% or more the same as it was in the Golden Age. And yellow elves don't count.

Stephen Martin
ilium_at_juno.com

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