Dear Jerome Brondel:
After our last contact, I want to ask you about the works in French Fanzine,
I don't know well about French and their Glorantha Field. But I heard some
of French Fanzines writing about Dara Happan Cities...especially Yuthuppa
and its map. I don't know whether you have connection about it or not. But
you are an only person who can fluently read and write French as far as I
know in my limited gloranthaphile contacts...do you know about it? I read
the excellent work of Jean Paul Lhuiller about Rune in Issaries Office, (I
cannot recall the title of this book...) so I include his e-mail address
though I don't know even he can read English or not. I hope you might
willingly help me about it.
By the way, Revealed Mythology will reveal many of GS's works for
vithelans...If you can, please teach me the address of Your Website though
almost I cannot read French.
Below is my recent concern:
This is humble consequence that I tried to apply the theory and work of many
people for Heortling, KODP directly to Dara Happans. I wrote it much with
the Roman Republic image before Caesar, but perhaps another parallel is more
apporopriate, but most suitable? RW parallel Babylonian City States doesn't
hold enough historical record. (Maybe Egypt or Jewish "Fall of Men" are
better? for pre-dawn DH culture?)
I think many (or most?) of houses chose incorrect answers in some stage of
these trials against their emperors, and faded out from this chart, hid in
the rural area of Peloria and "reappeared" again. (Of course, some of them
simply and perfectly disappeared) I think Yuthuppans generally kept
indifferent attitude and Alkothians kept warlike attitude and insularity,
and Raibanthians went between the two. Maybe there was no family who passed
all of these questions without "fade out".
Dara Happan Patrician House Generator:
You are not merely a human, but descendants of Yelm and Dendara. Your blood
runs in your body as Sacred Proof and Providence. Some of your ancestors
(maybe) empeors of Dara Happa, and TakenEgi is also son of Yelm. Golden Age
was Blissful Era, and Emperor Murharzarm ruled our Great Ten Cities.
- Rebellous Terminus
Golden Age ended with the tragedy, first murder of our most Beloved and
Sacred. And Death Terminus was unseen for the vision of Murharzarm,
Orlanatus made such a crime before you. Yelm disintegrated over the sky for
such a terrible vision. What did you do?
- Screaming in terror as other commoners and tried to flee from Rebels
because you could not see their weapon as your Emperor.
- Tried to muster your company and fight against Rebels as Khorventos.
- You went to funeral of your master and dropped your tears.
- You tried to guard Woman Quarter of the Palace.
- Flood
Gods angered the abusements and desecrations of False Orogoros Dynasty and
Rebels, and Sshorga came from the Southeast and washed away all of foul
things, except Gerra rescued by Herustana, you were passangers of his Ark
under the Guidance of Antirius and wisdom of Anaxial. Where did you land
after the water subsided?
- Yuthuppa, where the Ark first landed and Anaxial started his city.
- Raibanth, the Everlasting Capital of Dara Happa
- Alkoth, the City of Power and War God Shargash
- Any other Cities of Sacred Ten
2-d) After the crisis (Ram People, Ice, Horde of Digijelm, etc...) Your city
was devastated and abandoned, where did you go?
- Yuthuppa
- Raibanth
- Alkoth
- Ancient Enemy
Sometimes, you could not avoid outside polluted Powers and Influences,
firstly they came as Enemy. Because Antirius was not Yelm and Anaxial
Dynasty was not Murharzarm. Who was your worst enemy?
- Darjiinite, lewd Heron goddess worshippers
- Darsenite, rugged hill grandmother rulers
- Kostaddite, Children of Lodril and Gerendetho
- Storm Barbarians, their god killed your beloved Murharzarm!
- Imtherian, friend of Stone Race
- Hyalorian, horse nomads
- Rinliddian, bird riders
- Ancient Business
In polluted world, you could not live without business though you were
cousin of Fire Angels, of course Yelm and Antirius was your greatest god,
but you could not live without help of Bests of Others. Your patron was:
- Dayzatar, you worked as Priests and made a contact to Empyrean World
- Buserian, you worked as Bureaucrats of Anaxial Dynasty, took and
calculated taxes from citizens and slaves
- Earth Goddesses, you gained much lands in the suberb of your city and
administrated much lands as farmlands
- Lokarnos, you eventually used the official coinage and worked as Traders
of Imperial Famliy.
- Polaris, you guarded Inter-Safety of Dara Happan City States.
- Shargash, you controlled outlaws and barbarians with strong upper hands
- Lodril, you made many things sometimes as artisans, labourers or crafters
- Dendara, you were Administrator of Imperial Palace and treated Political
Affairs
- Ancient Ally
Gradually, like the reign of Urvairinus you inevitably made allies for
fighting against more corrupted evil, your enemies turned to your allies or
at least neutrals:
- Naverians, People of Women
- Manimati as known as Darjiinite
- Imtherian, friend of Stone
- Dara-ni?, friend of Aldryami
- Pelandan, people of Art and Decadence
- Hyalorians, sons of Kargzant
- Kazkurtum
Emperors of Anaxial Dynasty struggled for their survival in the worsened
world, Antirius gradually weakened because they could not go without
mistakes. Lukarius shot down Blue Moon, Urvairinus destroyed many enemies,
Kestinoros tried to avoid enemies by wind, Manarlavus covered Dara Happa
with shelter. But at last, Antirius was fatally wounded, and died. What did
you do for survival in Great Darkness?
- You went with Manimat and 20 Families to Darjiin Hills, Brooch of Manimat
bleessed you
- You hid in the ruin of Yuthuppa, and waited the help of Stargazers
- You confronted Kuzkurtum and accepted bitter impurity at least for
survival
- You joined Eleventh with Shargash and enjoyed a dance of destruction
- Jenarong and Vuranostum
After the Long Night, you barely survived the Great Evil. And two sons of
Yelm returned back to Sky. Warlords of Horse Nomads came from somewhere and
rekindled the fire of Tripolis. How did you react to their works?
- At least they were no Kuzkurtum and servants of Yelm, you supported them
- You thought you could use them to hinder your rivals in your city, so you
supported them
- You thought peace and safety were better than tradition and liberty, so
you supported them
- They corrupted the Tradition with their Barbarous Nomadic Way, Ignore
them
- You tried to drive them
- You tried to destroy them
- Avivath
Avivath was One-Handed Prophet who showed his Blessing coming from Divine
Antirius, but Overlords of Horse Nomad tried to kill or capture him because
they knew he never accept their corrupted way. How did you act?
- Support his work as far as you could because he was true Prophet of
Antirius
and Incarnation of Hastatus
- Did for him because he had a power to overthrow oppressive Horse-Nomad
overseers with his Sunspear
- Did nothing because you were powerless
- Did against him because Hyalorings threatened you to do so
- You supported Jenarong Dynasty because you got many from them
- Ten Paladins and Khordavu
At last, the family of Avivath appeared in front of History, and ten princes
collected Ancient Imperial Regalia and Mantle of Manimat, when did you
support their leader, Khordavu?
- You supported him in the early stage of conquest
- You supported him when he collected Regalia
- You followed him after they reknit the Mantle
- You surrendered to him after he unified the ancient tripolis and hero
Eusibus
- You did against him as long as you could because Independence of each
cities is good for welfare of Dara Happa
- WCF & HCLG
Khordavu was wise leader, and he used the Monster Army to crush remnants of
Jenarong Dynasty. Missionary of Lightbringers came to Imperial Court and
taught you the Coming of Dawn. How did you treat them?
- You fought them because they were devotees of Rebellus Terminus
- You fought them because they taught you heretical idea and tried to wash
your mind
- You left them alone because they were ignorants who always brought
troubles without knowing
- You permitted their preach because it seemed innocent and harmless
- You permitted their teaching because you thought their idea was worthy
- God Project: Osentalka
Time passed and Khordavu Dynasty thrived. After Pseudo Cosmic Egg was found
in Dorastor, soon contact of us and Council envoy activated. Emperor
Khorzanelm preached his subjects about God Project, and Yelm would rise
again! How did you act in that project for Osentalka?
- You supported Dorastor with your all resource because you truly believed
the Dream
- You supported the ritual with half of your resource because you thought
that was your duty
- You supported it, but you try to keep your wealth as much as you could
- You followed Dayzatarians, and ignore the ritual
- You tried to stop it because you thought the dream was like that of opium
- Gbaji
Nysalor came and brought prosperity to both the council and Dara Happa. But
troubles always came from South, we called him Gbaji or Kragfils, Eclipse.
He came from West and revealed himself as the Other of Nysalor. Once
Palangio Iron Vrok killed him in Kartolin. But barbarian Harmast rescued him
from the fourth Hell. Gbaji returned to Life and then tried to invade Dara
Happa and Dorastor from South. What was your reaction?
- Sent all of your army directly under Order of Emperor Anirestyu because
Nysalor was your friend
- Sent half of your army because you thought you could afford to do so
- You thought bitting to All or Nothing Game is foolish way, so tried to
avoid sending your army
- You tried to change your Emperor's mind because you thought he needed all
of his armies for defending his Empire.
- Illumination
Alas! Nysalor was killed by Gbaji and City Dokat was destroyed by horde of
Digijelm. Orlanatus Worshippers set oppressive rule over you. What was your
lesson from that incident?
- Foreign idea is always False
- Nysalor was a Demon who wanted to betray you with his twin-brother, Arkat
- Illumination and High-Metaphysics is too dangerous for commoners and
should be treated only by Noble-bloods like Yuthuppan Dayzatarians
- You wanted to try God Project again for Ressurecting Nysalor
- You thought only that was a way of thing after the murder of Murharzarm
- Ordanestyu
Ordanestyu, the Great Advisor started the revival of Empire after ravage of
Gbaji's Army. He and Erzanestyu Dynasty gradually reinstated the glory of
Empire. What was your role in this age?
- You objected to the foundation of Senatus because that would reduce the
power of Dara Happan Polis prestige
- You did against their oppressive way for centralization because that was
contradict to Nysalorian magnanimity
- You tried to veto the both of policy because that would collapse the
Foundation of Empire
- You agreed to the foundation of Senatus because that might strengthen the
unity of your Empire (and your influence in the Court.)
- You tolerated Emperor to weaken your power because that would strengthen
your Empire
- You agreed both of policies because that seemed inevitable
- General Kastok
Emperor Helemshal ordered his general Castokum to try new Tactics and
Strategy for defeating Pentans. He succeeded to make Great Cavalry Army as
if they were Horse Riders. And he conquered Pentan Steppes and the land
beyond it. How did you act with him?
- You sent your Army because victory and glory are always good
- You sent your Army because you could kill many horse nomads
- You didn't send your army because far place wasn't your concern
- You knew Emperor didn't like (and feared) Castokum. So tried to avoid the
matter
- Castokum was your enemy, you actively tried to hinder his influence
- Civil War, Want More, Make me a Duke
After prosperity of Great Empire, Collapse came from Inter-Politic, because
Traditional Inter-City Affairs didn't work in such a Great Domain. New
Participants of Empire tried to destroy your privilege, how did you act?
- You supported Commoners because you believed Nysalorism was Good
- You supported mobs because you could hinder your rivals by that
- You supported Commoners because Emperor wanted to weaken nobles
- You supported Nobles because you could damage your rivals by that
- You supported Nobles because you were Fire and Commoners were Fuel
- You supported Nobles because Over-Centralization was no good for Empire
- You positively tried to avoid Civil War
- You thought that was none of your business
- New Citizenship?
In some stage, you wanted to change your center of influence from your own
city to another Dara Happan city. You could change your home to Other Dara
Happan City.
- You tried to keep enough influence each of Cities. Because independence
of every Dara Happan Cities helped the survival of Dara Happan Culture
- Yuthuppa
- Raibanth
- Alkoth
- Any other new Dara Happan City
- You didn't change your home
- Umbarism
Civic War inevitably weakened your Empire, outsiders took oppotunity from
our weakened status and tried to gain influence in your court, Spolites
tried to infiltrate commoners because they thought they could not gain power
in the Light of Yelm. How did you treat their idea?
- You tolerated their idea because you thought you felt the existence of
Ganesatarus in each rituals
- You thought the Center of Shadow would strengthen the Center of Light
- You thought that was not your concern what commoners believed
- You thought their idea would worsen the schism of your Empire. Stop them!
- You believed there is no center except Yelm
- EWF
Spolite Empire grew, and Dara Happa fell into Civil War again. Once they
surrounded Raibanth. But Carmanians came from West and Walzing and Hunting
Band came from South. And you could get relief from that. What was your
action to the lizard-like southerners?
- You tried kill them, because they were bad as Umbarism
- You tried to drive their preaching, because that was against your
tradition
- You tried not to be involved
- You tolerated them because Golden Dragon Society would drive the Spolite
Heresy
- You treated them well because you thought they were long lost friend
because Berneel Arashagern was the one of True Chips of Yelm
- Dragonsun
Army of EWF grew in number, Emperor tried to weaken them. But Monster Army
marched from Saird and Alkoth surrendered to them. Dragon Sun was not human,
he said he was both Immortal and Successor of Phoenix Throne. What was your
action?
- You joined to Network of Old Day Traditionalists, and tried to overthrow
him
- You tried to drive Draconic Heresy if you were safe to do so
- You went to Dayzatar Tower and had nothing to do that
- You reluctantly joined their Ritual and felt the Inhuman Power
- You aggressively tried to become the part of Dragon
- Karvanyar
After the long reign of Dragon, a Hero named Karvantar took oppotunity to
slay Dragon Sun. He instigated Dara Happans to rise against Monster Army,
and he said he would take any means to drive and kill Wyrms. What was your
reaction?
- You attacked Karvanyar because you were a dragonfriend
- You didn't help him because Age of Empire was over, then Spirituality of
Dara Happa only remained in your heart, not nation.
- You didn't helped him because Yelm-Arraz Cult and Everyone's Sun Movement
are heretical
- You didn't helped him because you didn't have any idea to replace the
Dragon to the band of Carmanians.
- You helped him because they would drive EWF and reconstruct Dara Happa
- You followed him because they were true heroes and dragonslayers.
- New Enemies
In that troublesome age, what was your worst enemy outside of Empire?
- None, you had enough enemies inside of your Empire and domain
- Digijelm, hungry demons came from Abyss
- Carmanians, who told Heretical Idea about their Idovanus and used Sorcery
- Spolite, Ally of Demons and worshippers of Ganesatarus
- Orlanthi, your Eternal Foe coming from South
- Logicians, Sorcerors coming from Sweet Sea
- Pentans, Horse Riders who worshipped False Sun Kargzant
- Eolite, Barbarians who used strange elemental magic
- Call for Heroes
Suddenly, EWF was collapsed because Dragonewts assassinated the leaders of
Empire. You seems you were free from the shackle of corrupted Draconic
Overlords. But then, brothers from Saird and Carmania who had supported your
rebellion started to hinder your power. Yelm's Light seemed dimmed. But
Carmanian Shah suggested
to send Great Army to kill all of Dragonewts and destroy their Eggs. Most of
you had common Hatred to their act. How did you act?
- You sent all of your army for destroying the Dragonspawns
- You sent half of your army because you still believed your friendship
- You tried to avoid them
- You tried to guard your homeland because you didn't trust them any more
- You adviced Emperor to cut the relationship
- You tried to attack them during their army went to the south
- Dragonkill
That was Trap! Dragons waited True Golden Horde and ate almost all of them!
There was almost no returning soldiers from the disaster. How did you
survive without men and property?
- You stole from neighborhood and killed them if it was required
- You tried to ask some food from your friends
- You tried to live without help of outsiders, you tried to eat and consume
little
- You went to the Court and asked some food in exchange of some of your
prestige
- Carmanian March & Shame
Carmanian wasn't so weakened as Dara Happa by Dragonkill, or Bull Shahs
gained more overwhelming power beyond Lion Shahs? They used Strange Sorcery
and conquered Darsen, and each of your cities were sacked by their army.
They finally defeated Raibanth and Yuthuppa, where were you in that tragedy?
- You knelt down before Carvanyar and obeyed all of his unreasonable orders
for your survival
- You fled to Alkoth-Henjarl and joined Elevens, and resisted relentlessly
against Carmanians
- You escaped from Dara Happa and hid in the Local Area for a while
- Rufelza & Yelmgatha
Bull Shahs ruled Dara Happa by passing Ten Tests as your Emperors, but they
replaced the true Worship of Sun to their Sorcerous Way, White God Idovanus.
But their "corrupted" way in overwidened Domain went into inbalanced. In
Yuthuppa, Duke Yanafal and Irripi Ontor fled to East, and took dangerous
"Heroquest". They insisted she was Ancient Moon Goddess Sedenya, or
Incarnation of Nysalor, or Rashorana. In Kostaddi, Yelmgatha joined their
activity and rebelled against Carmanians. Ho did you react?
- You supported them because you had long supported Questioners secretly
- You helped Yelmgatha because he would recover the True Dara Happan Way.
- You helped them because they might overthrow vile Carmanians
- You went to Dayzatar Tower and had nothing to do that
- You went to Carmanian side because they had helped you
- You opposed them because Sedenya was a Demon who was once killed by
Shargash and Lukarius
- Lunar Empire
After the Four Arrows of Light, Rufelza ascended to Middle Air and then
immortal TakenEgi began to rule his Empire as Dara Happan Emperor, he passed
Ten Tests as predecessors. How did you act in that condition?
- You supported the Empire because at last true Empire revived again!
- You supported TakenEgi because he passed Ten Tests
- You supported Empire because Empire pormised prosperity and peace
- You went to Dayzatar Tower and had nothing to do that
- You tried to hinder the Empire because it seemed to take many of the
prestiges of your House
- You secretly opposed Rufus because you thought he had cheated Ten Tests
- Jannisor & Vinyardavu
Barbarians said Lunars were Chaos, and you hadn't known the meaning of the
term. But you could see the consequence of the First War against Crimson
Bat, Sultan? of First Blessed went mad and he became the Mad Sultan of Tork,
Jannisor came from Imther, because he believed Sedenya was Chaos and Evil.
Some of Dara Happans supported him, (especially Alkothians) Some of them
denied that fact. How did you act?
- You supported the Enthronement of Vinyardavu and joined the expedition to
Glamour
- You supported him but didn't join to Army of Barbarians, because you
didn't trust them
- You supported Vinyardavu because Barbarian Army seemed strong
- You went to Dayzatar Tower and had nothing to do that
- You tried to escape from that war because the Empire seems too strong to
oppose
- You tried to contact Lunars
- You attacked the Army of Jannisor
- Urban and Rural
War was over. After long siege of Alkoth, that city surrendered. TakenEgi
treated some of you harshly. By the way, in the long history of your House,
perhaps you didn't keep almost all of lifestyle of your ancestors, but some
of your style was coherent to you and never-changing (or so you believed)
Anyway, how did you live in the wall of cities?
- You barely held citizenship of the Tripolis and mainly gained from the
profit of outside of city.
- You could not live without the contact of Outside forces, but you held
enough status in the City Politic
- You almost relied upon the sacred and traditional structure of Dara Happa
- New Kuzkurtum
The Other of TakenEgi came from East, he was Pentan and conquered all of
Wastelands with his strange magic derived from Eastern land. Sheng Seleris
was his name. He and TakenEgi struggled, wrestled and hurt each other. Sheng
killed Rufus twice and he didn't return long. You called him Kuzkurtum,
because his reign was worst year, far more worse than Carmanians or Lunars.
He hadn't any respect to your Tradition and Culture. Even Alkoth surrendered
to him! How did you act?
- You knelt down before him as the Reign of Kuzkurtum for survival
- You escaped from Dara Happa and took refuge to local areas as Magnificus
- You went to some of remained Lunar domains such like south Sylira
- You went to West Reach for strike back Pentans
- Dartwar & Decadence
Maginificus finally returned and defeated Sheng in Kitor. He and his
daughter HonEel reinstated the Empire with more Carmanianized Style than the
Empire before Sheng. Anyway, long peaceful era started, you lost many things
because Masks of TakenEgi gradually seemed to ignore the importance of Dara
Happa. And you lost something by that, how did you treat this collapse?
- You magically enhanced your blood as EelAriashs in Doblian
- You picked and chose the best "crossbreeding" for good property, status,
influence and domain, if it is required from tainted blood
- You aggressively joined the conspiracies of Dart War with your
soiphisticated intrigues
- You tried to infiltrate the Lunar Structure by orthodox way from Senator
or Lunar Cults
- Do nothing and accepted corruption
- Ritually devoted to Ancestor (Deneron?) Worship for you thought you could
gain answer from it
New Business
New Carmanianism
Recent Enemy
Next, I have a plan to try
"What my father told me: Sayings of a son of Yuthuppan Buseri Scribe" and
"Dara Happan Rebellion" by my humble English
Sincerely:
TI
P.S.
It is very silly question....What did you do during your president in Japan,
Stephen?
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #624