Orlanth and mortal women from Peter Metcalfe on 2004-07-23 (Glorantha Digest Vol 10)

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_quicksilver.net.nz>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:37:44 +1200

Peter Larsen:

> I'm not sure that Orlanth fathered any sons on mortal women. His
>children were born before Time, when "mortal" wasn't a really useful
>classification.

The chief division between Men and Gods happened as a result of the Sword Story which took place at the beginning of the Storm Age. Moreover Vingkot himself is an example of such a son fathered on mortal women.

>Could you perform a heroquest to get Orlanth to father a
>child? Probably, although it doesn't seem to be all that common (maybe it's
>just dangerous -- the only god-fathering I can think of off hand is
>Cragspider's experiments with Great Trolls).

Look at the rules for Demigods (Heroquest p128).

--Peter Metcalfe

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