Re: Glorantha digest, Vol 10 #253 - 2 msgs

From: Joerg Baumgartner <joe_at_toppoint.de>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:46:09 +0200 (CEST)


John English

> I just had one of those gaming incidents that leads to an extreme =
> confusion! I described the Gloranthan night as "bathed in ruddy =
> moonlight" only to have a player protest that moonlight was "silvery". I =
> pointed out the moon was red. They pointed out all the Lunar references =
> to silver (Silver Shadow, Silver Shields, the use of the metal as sacred =
> etc.) which was moon symbolism.=20

> Is there anything that makes clear why silver is lunar when the moon is =
> red? Does a red moon manage to produce silver light (given some of the =
> lunar paradoxes I'm not ruling it out)?

A major Lunar power is that of Reflection, and silver is the most reflexive material known to the Ancienats (and the Gloranthans).

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