Re: Sword and Helm Saga

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_...>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:32:11 GMT


Roger McCarthy

>The Sword and Helm War (also referred to as a Quest and as a Saga) is
>mentioned in G:itthw as a disaster that killed off the Esrolian king
>and most of the adult males and led to the Esrolians becoming a (far
>more interesting) matriarchal civilisation.

It actually killed off the Vingkotling King whereupon the Tribe that he came from (Kogdivari) became governed by the Ring of Women.

>Can anyone point me to a source that gives any further detail on this
>(I thought it was in Tales of the Reaching Moon somewhere but can't
>find it) - it doesn't appear to be on Glorantha.com and the few
>mentions on the Glorantha Digest don't add any more than the summary
>above.

Enclosure #1.

--Peter Metcalfe



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