It does. You might want to look into the section on p 44.
> Did they find a way to bring back the situation in the Great
Darkness
> when Orlanth and Ernalda were both dead, and somehow make this part
of
They have induced this by suppressing all organized worship in the Dragon Pass... which is very similar to that of the Darkness Age.
> the myth the only "true" one? In which case, I'd expect that
> heroquestors would find Karulinoran deserted and abandoned, just as
it
> was in the "real" Great Darkness.
That would be my view.
> On the other hand, did they find a myth of their own where some
> miscellaneous Storm God and Earth Goddess were chained or killed,
and
> then successfully identify Orlanth and Ernalda with those doomed
> deities, so they shared their fate? In that case, I'd think that
the
I don't think so, I think, considering the sheer expenditure of money, material and life by Tatius the Bright, that they were going for the big ticket...
> questors would find themselves in a weird place which looked sort of
> like Storm Stead, and sort of like the homes of those Lunar gods
just
> after their deaths in the Lunar myth. Depending on the relative
> strength of their belief and that of the Empire's priests, this
place
> might even change, flicker, look different out of the corner of the
> eye, become more familiar or more alien on each visit.
This might be a fun way to do it - very much like HP Lovecraft's 'Dreamlands'
> Personally I think the second version is more MGF; but then this
> being Glorantha, probably both versions are true and a few more
> besides!
> Certainly I would think that King Broyan would only accept the first
> explanation. As a disciple of Orlanth, there's no room in his
> world-view for *substituting* other deities for Orlanth, so the
> explanation must be very simple: Orlanth is dead; Orlanth died
> during the Great Darkness; therefore this must be the Great
Darkness.
> Prepare for the fight...
That's what I think...
> The rest of the storyline of OiD is therefore an experimental
> heroquest by the Heortlings to impose _their_ version of reality -
> "This is the Great Darkness, and our myths tell us how we should
> behave" - against the _Lunar_ version of reality which the
Heortlings
> are unfamiliar with and so cannot fight...
>
> Sound reasonable?
>
> Stephen
Whatever works in your Glorantha!
Jeff
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