It was actually posted to the Glorantha Digest.
> >like the current description of Caladraland because we really needed a
> >Mayan/Aztec analogue in Glorantha, with a little bit of Hollywoodized
> >southsea-island-volcano-worshipping thrown in ;-)
>This is also dead wrong.
>There is no Maya/Aztec analog.
Apart from the Flowery Wars (which wasn't really Aztec practice but what they invented to hide their defeats), the main imagery I had when writing up the description was in fact "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" which is set in India. Joerg did suggest giving the Caladrans Atlatls when I handed in my final draft but Issaries went for flaming weapons instead.
>Oh finally, Caladraland's climate is actually more a result of the warm
>Sedlazam/Rozgali current than the interior heat of the volcanoes.
Bah humbug.
--Peter Metcalfe
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