>If shown that Chaos is the ultimate badness, how can a sane Praxian deal
>with it as a matter of expedience? Is the answer that Praxians don't
>reenact and understand their mythic past? Real-world pragmatism can easily
>ignore religious and philosophical differences (several good examples given
>below), but it would seem more difficult for the non-Illuminated
>Gloranthan. Is the supernatural considered a sham or a convenience for
>those who don't need to struggle for life's needs in Glorantha? I see
>Glorantha as being different from this world in that the supernatural is
>required to supply life's needs and it much higher on a hierarchy of needs
>than it is in this world.
I don't think the average Gloranthan encounters Chaos with any frequency in either the physical or supernatural worlds. Indeed the average Gloranthan does not leave the physical world except on known and well travelled paths. So their knowledge of what chaos is largely depends on the myths they have learnt. Allying with known chaos (the broo) can therefore be regarded as safer than the Sable Riders allying themselves with foreign chaos (the Lunars). Of course the Sable Riders would argue that the Lunars understand and control chaos and it's only ignorant fools who would ally with uncontrolled chaos like a band of broo.
IMG these differing viewpoints and attitudes are what I like, Chaos may be the ultimate evil but what exactly is Chaos? and when faced with two sources of Chaos which is the worst?
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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