Thanks, Nick --
God Forgot definitely sounds like a possibility. The one thing
that's kind of tricky is that, visually, he's thinking more like a
character from Teshnos (more of an Indian/Cambodian flavor). Still,
I could see someone who has traveled in these areas and perhaps
adopted a style of dress. One other area I was looking at was
Seshnela (HQ p. 52), and although it's a very strict religious area,
perhaps he is part of a secret order that operates "under the radar."
I think part of the reasoning behind his (and/or his order's)
philosophy is the debacle with the God Learners, and perhaps a new
approach to magic, so again, some connection with Seshnela may make
sense.
wrote:
> Hi, Gil:
>
> These sound like great concepts. Here's my 2p'orth:
>
> > The player who wants to run a sorcerer is thinking of
> > something like Dr. Strange, an autonomous adept who had an
> > interest in "protecting the world from itself"... I am
> > struggling with an appropriate place of origin. He's not too
> > interested in the religious aspects of magic, and wants to
> > stay away from the churches and saints (although he might not
> > mind if he was brought up that way and "escaped"). Are there
> > any schools of wizardry that approach this sort of philosophy?
>
> Plenty of atheist or semi-atheistic 'philosophical' sorcerers come
from
> the south-eastern corner of the Holy Country (in and around God
Forgot,
> the islands south of the Esvulari homeland): read through the
common
> religions "No God Church" and "Unknown God Church" on HQ p.44, then
> imagine for yourself what a solitary adept with a similar (or more
> philosophical?) outlook might be getting up to.
>
> Map of the Holy Country here: God Forgot in the SE corner,
> http://www.glorantha.com/new/fan/hocmap.jpg
>
> Cheers, Nick
