Re: Digest Number 269

From: Martin Dick <martin.dick_at_...>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 11:20:32 +1100


Peter Metcalfe:

>Martin Dick:

>>Me> I don't recall Sandy ever saying that Sartar was a Superhero. A
>> > pacifist hero, perhaps, but Sartar isn't the same calibre as JarEel
>> > or Harrek.

>>It was in a conversation with Sandy at Gloranthacon DownUnder in 98,
>>so my recollection might be a bit off, but I commented to Sandy, that
>>Glorantha was dominated by martial Superheroes such as Harmast, Arkat,
>>Harrek, Jar-eel, Sheng Seleris and there didn't seem to be much
>>emphasis on the peacemakers and were there equivalents to these.

>Harmast isn't a superhero either and I have grave doubts about
>whether Sheng Seleris can properly be called a hero at all.

As mentioned by others, who or what is a Superhero is a bit of a Hulk vs Superman debate

>>His reply was firstly there was Sartar and secondly a female character
>>from Pamaltela who he definitely called a SuperHero who went about
>>a made peace between four warring groups by giving all of them
>>what they want and that the peace had remained from then on. For
>>the life of me I can't remember her name.

>Elamle-Ata. He's said she was a superhero before but he's never
>said anything about Sartar being one when he was on the Glorantha
>Digest.

>From what Sandy said then, Elamle-Ata's achievements are very
similar to those of Sartar's in terms of peacemaking, in what way do you think they differ from Sartar's? As I said, it was a small part of a longer conversation, Sandy didn't give me the full epic on her, so maybe there were things that he didn't mention that put her in a different league to Sartar.

>>To the best of my memory, he definitely equated Sartar and
>>this other woman with Harrek and co.

>I really have to doubt this. If Sartar was a superhero, then
>he would have a _much_ wider influence than the Quivini
>nation that he creates.

Doubt that Sandy said this or doubt that Sandy was correct?

If the first, he definitely said something along those lines, if the second, then you may be right, I'm sure you are more up to date on current thinking than Sandy, who seems to have dropped out of Glorantha to some extent.

Martin

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