Hmmm. I didn't get that from the write ups about Heortland from
G:CotHW.
When I ran some games in Whitewall I presented like a homogenised
esvulari/ orlanthi culture. Which was quite fun at the time.
I thought the High King thing was something akin to the Arthurian
notion of High King - silly moi!
Rob
- In ImmoderateGloranthaQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, Peter Metcalfe
<metcalph_at_...> wrote:
>
> At 11:05 p.m. 15/06/2007, you wrote:
>
> >I hear that the new understanding is that the Hendrekei are almost
> >exactly the same as their northern cousins, and in fact, have
> >resisted any form of cultural crossover with the western influenced
> >town dwellers.
>
> This may be so but it's awfully difficult to suss it out from the
> HotHP. The Hendreiki that follow Broyan have resisted but
> they are Volsaxi rather than Hendreiki (ie they are only a
> subset). The Jodalarings and the Hurlantings on the other
> hand have accepted Belintar's reforms to some extent while
> the Esvularings accepted them whole-handedly.
>
> And the scope of Belintar's reforms? He's imposing the
> governmental and administrative structure of the Middle
> Sea Empire (although it doesn't take very well in Esrolia).
>
> >Does it reveal why Broyan is considered HIgh King? Or is that still
> >just coz he knows how to summon the bridge to the city of wonders?
>
> Broyan has enthroned himself with the sword and helm
> of Vingkot at Whitewall which makes him a bona fide
> High King in the tradition of Hardrad the Green (who
> ruled from 1340 to 1357). However the line of High
> Kings dies out in 1460 and the Volsaxi become
> bitches of the Kitori until Tarkalor frees them. What
> happens _after_ Tarkalor frees them but _before_
> Broyan crowns himself is left not given. My suspicion
> is that the Volsaxi were in the same position viz-a-viz
> old Sartar as the Farpoint tribes were.
>
> As for Broyan having the keys to the City of Wonders,
> there's no indication of how he came to have that
> nor is there any idea of why it was a bad thing for
> him to give it up to Harrek the Berserk.
>
> --Peter Metcalfe
>