http://www.glorantha.com/library/eurmal/personalitiescragspider.
html is the source of information on Cragspider. It
mentions
"[Arachne Solara] caught Cragspider, and she was offered the
Dragon's Choice. She freed it, the Night Dragon, though it offered
itself to her. Then Cragspider witnessed cosmic deeds, such as the
seduction of Larnste to make Dragon Pass, or the weaving of the sun
and earth to make the world." and "At the end of the [2nd] age she
confronted one of the true dragons that came to destroy the humans
who had invaded Kerofinela. This Black Dragon has been her ally
since."
This ties in with my memory that WB&RM said that the Black Dragon was an ally of Cragspiders in return for favours done before time.
So initial questions here:-
1. Are "The Black Dragon" and The Night Dragon" two names for the
same entity - I assume so, but maybe not?
2. Anyone know or care to speculate on what "The Dragons Choice"
that AS offered Cragspider was?
The next question, which was the point of the Heroquest-rpg query - Was the Night Dragon's role in fighting chaos influenced by / related to its links with Cragspider, and through her to the Trolls, who are also noted as being implaccable foes of Chaos? Alternatively, do the Trolls look to Chaos as a particular foe due to the God-time influence of the Night Dragon? Or is there no particular link between the two facts?
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