>> More importantly is the assumption that he's chaotic so must
>> have nefarious motives. Cults can be objectively bad even if
>> they have motivations which are justifiably good. For example
>> Pocharngo the Mutator conveys the gift of freedom from the
>> constricting confines of shape but to everybody else he's a cosmic
>> cancer.
>
>This gift can also end up killing you.
So can Humakt's gift. Doesn't make Humakt either evil or chaotic.
>I think that Gark survives as
>a cult by fooling people into believing that he offers spiritual
>peace (which he does! if you dont mind being dead!), and instead he
>enslaves their body and soul. This is manifestly nefarious, just like
>Cacodemon, etc.. Chaos generally acts counter to the best interests
>of gloranthans, but not always.
There are plenty of Gloranthans who would disagree with you there. However 'manifestly nefarious' does not equal chaotic.
Glorantha has loads of opposites to disagree violently and often to label their opponents as evil. They will often act nefariously against those opponents and justify that with all sorts of excuses.
Real chaos tends to get those enemies to work together while they deal with the chaos threat. But not always, one side might see an advantage in using chaos to destroy their enemy.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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