On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_4ACMSnksT_79REz5KcuT_XXkELRYTleovggslBBRlcz-P3SGLz4nQABecjLXnjerUPrLeUII4aaZzV_IYb8.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> I see Zorak Zoran not as hatred, but as an aspect of the Eater.
Not me. He's different.
> He is the consuming, swallowing, engulfing, isolating power of darkness.
> He's why even ordinary darkness is creepy -- he cuts you off from everything
> that makes you comfortable. The engulfing nature of darkness
You have just described Kyger Litor, and ZZ is different.
> The engulfing nature of darkness is similar to what Greg notes as the
> boundary-crosser
Not to me. There's a vast gulf between the violator of boundries and the enfolder.
> (but there are some differences, which I would say are mostly culturally
> dirven, not mythically driven).
Disagree
> The Praxians come close to worshipping the primal nature of it in the Black
> Eater.
At one time they DID worship it, didnt they? And cast it on theGrazers.
> The Zorak Zoran of the Hill of Gold knew the secret that fire also
> consumes; Yelmalio only knew that it was bright, so ZZ trumped Yelmalio's
> control of it. We know that Zorak Zoran is the zombie lord because we know
> what zombies like to do: consume BRAINS! (Well, okay, maybe not in
> Glorantha, but it was too good a line to waste.) The Zorakarkat that my
> troll worships is a consumer of chaos; more specifically, a consumer of
> enlightenment of Nysalor's variety. And, as we all know, eating poison
> can be bad for you.
>
> So, to me, Zorak Zoran is not hatred. But when the ravenous Death Lord
> wants to crush your head and suck out your liver, it is kind of a moot
> point. And Death Lords are ALWAYS hungry.
So is hatred.
--
Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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