Re: Runes and society

From: John Machin <orichalka_at_dVzMf4rkVSNktKWflM89_Rc7zu2WXspTSbELDh9UxMG_vrwmTNsaUwKyOoVoa48CW2>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 15:39:12 +1000

2009/5/21 Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_jT_Ab0jkd7GOcPExMLxfPBrA4qroJF_8UdulBrlXRJzvBit8h0kOuOfKBKh8SUb2kq297aQdBnEKIZ_P94dPR-_YFkvg.yahoo.invalid>:
> The Runes are as real to the Gloranthans as the Gods are. They may
> have different understandings on the origin and nature of the runes
> but the Runes are not game artifacts.

Ta!

> Think about what? Their origin? Their powers? Their names?
> Their shape and form?

All of that stuff!

What does it mean to a Sartarite that he has Air, Death, and Mastery? How does he (or she) and her fellows talk about it? What does it mean to a Dara Happan? Or a Carmanian? Or a Praxian? Or a Seshnelan?

If the runes are not a convenient game shorthand, what are they in the lives of those who have 'em?

-- 
John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.