Re: Sunstop and conception of Arkat

From: Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_9S-a7oafTpwvSZwdPd-3UaX_RzhxUsILZhEzlpuivvv_cHxDuyDXqzEYRNOZmBa-Jg>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:11:04 -0500

I love this. If they were both born during the Sunstop, then it totally obscures the whole issue of the identity of Arkat and Gbaji. Were they to beings are one? Was Arkat really Gbaji, or vice versa?

Guy

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Jeff Richard<richaje_at_zuaDuVfP4SIMHZo1n2N_X052VNFZmM08IcQGZKZB_CsmB8_TfsNviDpC3BPPqhxQmyIJUE-c0bE.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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>> A question nagging me for a long time:
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>> Was Arkat conceived during the Sunstop?
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> Many certainly believe that. If Nysalor was conceived (or created) during
> the Sunstop (as is widely believed), then it makes sense that his nemesis
> was conceived in the same event. I heard one story that upon the creation of
> Gbaji, the Broken Council rejoiced. However, the Good Gods, those that the
> Broken Council had betrayed, unsheathed Humakt and asked him to end Gbaji
> and the Broken Council. Grim Humakt consented and sent Arkat into the world
> to be Nysalor's Death. He blessed him with the powers of Death and Arkat cut
> a swath across Genertela, bringing War and Death to friends and foes alike,
> until he finally brought Death to Gbaji.
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> Jeff
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