I am trying to depict "Dancer Upon Ruins" so Disorder seemed appropriate. I suspect that Movement (Change) would work too. I don't see Death, though. What is your reasoning? That she is the Mother of Murder (Ratakar)?
> IMG (currently), Natha provides Moon rune magic, limited to sudden,
> ruthless or revolutionary changes that justly transform something into
> its opposite. She also provides Moon rune magic for contrariness and
> autonomy that is nevertheless not socially destructive (that is, is
> neither Harmony not Disorder).
I generally agree, with the exception that she is socially destructive when she needs to be to balance Order/Harmony. It is interesting to me that she only seems active when she is balancing something good. She doesn't seem to get credit for anything good, like the overthrow of the Blues.
The Moon rune was also my reasoning for proposing both Disorder and Harmony - embracing opposites. As I said above, though, there aren't any myths in the Entekosiad where she does something Harmonious.
Speaking of Ratakar:
>> Ratakar the Murderer: Death, Disorder
>
> Ratakar: Darkness(Shadow), Death, Harmony
>
> IMG, Ratakar is a cult of sacred assassins killing for Balance, rather
> than random murderers, hence my choice of Harmony rather than Disorder.
I think Ratakar is more general that that. I looked at the myth of Gartemirus and Natha and inserted known gods for Natha's creations: Natha makes war [Daxdarius] and Gartemirus makes peace; Natha makes murder [Ratakar], Gartemirus makes laws; Natha makes suicide [X], Gartemirus makes (social) morality; Natha makes personal morality ("Thistle the tribe, care for yourself") [Daak], and that's the end.
While I am on page 60 of Entekosiad (curse you again, Benedict!) I see we don't have Ekus, the Wild Man. That said, I think we may be describing more deities than we need for play. How many are described in the Sartar book? It's a fun exercise, though. :)
-Kevin McD
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