> The GMs and players in both were really into Orlanthi culture,
> mythology, etc., as an extension of (or maybe complement to) their
> interest in Celtic and Nordic antiquity. In any case, they identified
> very passionately with the Orlanthis -- who they the absolutely would
> disagreed were anything but blond(e)s and redheads and naturally fair-
> skinned.
Well you can tell them that they are wrong. The Orlanthi are Greg's fictional creation and they are not blond and naturally fair-skinned. They have brown, black, or reddish-brown hair and look more like Sicilians or Pashtuns than Swedes.
> In the second group, one of the main themes or story arcs they wanted
> to explore was resistance to the Lunars, who they all agreed were
> brown-skinned, fanatical, irrational, freedom-hating, misogynistic,
> bred too fast, kept occupied Sartar in a state of "dhimmitude".
Tell them that the blonde, blue-eyed folk are the Dara Happan nobility.
> (Any rootless cosmopolitan LuneSymp types in the Seattle area want to
> rehabilitate me?)
Our Seattle Farmers gaming group has long been a fixture of the Seattle Glorantha gaming scene. I'm not in it anymore, as a result of moving to Berlin, but a fair number of people on this list are. They'll help you out.:)
Jeff
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