It is also a place. Does a hill have a rune? A ridge of mountains? Maniria? What if it was built by people, such as city walls, a temple, a clanhouse, a farm or a hovel? Do these have runes?
For instance, the city Alkoth has a patron deity, who obviously has runic associations. But the people inside (both living and otherwise; this is Alkoth after all...) are members of the Dara Happa culture and likely initiates in the worship of Shargash. For men, anyway.
Also, when you "have" a rune, to me, this means that you are capable of expressing that runic association as magic of some kind. Since a city does not have one will, I'm not sure how it would make the conscientious act that expresses this rune. An Orlanthi flies, an Chalana Arroy heals, a Law Speaker knows. What does a city "do"?
If this "rune" is meant to describe the character of the city and the inhabitants as a shortcut to a larger description, that fits one use of the runes, but generally runes mean supernatural traits to me, which a city as a whole would not possess (although it's wyter, patron god, protective demon, whatever may possess and express these traits).
--Todd
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Keith Nellist <keithnellist_at_2l8J9njXof-Xo5J21u6bHAF401dEU4GRvjcPWFRc-AISc-e5ijtFEcn7x-CSe3NBdOpVzsCh1wHd7zOhcMaBo_Re.yahoo.invalid>wrote:
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> There are some big cities in Fonrit too.
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> I'd be careful of applying the HQ2 game mechanic application of Runes to
> Cities too rigidly as it is just a simulation, however I'd personally class
> cities as entities that would have runes just like people.
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> Keith
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