On 04/12/2011, at 7:02 AM, Scott wrote:
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> As far as I'm aware, the first published mention of the West was Greg's 1979 article "Knights, Priests, and Sorcerers in Glorantha" in the fanzine Son of Sartar # 3. A relevant quote:
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> When I began writing stories and encyclopaedias about Glorantha way back
> in '66 the setting was very mediaeval. That was my primary source for
> fantasy, after all, and I hadn't a great deal of exposure to other
> sources or to life in general. Those first stories took place beginning
> Year 2 in the Kingdom of Frowal, which later became the Kingdom of
> Seshnela after the first book. From there the time and space of
> Glorantha have grown immensely into the world we now know.
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> But Seshnela has never left Glorantha! There has always been a
> "mediaeval" area of Glorantha which dominated the Western lands. Their
> entire mythology and magic were also different. However, I was not
> interested in portraying that at the time of RuneQuest's publishing,
> hence they have had little development.
Interesting to have it so explicitly confirmed that the idea that Western Genertela is like medieval Europe, so explicitly denied at almost every turn in Jeff's post, clearly originates with Greg. This isn't intended as snark or criticism, rather as an interesting observation about how much our ideas about the West have evolved.
Cheers
David
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