Peter Metcalfe:
What the Sun looks
> like, is one that had perplexed Dara Happa for many years. I think the God
> itself resides in the Otherworld where all perceptions are at best culturally
> subjective: thus the Pentans would see a fiery horse, most Dara Happans would
> see a 'some guy in a chariot', the Galininae of Ralios would see a fiery man
> upon a horse and the Westerners would either percieve a glowing disk or the
> Knight Clad in Burning Gold (depending on how prone they are to paganism).
>
> This is seperate from the God's influence on the mundane world. The presence
> of Yelm causes a bright glowing ball of fire to appear at the corresponding
> place in the Mundane world. What Yelm actually looks like on the Other Side
> is a Mystery.
In our campaign, in blatant disregard for any official rulings, we
simply decided that in not-so-mundane places, like so high up in the
air that you can "meet" the sun, you are on the Heroplane, if not on
the God-plane. So if in the Sieurin version of Glorantha some
intrepid explorer with Very Good Ray-bans decided to take a peek at
the mundane manifestation of Yelm, he would actually encounter Yelm,
and as Peter says, he would see Yelm as he think Yelm would look
like. Which means that if he was some strange atheist type that think
Yelm is a flaring ball of fire, he would see a flaring ball of fire.
Which proves that RuneQuest sight is better than Ray-bans.
Erik Sieurin
PS: I happen to know a sure-fire way to Hell. Just follow these
instructions:
A: Kill a close relative, pee on the statue of Orlanth, rape an
alynx, or commit some other foul act. For Broos reading this: Be nice
to someone.
B: Commit suicide.
C: Presto! You'll land in Hell, or the equivalent.
Obs! Trolls trying this will end up in the sky instead, but if they
are looking for dead guys or manifestations of Death or whatever it
is heroquesters look for, the troll variety will probably be Up There.