> >(2). How on Glorantha did he knobble the Polar Bear god? I mean I know he's
> >an experienced and lethal dart competitor and I know he's a natural for
> >spotting weakness on the hero or god plane but this is a God we are talking
> >here.
>
> Pshaw. 'God' is a rhetorical flourish here. The Polar Bear God is a
> spirit worshipped by the Rathori. It's not as if Harrek killed Valind,
> Yelm, Mostal or other Elemental dieties. As for how Harrek managed to
> kill the Polar Bear God, Nick's Harrek the Dreamer hypothesis is the best
> explanation I've heard. Simply stated, Harrek had heaps of experience
> with Heroquesting from all the 'dry-runs' he did whilst sleeping under
> the ban. When he starts really Heroquesting, he knows all the stuff
> instinctively.
From old notes by Steve Perrin, the God may have seen what was coming and
allowed it to happen.
Harreck's poetry (from Greg's Gl. Encyclopedia):
Three trails have I run, to their end:
The trail to Vengence, which ended when Dorlav Greeneye died;
The trail to Herodom, which ended when the Strong Man yielded to me;
The trail to History, which ended when Harlav was born.
But two thing are not finished in my life:
Debts to true friends;
And my hatred for the foul Empire.
Not too bad for a thug. Perhaps he's the thinking hero's thug <wide :-)>
Robert McArthur