Re: True Mostali

From: Argrath_at_aol.com
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 20:13:10 -0500


In V2 #255, Peter Metcalfe writes:

>Because of this [True Mostali being leaders],
>the odds are that the existance of True Mostali becomes known
>to the humans/outsiders. Marteler and Isidilian dominate the
>conclaves in which they dwell and appear to share power with
>no other True Mostali, frex.

Ah, well, when we get to your assumptions I think we can rely on the proverb about what "assume" means. Your use of "odds are" reminds me of the arguments I've seen and heard that assert something like "clearly, ..." or "It is beyond cavil that ..." when the author didn't have anything except a hunch to base his opinion on. For starters, Mostali are not forthcoming with filth about who leads them and whether their leaders are True Mostali or just Clay Mostali. If anything, they'd lie and say there were LOTS of TM's, just to scare the bejesus out of the filth. In any case, we have absolutely no evidence either way, so anyone is free to have as many TM's as they want to see in their Glorantha, with no great chance of being contradicted by something published five years from now. After all, Greg Stafford has written that he doesn't like Mostali, so we're hardly likely to see anything official, are we? :-)

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