Mostali Malfunction

From: TimTorres_at_aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 07:45:53 -0500


Martin Crim

>There may not be any Individualist TM's (or may not be in the same)
corporeal form as they previously occupied. But it's something to think about. Somewhat less heretical is the idea that existing TM's need not be in the classic bipedal form imitated by the Clay Dwarfs. We know that Mostali are not descended from Grandfather Mortal, i.e., they don't have the Man Rune. A TM might find another form more efficient, or might have gotten stuck in a temporary form due to a malfunction. < Profanity! Malfunctions are not logical! All is on schedule and exactly as planned. Actually, I would bend this back into a mystical thread. TM's are practically "one with" the World Machine. A non-mostali could never be sure how many TMs there are. I bet there's either a gazillion, or just one.  Possible explanations:
1. There's a gazillion TM essences (memory strands) locked away in the Machine, whenever one is needed, it activates and takes over whatever form is appropriate to its task.
2. There's only one TM which takes whatever form is appropriate to the task at hand, thus appearing to be many TMs.
3. There's no difference between 1 and 2. 4. [This space for rent].
Personally, I don't believe in TMs. If I did, I wouldn't have any need for more than the ten known TMs and the 10 or so unknown ones. . . . Tim

End of Glorantha Digest V2 #270


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