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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