Re: Milquetoast Orlanthi

From: Argrath_at_aol.com
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:20:43 -0500


In V2 #419, Nick Brooke writes:

>Martin's Wenelians seem too tame/domesticated/likeable to be the origin of
>the
>ravaging hordes overrunning Esrolia, IMHO. Maybe he met the ones who the
>Trader
>Princes rule over in their coastal and riverine settlements, and further to
>the
>west.

Yes. I have a separate description of the Solanthi and Ditali tribes. Sorry I didn't make that clearer. These guys to the west are not stereotypical Orlanthi. Other Orlanthi, when visiting, probably get sick to their stomachs and/or deny that the western Wenelians are Orlanthi at all. "No kin of mine would chew flar in the shade while a foreign king takes his daughter!" But I think it's fun to have some Orlanthi who aren't excited all the time. Note that they still get het up about wars, usually somewhere else, sometimes Esrolia.

>On other notes, I'm not sure I believe in a "King of the Trader Princes", at
>least not one the other Trader Princes would recognise (i.e. this may be
>self-proclaimed and ignored by others).

I tend to agree, but I think "Bretwalda of the Trader Princes" doesn't have much of a ring to it, and draws in various unintended associations.

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