>David Cake asks whether Elmal had a Hill of Gold thing like Antirius and
>Yelmalio. I do not think so. Zorak Zoran must have taken his fire powers
>somewhere else.
I'm pretty sure I saw someone post after the RQ CON Down Under that one of the answers in the RQ auction was that Elmal lost his fire powers to Zorak Zoran at the Hills of Gold.
>In my view, this is equivalent to saying "The Elmali do not have a Hill of
>Gold myth." If an Elmali were able to prove that his god was at the Hill of
>Gold, *poof* he would become a Yelmalion.
Why? The Hill of Gold myth was not part of Yelmalio's mythos as he came from Fronela after the Dawn with the Elvish Reawakeners.
Pam Carlson:
>One thing is for certain - in _my_ Glorantha, Shargashi often use maces. In
>the early parts of GRoY, all those victorious DH emperor/heroes used maces
>and spears.
I think that this is because there wasn't enough metal for swords in the Good Old Days. The maces would be a lump of stone set upon a wooden haft IMO. When the Storm Gods arrived, bronze had become available in large quantities for it to become viable to arm every man and his dog with a sword. As for why the availability of Bronze suddenly improved during the Storm Age, I think people learned how to add tin to the copper. This improved the quality of mining tools which allowed more bronze to be dug out from the ground. I believe that most bronze comes from natural sources rather than the bones of Storm Gods.
RMEINTS:
>When the Godlearners were destroyed, could one (or more) of them have seen
>the destruction coming and somehow have avoided it AND still keep their
>knowledge ?
The Ramalians are ruled by God Learners AFAIK. However none of them would know the Forbidden Secret.
Sandy Petersen:
>The god of Hot Air is, of course Joerglanth. Or possibly Metcalfhor
>Mhy.
Oi! I resemble that remark!
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