>I've been doing some thinking on your question Tim and after reading the
>first few pages of Uz Lore in Trollpak, I think I've come up with an idea.
>Perhaps a troll hero should go on a quest equivalent to the LBQ (it would be
>called something different of course) and quest to bring back Korasting,
>Mother of Many who was the Troll's fertility goddess. She was stricken by
>Yelm and had to stay behind in the land of the dead when the other trolls
>escaped his light. See the section of Uz Lore in Trollpak called "The Great
>Enemy".
Perhaps this has something to do with the worshippers of Hachrat Blowhard;
being duel Orlanthi/Darkness they could go on their own LBQ with equal
results -- from what I gather, at the end of the Quest you may choose any
single being; Harmast chose Arkat and Talor; Orlanth chose Yelm; Argrath
chose Sheng Seleris (but was promptly refused). Any LBQer could chose Korasting.
However, I don't think it'd have the desired effect. When Korasting was
captured by Yelm, which resulted in the slow decay of the Mistress Race
trolls, her return at the start of Time did not return the ability for
trolls to breed true. Perhaps it'd create some form of new troll; aka the
Great Troll.
My way to end the Great Woe is this; when a troll dies they are promised
that they will reincarnate in Wonderhome as an Uzuz troll to spend their
Death in pure bliss. A HQ to bring Wonderhome to the Surface World and the
Land of the Living would result in every troll, from lesser trollkin
upwards, to suddenley turn into an Uzuz troll.
As for Jane Williams, the woman with a sexist signature :) I might be able to answer one question:
>4) In King of Sartar, at the bottom of page 195, it says: "Orlanth and
>Ernalda created the Foreigner's Wedding so that Elmal could marry their
>horse-loving daughter and join the clan". Who was the horse-loving daughter?
>The only daughters documented seem to be Mahome (married to Barntar), Voria
>(not married, by definition!) and arguably Vinga (who also seems unlikely as
>a bride).
Hippoi, the horse god, elsewhere known as Lofak, is given as an associated god in the Elmal cult description in the Digest Netpage. I think this is who Elmal married, and don't go telling me that Hippoi is actually a dismembered Hippogriff and probabley wouldn't make a good bride -- IMO Hippoi in the Orlanthi lands would be seen as "Orlanth's horse loving daughter", although I'm sure that there's lots of official sources that disagree. Vinga is may very well get married as a Year-wife, Esrolian Wife and Wife and Underhusband. Not that this applies to Elmal.
Nick E. (Glorantha Lore unknown; he can't find a description of what the skill is)
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