New uzuz are still born from time to time. It is very rare. When uzuz give birth to multiple uzko, despite the normal troll rule-of-thumb, they are not considered enlo. An uzuz who has birthed an uzko does not undergo a purification ceremony. Perhaps one could be heroquested for, to up the rate of uzuz births. Uzuz, however, are notoriously infertile, and rarely give birth at all.
FATHER MOTHER RESULT uzuz uzuz 1/4 = uzuz; 3/4 = uzko uzuz uzko uzko or uzdo (if ceremony performed) uzko uzuz uzko uzko uzko 1/2 = uzko; 1/2 = enlo litter (a year-longpurification then ensues, forbidding all sex, before the mother can get pregnant again, or the new pregnancy will certainly be enlo)
any enlo single enlo enlo any enlo litter (if enlo mother -- single enlo) uzdo uzko uzko or uzdo (if ceremony performed). Note, however that uzdo generally have great difficulty fathering children. uzko cave enlo litter cave uzko enlo litter uzdo cave enlo litter, if mating successful uzko uzhim 1/2 = uzhim; 1/2 = enlo litter uzhim uzko 1/2 = uzko; 1/2 = enlo litter muri muri muri muri cave cave mtn muri monster (rather uzdo-like, but slightly chaotic) uzuz muri muri * see below muri uzuz muri * so the jungle trolls themselves state. Butuzuz cannot endure hot climes, and such matings have not occurred in over an Age.
mtn uzko enlo litter any mtn monster (in essence, a huge enlo) mtn cave monster (in essence, a huge enlo)
abbrev: uzuz = Mistress Race; uzko = Dark Troll; uzdo = Great Troll; enlo = Trollkin; cave = Cave Troll; uzhim = Snow Troll; muri = Jungle Troll; mtn = (Pamaltelan) Mountain Troll
Combinations not listed are as of yet unknown (no one's tried to get an uzhim and a muri together, for instance). But read on ...
It is unknown what the offspring of muri and uzko would "normally" be. I know of one such mating, but 'twas done using magic rituals, resembling Cragspider's ceremony to produce uzdo. The muri queen involved has since given birth only to trollkin (previously unknown amongst muri, but not particularly welcome). However, all was not lost. The uzko in question had previously fathered a child on a bison cow -- a coal-black bull calf (obviously, magic was involved -- this took place on the Plateau of Statues). The black bull was taken in by the muri, and some years later, they produced horned trolls, who were capable of surviving in colder climes. No horned trolls have as yet reached sexual maturity. The jungle tribe who is fostering this activity has high hopes of banishing the Qualyorni Curse -- though presumably at the cost of the replacement of their tribe by the new horned monsters.
Sandy P.
End of Glorantha Digest V2 #662
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