Greg says that Glamour is where it is due to a mistake, because of a misinterpretation. It is where it is because the Red Goddess read the maps wrong. She read the map*, and saw that Yuthubars, the Deipolis, the city of the gods, was just above and to the left of Raibanth. But this is wrong - Yuthubars was really directly above the Footstool near Raibanth, and the map was actually a crude attempt at orthographic projection. If only the Red Goddess knew more of technical drawing! But its good that she didn't - she might have dragged all of Raibanth into the middle air with her.
The Red Goddess and her brother Shargash (a secret)
The Red Goddess and Shargash are siblings from long ago, from when she used to be White. When she left her place in the sky, he started to hate her, because she no longer served Yelm without question. He destroys her when he can. But every time she is destroyed, she comes back greater. The Red Goddess is the greatest proof of Shargash's truth, and he is a tool to demonstrate it. (or maybe its the other way round). Shargash might even appear as Sh'Argrath or Sh'Arkat.
JagaNatha, Gerra, and Utuma (a mystery)
The Red Goddess has found the secret of always coming back when you die, and of letting death purify you. This seems to be the same secret that the dragonnewts call utuma. What is the connection between the Red Goddess and the dragon powers? (The Entekosiad has some suggestions, but they may just be stories).
Water and the blue moon (a mystery)
There is abundant evidence to link the blue moon to water magic. One of her parents is the primal waters. Her lover is said to be Lorion, the water god who invaded the sky. Her original human worshippers include blue people (at least the empress was blue) from upper Peloria, possibly the last of the (water worshipping originally) blue people. And she controls the tides, and has the Sea rune. Yet her cult has absolutely no water magic whatsoever, and none of her worshippers ever appear to have been linked to water powers at all.
David Cake, Order of the Death Rune and Sickle "Orlanth is merely a kind of social disease." - Pam Carlson
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