Lunar army
I think that each officer in the lunar army has
a crimson sash to mark his status as a lunar
officer.
It is an old Darra Happan tradition (they were
golden sash then) to have the officers show
a leadership symbol.
The Carmanians adopted this method with their
own colours (black or white)
After Jannisor's demise, all the standard in the
lunar army had a crimson strip (sp?) on their
top, to identify them as lunar.
During a battle the crater makers let go their magic
on a lunar peltast regiment because they did confuse them
with an ennemy regiment.
It was done to avoid friendly fire casualties.
Boys I am lost
I'll be on the move soon, so I have to decline Sandy's offer.
Now about the supplements.
I say that Glorantha:Genertela, Gods of Glorantha and
Elder Secrets are very useful to understand Glorantha.
Yelm
In Sun County Yelmalio is NOT the sun. He is the sky dome. He is the fact that there is light even when the sun is hidden by clouds or by buildings or by trees. He is the son of Yelm in the same way that Athena is the daughter of Zeus.
I think that Yelorna divine role is to allow the stars to shine at night. She pierced Xentha's mantle to build a way for the sky deities through the night.
In my opinion, what is said about Yelmalio in KoS is an orlanthi point of view. A similar situation would arise if a Dara Happan hapenned to write a book and descibe the cult of Orlanth (ie many errors).
I have only the Yelm writeup.
Nothing forbid a priest of an associate cult to become a
member in Yelm the Elder. All his children may then
become initiates in the Yelm cult.
They cannot hope to become Yelm Imperator since they are not
nobles.
Even one such case by generation means that many thousands
Yelm worshipers are not nobles.
Officer in the French armies.
Before the revolution, only noble could become officers in
the army or the navy.
In time of war, since the officer were in the first line,
they were casualties. Often there were not enough noble
left to replace all the killed or maimed, so the king
commissioned nobly living men (ie rich) as officer.
In my opinion, even conservative Dara Happa used a similar
system.
Peace
Jean
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