> Orlanth and Yelm swore eternal friendship in Hell, and each recognised
> the other as necessary to the balance of the world. Orlanthi would
> support Yelm in order to keep these vows, and to keep the Great Darkness
> from re-occurring.
Wishy-washy rubbish. Neither party liked the Compromise (that's why it's a Compromise!). By the same token, you'd be saying that Orlanth and the Red Goddess "swore eternal friendship" after Castle Blue established that she, too, was a part of the Great Compromise.
> I tend to interpret the midwinter festival as specifically Sun-related --
> as the shortest day, when the Sun is weakest, though this may be too RW
> in nature; I have to admit that off the top of my head I am uncertain if,
> according to official word, the Sun acts the same way in Glorantha.
Greg and I assumed it did while working on the Ephemeris. It makes sense for there to be long, hot Fire Season days. And the Trolls *love* the long nights of Dark Season. FWIW, Midsummer corresponds to Yelm's HHD in the GoG calendar (Fire/Harmony/Fire), while Midwinter is Fire/Illusion/Dark. The spring equinox is slap bang in the middle of Sacred Time. All seems to fit.
> I've always been a sucker for Trickster gods. (Is there a real cult
> write-up for Eurmal around? 'Tain't in _Gods_)
Try the Chaosium write-up of the Trickster cult in "Questlines", available from the Reaching Moon Megacorp. Please email me if you have no idea how to contact the Megacorp, and I can advise.
> Count Julan and his Coders, from _Strangers in Prax_. The presence of
> these folks seems to make the whole Lunar Empire less of a black/white
> issue.
The trouble is, they're a lying photo-opportunity. By pretending that Lunars all hate Chaos too, they concede moral high ground to the Storm Bullies and other barbarian types. ("Look at us: we can be just as bone- headed as you lot! Why not join the Lunar way?"). I feel the Coders are morally compromised by the ambiguity of their position: as anti-Chaotics trying to represent the Lunar Empire, but knowing they're unrepresentative.
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