After a year or so away from Glorantha I am thinking about returning
to the fold. I unlurk hereby with some questions and comments:
I thought I might try running PCs as members of a minor Praxian tribe.
The ostrich riders seems a good idea as they are little detailed so
far.
I have found the following -
Cults of Prax says they are a reptilian group. Is this still canon law
or has it been superseded by some later publication I haven't
seen?
Presumably they are oviparous (egg-laying) and have a linkage to
their beasts' lifecycle such that both lay at the same time. During
the incubation period the ostriches are tied to their nesting grounds
and the ostrich people with them. Presumably this would be a time
of great ritual significance to the ostrich people.
Assuming Praxian ostriches are RW ostrich-sized, the ostrich riders
will be somewhat smaller than humans. Perhaps crested dragonewt
sized. Has anyone speculated on a possible ostrich-rider/dragonewt
link? Perhaps the ostrich riders are dragonewts who have lost the
Path and can no longer be reborn as higher forms. (reminiscent of the
Chirper/Droyne connection in Traveller).
Ostriches are clearly not demi-birds; they lack the strong, hatchet-like
beak. Perhaps there is some good mythic reason for ostriches to
descend from demi-birds? I'm happy to pursue this but there's
not much point if there is no dragonewt connection.
All of the above would seem to preclude the ostrich riders being
members of the Waha/Eiritha culture. I'd like to work up detailed
cultural background on the tribe (nesting time rituals, mythic
associations etc.) but I want to keep within known lore.
Is there anywhere a known cult breakdown for the Ostrich Riders?
Is it Written that the Ostrich folk where among those led out of The
Darkness by Waha?
Are there any major sources I have missed? I have Cults of Prax,
with its passing mention, and Glorantha:GCOTHW which gives
numbers in each tribe.
Richard Crawley
richardc_at_sypte.co.uk
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