>BTW, in a quick reference to the original question Paul was answering, did
>anyone else find the Cradle scenario to be vastly disappointing after
>tracking it down? It seems to be a linear monster/Lunar-bash, with all the
>fun action taking place off-stage.
But then the HeroQuest rules weren't out then (nor now). But who was the more heroic? Roland at Roncesvalles or Charlemagne hurrying back?
>Where did Garrath go to retrieve the Golden Wheel Dancer? How did he
>know what to do?
He flew back to Giantland where the Gold Wheel Dancer had been sent back. Piece of Cake IMO.
>What _is_ the Giants' reproductive cycle, and why did it re-start?
It restarted because a Gold Wheel Dancer had returned to life for the first time since the Dawn Ages. The full details are in Abelard's Quest (ToTRM #5? #6?) but Urrgh the Ugly, who was less intelligent than his horse, worshipped his gold coins. He worshipped them in a special spot and recieved a vision of the Wheel of Wheels. This is the act that brought Pinchining back to life.
Yes, True Giants can reproduce if there are no Gold Wheel Dancers. But then they have no magical guardians to protect the Cradle on their voyages and the survival of the child is remote. Virtually all the cradles in the Second Age were plundered. Therefore the giants decided it would be wiser not to make babies.
John Brown:
>Does this necessarily mean there is something heretical (in the Yelmic
>scheme of things) by associtaing with Sun Dragon then?
Completely heretical. Dragons are Evil. (in the Yelmic Scheme of things).
>Could it be that Sun Dragon was actually a manifestation of that part
>of the Golden Dragon that was good and noble (i.e. a part of its
>subconscious, id, super ego, or whatever)?
The Golden Dragon and the Dragon Sun are actually two different entities as shown by the iconography in the Fortunate Succession. Both dragons are good and noble in the eyes of the EWF.
>Or could it be that when the Sun Dragon became a worshipped being,
>it became independant enough from the Golden Dragon that it developed
>it's own personality (dragonality?)?
I think Windwhistler's worship of the Sun Dragon is similar to worship of the Only Old One. It is possible to reach him but the God has been dead for generations.
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