Dwarfs and the Man Rune

From: Mmohrfield_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 23:15:19 -0500


Graham Wren writes:

> Even Mostali were mostly human, but there was no way any
> stinking human would ever learn that!
 

And Simon Phipp replies  

>Wrong, I am afraid. The Mostali, even Dwarves, are not >descended from
>Grandfather Mortal, do not even have a sniff of the Man Rune >and are
>in no way, shape or form, human.

Over a year ago this subject came up on the Digest. Sandy Petersen wrote

>Elves and mostali used the man-rune to _exactly_ the
>same extent that KL did to form her race. Elves, trolls, and mostali
>(and mermen) each have almost the same precise relationship to
>humans. It's no accident that the mobile plants look like humans,
>and the mostali are the most human-appearing elder race of
all.

When I pointed out that the Elder Secrets of Glorantha supplement stated that Dwarfs were not descended from Grandfather Mortal, Sandy replied

>It lies, or at least, it doesn't tell the whole truth.

                                                                       Mark
Mohrfield

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