Re: Trollish Tricksters? from Hasni Mubarak on 1997-01-12 (Glorantha Digest Vol 04)

From: Hasni Mubarak <richo_at_epix.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 09:31:05 -0500

In relation to Trollish tricksters, I have to wonder what the basic POINT of the trickster is. From what I can tell, personification of the Scape Goat is probably the strongest and most useful form for him.

I was going to write a brief paragraph blaming Orlanth for all of the Trolls problems, starting with killing Yelm and sending them out of Wonderhome and suggesting that Orlanth makes a good scapegoat for them.

Then I was going to say that Trolls are too proud to blame somebody else and they take responsibilty for their mistakes. However, that doesn't REALLY sound like trolls. In fact, it sounds more like an Orlanthi position. (Gee, guess I screwed up killing Yelm. Let me go fix it.) I've allways played Orlanthi as act first, fix it later kind of people, and now I'm wondering WHY they have trickster Scape Goat figure?

Does Orlanth blame Eurmal for stealing Death? Did he do the LBQ just to fix the universe but didn't actually accept the blame for his wrongdoing? Or did he accept the blame because Eurmal was a friend&ally of him?

Rich