>and as a presage of him becoming Trickster, or perhaps he
>everywhere IS the Trickster, I envisage him as wise-cracking and
>sarcastic, the down-to-earth counterpart to Humath's honour and
Hmm. Regarding the difference between western and Praxian (et. al) ravens:
maybe the Western ravens are seen as sedate, mystic and menacing by
Western society (ala "The Crow." Which, BTW, used a raven... or as in
Scandinavia, where ravens were seen as symbols of death and knowledge, but
_not_ of trickery as far as I know). That might explain the linkage to
Ralian Humakti: they're not trickster birds, there. No trickster myths of
Raven, either, except maybe as import (or adopted using local animals.)
(Now, let the silliness begin)
Now who'd be responsible for this?
The God Learners! <g>
After one too many ravens crapped on 'em, the God Learners rounded up the
local trickster Raven spirit and gave it a boot in the head. Then they
warped his myths, so he and his kin are now somber and humorless: he's now
the perfect Humakti familiar. Sits around all day, eating dead bodies and
letting loose with mournful caws. (Perhaps tragically, the GLs got offed
by an offended cosmos before they could repeat this process with other
trickster myths.)
Now, of course, what awaits MTF (maximum trickster fun) in your campaign, Erik, is to have a powerful trickster _reintroduce_ trickster elements into the Ralian spirit of ravens. Humakti everywhere discover that their familiars turn into little dynamos of defecation and destruction. Whoo-boy. Imagine the horror on your player's faces -- just when they thought that _these_ birds were different, the horror begins anew...
Probably not true, but _boy_ would it be fun...
James Frusetta81+^
Powered by hypermail