How DID those seeds get scattered???
Eric Sieurin on possibilities for ZZ's disposal of Flamal's corpse...
> 1, Zorak Zoran did not eat Flamal -
> Entirely possible, as ZZ is not technically a troll, and may not be as
> fond of eating his slain foes as his Trollish worshipers would have
> you believe. I think that from ZZ's point of view, killing is what is
> important, and that (outside of Uz ceremonies) eating the bodies of
> the fallen is no great concern. However, if this were true, we would
> have all the diced up bits in (nearly) the same spot, which doesn't
> make for that heroic of a SeedQuest...
> 2, HKE quested down into Zorak Zoran's stomach to find the pieces of
> Flamal's body.
> I don't much like this version... (though the comparison to the baths
> of Nerat is amusing). It just seems like the Troll Tummy HeroQuest is
> a bad idea for HKE cadidates to try. I'm Positive, however that some
> God-Learning Mistress Troll is trying desperatly to "Prove" that the
> great holy ceremony of HKElf (and Yelmalio for that matter) is to
> visit a trolls tummy.
>
> Which leaves me with option #3 (the one I made up)
> 3, ZZ Did eat Flamal. Digested flamal, and scattered the Seeds
> far and wide, through the RW (and now mythically "Proven" gloranthan)
> method of passing them in his droppings. The trick for HKElf was to
> collect these droppings -- no easy task, as ZZ never stays anywhere
> for long (except maybe Alkoth ;-) and seperate the "good" Flamal seeds
> from the assorted Chaos, dwarf, human, whateverthehellTHATthingwas
> bits that Lord Demon had Munched on in the meantime, and plant them
> properly in fertile soil, so that the soul could return to them.
>
> danm
> (did my mail client do the quoting wrong again???)
>
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