Apology and thanks...

From: Paul Chapman <mercutio_at_btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 01:21:04 +0100


Two quick notes:

To David Dunham:- Merci Bien, Monsieur. Strangely enough I was browsing through your web site a couple of days ago and could find references to Wizard's Attic but not the number... I was in a bit of a rush, though. Thanks again.

To Oliver Bernuetz:- Please accept my apologies for the misspelling... not intentional obviously, I was just in a bit of a rush to get my point across... won't happen again. As regards the Praxians & Sartarites needing the Lunar aggression to force them to get off their butts and fight together, I agree entirely with you. (Un)fortunately, this is a strong human characteristic... we will war on a greater foe and take lesser foes as allies, only to bicker again with each other once the united force has won. A characteristic embodied very well by Orlanth, n'est-ce pas? The pattern has been repeated countless times in RW and Gloranthan history... look to "I Fought, We Won" again and understand _why_ it's so central to Glorantha!

If you listen to the Evil Geneticists, they will tell you that this sort of behaviour has evolved to ensure the survival of the species and is all determined by the degree of genetic relatedness between the organisms involved. I wouldn't listen to geneticists though... they're all Illuminates and will drive you insane! :-)

However, whilst it took the Lunar aggression to force the cooperation of the Sartarite Clans and the Praxians, it wouldn't have happened without Argrath (or similar hero(es)), who took old Orlanthi, Draconic and arguably Lunar knowledge and mixed them together to make a New Thing... as was being discussed recently, an innovative New Thing will often defeat a seemingly-undefeatable old foe...

Paul Chapman,
An Illuminated Evil Geneticist!


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