>Could you please explain where this comes from?
IIRC, Sandy on Convulsion 94 or 96.
>It's certainly
>the first I've heard of it. It doesn't fit the rule of common sense,
>though; if then OOO was an office, then Belintar would have become OOO
>rather than Pharoah.
We are fairly left in the dark about Belintar's true intentions. If he is a quester from the future who somehow came back, he might have had a need to replace the old Only Old One system with something different. He certainly had his own considerable magical powers which would have been "wasted" had he been content with fulfilling the "son of Argan Argar and Asrolia" role.
I am somewhat convinced that Belintar returned to prepare the Opening. RQ Companion states that it was the climate of widespread creative HeroQuesting incited by the recurring Tournaments of the Masters of Luck and Death which finally gave rise to powerful individuals like Sartar or Dormal. Both Sartar and Dormal were instrumental in preparing the Hero Wars, at least by providing the opportunities to fulfill the prophecies.
>(And don't say that you have to be a troll to be
>OOO, it has been proven by HQ that the OOO is a troll and that he isn't
>a troll. _Both_ HQs have been performed.)
Yes. _IF_ it was an office, one by a troll holder of that office, the other by a non-troll holder (likely a human).
>(Besides, everybody knows that Sandy Petersen is the OOO, :-))
That's why we took this proclamation serious.
Stars for heroes (to fit them into Peter Metcalfe's somewhat strange
definition for a true hero)
>Martin Laurie:
>> Basically its an incredibly powerful magical ritual open to
>> sky/sun worshippers.
Andrew
> Nah, Arkat was never a sun/sky type and he had/has three.
At least he filled the Sun Emperor role in Harmast's first LBQ nicely.
There is little we know about pre-Return to Rightness Western HeroQuesting. It might have been involved with parallel celestial and mundane effects...
Michael Cule
>I also believe the old body of the Pharoh is destroyed being too used up
>by the strains of god-hood but the idea of an elite bodyguard of zombie
>ex-Pharohs is a lovely one!
Certainly you mean the mummies of previous incaranations...
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