Far, ah oh!

From: Erik Sieurin <BV9521_at_utb.hb.se>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:46:09 +0100


Stephen Martin:
Pharao in Heortland:
> In Heortland, we think he infiltrated the Orlanth High Holy Day ceremony.
> When the Heortlanders summoned their enemy in the Summons of Evil, he was
> already among them, because he had walked _inside_ the spiral of the Air
> Rune while they were summoning the magics of their god. He thus was able
> to defeat the High Priests and take Orlanth's power. Now he rules
> Heortland as well.

You mean he was supposed to be the Evil they summoned? (I have forgotten how much control you really have over that ritual) Or did he became the enemy without them knowing it.

This reminds me of the ol' thing about HeroQuesters having mucho support and all that: When all this besting and conquering was going on, was there large forces of Pharaonic troops, swelling as he gained overlordship over more and more lands? Or was it "Hey, have you heard there is this mysterious guy who sneaks around besting the kings and queens in various strange contests, and then he promises to return one day and they will have to obey him". I mean, if Belintar turned up at the Hendrikei King's Court (a Conneticut God Learner at king Heort's Court?), would the _recognize_ the guy?

> God Forgot is even easiest -- Belintar is the Man who Broke the Bank at
> Casino Town (sung to the tune of "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte
> Carlo"). God Forgot does not pay taxes -- they pay interest on the debt
> they owe Belintar for basically winning all of God Forgot while gambling.
By the way, does that mean he had a hook on Our Lady of Credit ("She giveth and she taketh away")?

> Perhaps he killed the Only Old One by going straight to hell
> (at Necropolis?) and then climbed back to the surface through
> the Obsidian palace, suprising the occupant?
Entering through the loo, stabbing him with an iron spear, while he was realxing in the only place a ruler can find peace and quiet surroundings?  

> You raise an interesting point here. The original god of the
> Volcano is Lodril and C&A was a God Learner Cult to civilize
> the unruly Caladralanders. However the OOO was quite happy
> with Lodrilite Caladralanders as he posessed the magic to
> subdue Lodril.

Again, I get strange associations:
Caladraland (or at least the Vent) is covered by a crystal dome of black obsidian. The Volcano is kept prisoner inside, and his people have to serve the OOO. The forces of heat work as one helluva leadsmithy for the OOO's troops - thing clanking victorian factory (he got the machinery from the God Forgotten).

I was starting this as a joke but am beginning to get serious: Belintar is no Trickster (too successfull) but he shows certain Eurmali aspects (trickery is his forte - does anyone really believe he won fairly at Casino Island?). Perhaps he knew about the crack Eurmal found at the Obsidian Castle, through which the Trickster slipped in to grab Gustbran and Mahome. But either he slipped in and grabbed C&A instead, or he used the crack to split the enormous dome open, freeing the volcano god and earning the unending admiration of his followers.

"The Pharao has thousand eyes and thousand ears" Old Ketahelan saying

"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful pea-green boat..."
>From "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear

Erik Sieurin
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