Ducks and Delecti

From: Klyfix_at_aol.com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 12:28:09 -0400 (EDT)


I asked....

> is Delecti actually Chaotic as I've always assumed?

And David Dunham noted....

>I've never assumed so. He makes zombies, sure, but one can be an evil
>scientist without being chaotic.

       I suppose; his AOL web page didn't seem terribly chaotic. :)

>And the ducks aren't his minions. And he might have once been a nice guy,
>perhaps before he died. (I speculate he was a mad scientist, died for some
>reason, and was brought back to life by his grad students, using
>instructions he'd prepared.)

       Sounds like quite a final exam to me. :)

       I suspect that even though the ducks might not have been made by Delecti (and I still rather doubt it) that may well be the popular rumor. Heck, I can see a whole lot of Sartarites and others believing it even if it was clearly not true; look at some of the bizarre stuff some racists groups in the RW come up with to either downgrade those they hate or to elevate themselves. Strikes me as something the Lunars might well spread.

       Actually, I'll bet there's _lots_ of twisted "origin" stories in Glorantha; degrading the Other is an unfortunate human (and probably other sapient) trait.

V.S. Greene : klyfix_at_aol.com : Boston, near Arkham...


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