Steve Martin:
>References are made to Yranian Leapers, who either were or rode some
>sort of leaping creature.
I think the Yranian leapers had special leaping magic and
were followers of the Red Moon which was newly risen. They
came from Faladje which is in the civilized heartlands of
Fonrit and somewhat unlikely to have undiscovered creatures
wandering around...
Simon Bray asks about Pamaltela:
>Are primates common? I think so, small apes, baboons, Gorillas in
>the mountains, perhaps even some of the really nasty prehistoric
>primates (my dad?)
I really think that most apes will be found in the northern
rainforest where they compete with the runners. Orangutans,
I place in Teshnos after having heard from my brother the
existance of an 'orangautan rehabilitation centre' in
Indonesia. This conjures up the wondrous vision of vast
prison camp for naughty orangutans who have been sent down
by the Teshnans for some trivial offence (like stealing
a banana). They toil away (uselessly) at breaking rocks with
pickzes and all that until their time is up...
Erik Nolander asks:
>I've recently started working on some information about Teleos,
>based on the rather brief and contradictory notes from official
>publications. Has anyone else got something on Teleos? Is there an
>interest to discuss this on the GD?
Some information about Teleos that has not been printed but
that I've heard through the Grapevine (ie this digest) is
that:
- The many races of Teleos hate each other but cannot
reproduce without the aid of each other (ie a purple
never begets another purple but a person of another
colour). If the tribe of greens starts getting wiped
out then the every other tribe will start begetting
greens.
- This colour situation appeared to have occured as
a result of the Closing (prior to this the people seem
to have been normal kralori stock and related to the
Teshnans) but the details are obscure.
- They are rapacious pirates and they used to be an
important state in the God Learner Empire (mainly because
of their piratical naval fleet which was probably used
against naval enemies of the God Learners).
- Since the Closing, their material civilization seems
to have taking a massive pounding and the whole place
is overgrown with jungle. There might be hidden wonders
in the ruins but I think the tribes of Teleos occupy these
sites and loot them to trade with the Kralori and Flanchi
Traders in Teleos for weapons.
- They have some obscure close relationship with the
dragonewts of the isle. IMO they get the 'newts eggs
from the nest and mutilate them so they will function
as beasts of burden. Thus the Teleosans will have
minature dinosaurs of which the largest are able to be
ridden. Thus they have minature brontosaurs for transport,
minute tricerotops as armoured cavalry, pterodactyls
for air warfare and the like. Leading personalities will
have true dinosaurs to ride but these are rare.
- How the dragonewts react to this is unknown but I
think they are dependant on the Teleosans for something.
Perhaps if they have no Dragonet ruler, they must
eat dead human corpses for some alien inhuman magic of
their own. Most Teleosans will send their dead to the
'newts for some eggs in exchange as a sort of funerary
custom. I think a few teleosan tribes are attempting
to gain real power by capturing members of opposing
tribes and sending them to the 'newts to be eaten. Sooner
of later, some of them might think of preying upon foreign
shipping or even foreign shores for their corpses and then
the shit hits the fan...
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