Well, this is a bit too simplistic for me, but I like the general gist of things. I prefer that Godunya _acts_ like this as a test for his subjects, but that he is really a shrewd old guy. He is the King of Heaven, after all. And every emperor since Daruda has proven in the end to be a dragon (except for Yanoor, but we have good reasons for why he didn't make it), so I choose to have faith that Godunya will as well.
Interesting thought -- I assume that the current Sun is said by the Kralorelans to be the Emperor who ruled until the Dawn, and who became the Sun upon his transformation. So, this means that the Sun is literally a dragon as far as the Kralorelans are concerned. I wonder what they make of the Red Moon? What differences in solar worship would a Sun Dragon give them?
>Of course if you just want Godunya as being an ageless
>dragon-in-human-form, then I can't stop you. But I do feel
>Kralorela would be a less interesting place if you ignored
>the human side of things.
100% true, but this does not mean that he has to be senile. And my limited understanding of Chinese history often had emperors who rarely appeared in public -- why does he need to strut himself in front of his populace, when he has more important things to do, like oversee the workings of Heaven?
And before people start objecting, when I say "Heaven" here, I mean the land of Kralorela itself, which the natives view as being Heaven, or at least Heaven on Earth. When the Genertela Book talks about the War in Heaven (at the end of the Second Age), it means war in Kralorela itself.
Nick says, in part:
>Or get hold of DW#24 somehow and read Sandy's article on
>Mostali Earthsense, to see why dwarfs prefer the underground life.
Those with Web Access can see this in the Lhankor Mhy Library at www.glorantha.com
Sergio continues alone:
>I don't believe in trolls practizing extensive canibalism any more
>than I believe RW humans do or did it.
Except that it is not cannibalism for trolls to eat humans, only for trolls to eat trolls. And while I won't go into _that_ discussion for anything, where is oyur reason for trolls _not_ eating humans, elves, dwarfs, or other really excellent sources of protein?
Stephen Martin
ilium_at_juno.com
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