[other Sun County towns, villages and oases]
>> When you go there and find out what's present, do let us know!
> Nothing *significant* in THE Glorantha, then?
Well, I know for a fact that concealed among the towns, villages and oases of Sun County are secrets (ancient and modern) of potentially vast, world-affecting importance; if only you were to go looking for them. So, yes, there's nothing we know about that's "significant" in THE Glorantha. Just like there's nothing known to be "significant" in the Shire at the start of "Lord of the Rings" (even if you polled the cognoscenti of Gondor, Mordor, and sundry other centres of Those Who Ought To Know). Feel enabled: don't require that there *BE* nothing; be joyous that nothing is known (yet).
>> Duck pirates prey on river traffic on the Zola Fel below Sun County,
> Ok, thanks. Borderlands boxed set [sigh]...
You'd rather I didn't answer your question, then?
The first full scenario in the old "Borderlands" was a Duck Hunt in the North Bog. You can probably build a better version of it from the bare-bones info in my last post, if you need to. Pinfeather fled from Apple Lane after a misunderstanding regarding a pawnshop...
>> There are prides of lions out in the Wastes ... Cf. the "Basmoli >> Berserkers" article in Tales #14, p.16, Animal Description.
> Book of Drastic Resolutions 2, p59, bottom, says: "Lions have been
> extinct in Prax and The Wastes since before Time began..."
And? The "Sun County" ref is a minor one; the "Basmoli" ref is in an article recently co-authored by Greg Stafford; I don't know the provenance of the "Drastic: Prax" ref. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds," in any case, as the great Steve Thomas used to remind us (when defending his layout choices). If you prefer one story or the other, make your own decision and stick by it afterwards.
> Sun Dome sanctuary does not apply to Sun Dome criminals.
It would, you will admit, be rather unusual for Sun Dome law to include a provision sparing all Sun Dome criminals from its effects; especially given the "cruel and unusual" nature of the Count's doubtless divinelyinspired Yelmic Justice. Who would not appeal for sanctuary, if it were possible to do so?
> There might be another loophole in Sun Dome law then - just convict
> anyone seeking sanctuary in the temple of something or another, then
> you don't have to protect them anymore.
Gotta get them out of sanctuary and into a place they can be convicted, first. But this sounds like a potential scenario-driver (or scandal), if you want to make use of it that way. Do you think Yelmalio would be happy about such an abuse of sanctuary, BTW? (Cue visions, nightmares, spirits of reprisal and the hoary ghost of a righteous Monrogh...)
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Nick
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