OK, this is going to sound like I'm being petty, and maybe it is (though it is not intended to be), but the idea of multiple Moonsons goes back a wee bit farther than MOB or Nick could possibly be responsible for:
"Minor terrestrial matters were left to her unimportant sons, the so-called Red Moon Dynasty, who eventually conquered almost all of the area viewed by their mother, the Red Moon." [White Bear & Red Moon, 1st edition, 1975]
and
"THE RED EMPEROR [of the game] was the latest of a long line of wizard-kings, answerable only to their mother, the goddess of the Red Moon. They were immortal, in [that] no 'natural' death could take them, though they could be slain by physical or mental combat. ... Each appeared identical and maintained the Imperial policies of his predecessor, so that it seemed one man ruled for centuries." [White Bear & Red Moon, 1st edition, 1975]
Michael Cule says, very strangely:
>> On earth almost all the cultures of old had the consept of the golden
age
>The Doraddi culture of Pamaltela thinks just the opposite.
Do they? Pamaltelan myth talks about a time when ALL of Pamaltela was green and growing, and was full of open plains where the Doraddi could walk (as opposed to only half of the current continent). Now we have a Hell Desert in the south, as far east and west as Jmijie can run, and Pamalt is separated from us by this great desert of fire. Now we have Hell Swamp to the east and west, as far south as Nyanka can walk, filled with poison and slime goblins. Now we have a Hell Jungle in the northeast, separated from us only by the great mountains Father Lodril was forced to create. Now we have Cold Hell in the northwest, where Keraun's gentle winds are turned into harsh storms of rain and snow, as far north as one can go, and farther.
How can you say the Doraddi have no conception of a Golden Age?
Stephen Martin
ilium_at_juno.com
- -----------------------------------------------The Book of Drastic Resolutions
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