Re: Lost Tribes and King of Sartar

From: Jonathan Coxhead <jonathan_at_doves.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:51:25 +0000

   I've been lurking a while, but just having read _King_of_Sartar_, here are 2 (or 3) questions ...
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   All attribution lost, quotha ...

> >Just a quick question or three, who are the Lost Tribes of Prax? Are they
> >gone or hidden or what? Will they return?
>
> The Lopers, the Longnoses, the Clawfoots, the Plains-elk and the Nosehorns.
> They are believed to exist but virtually all praxians have never seen them.
> They may return but they are more likely to be an exotic clan encountered
> on the plains of prax rather than a gigantic horde.

   The Longnoses and Nosehorns are in Nomad Gods (separate from the Lost Tribes), and I've even seen 1 of them myself. Hadn't come across the others, but mystery number 1 is: in _King_of_Sartar_ there is reference to 'the 6 Great Steeds of Prax' and the '22 Lesser Steeds'. What are they?

   The Great Steeds: Bison, High Llama, Impala, Sable ... and ...?

   Morocanth are not steeds, and they don't ride herdpeople. Surely not Horses (spit!)? Maybe, because there is talk of the Pol Joni being accepted fully into the nomadic life in some areas, at least. And maybe Aurochs (now extinct, but probably pretty great when they were around!).

   The Lesser Steeds: Clawfoot, Longnose, Loper, Nosehorn, Ostrich, Plains-Elk (is this an Auroch by another name?), Rhino, Unicorn, Zebra.

   Needing just 13 more!
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   But the big question ...

   What happened after _King_of_Sartar_? The bizarre surrounding material that surrounds it (signed by someone called "Greg Stafford"---no relation, presumably :-)---who lives in the totalitarian and depressingly grey reign of Harshax) has a completely unexplained decline and fall after the events of the book that lead to hundreds of years of illiteracy and general bad stuff. Is the explanation for this in the book? I never was much good at decoding these things ...--- And recently in this list there is talk of Argrath of Pavis as a separate person from Argrath White Bull. Is that based on a reading of the book, or some other stuff, and if so what??

   Questions, questions ...

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