Re: Is Chaos Natural?

From: Nils Weinander <nilsw_at_ibm.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:25:08 +0200


Simon Hibbs:
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> >Given this, does that mean Orlanth is an enemy of nature? :-)
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> Dara Happans and East Islanders say Yes, Orlanthi and Praxians say no.

Not quite correct for East Islanders. They say Orlanth is an antigod, but they are as much part of nature as the gods are. What he is is an enemy of order and progress to Liberation.

The antigods are the wayward children of Vith who don't want to follow their duty/destiny/insert a better word for it.

While I'm at it, I might as well add a little aside to the whole chaos debate. Note that chaos, the gods' war, the Compromise etc is not _the_ truth. It is just one symbolic interpretation of events beyond human knowledge.

Chaos is one denomination for forces of destruction and corruption, but it's just a label.



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