Re: The Glorantha Digest V7 #268

From: Philippe Krait <philippe.krait_at_uk.airsysatm.thomson-csf.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 16:46:33 +0000


Andrew E. Larsen wrote :
> For Glorantha, darkness, being an element, probably also tends to
> fall, since it started out in the Underworld and naturally seeks to return
> there. Perhaps what makes the Red Moon levitate/hover is that it combines
> these forces, thus reconciling them. Clearly the Red Moon has earth in it,
> since it's physical body was torn from the earth, but it would be difficult
> to say that it has either air or fire in it, especially since the Red Moon
> is in combat with the Air. Perhaps it is a natural tendency of spiritual
> things to rise, and thus by spiritualizing the earth, the Moon hovers
> rather than rising or falling.

If I'm not mistaken, the Moon is in fact a new element (it has an Element Rune
and you can get elementals from it). Maybe that this element has a natural
tendancy to rise as well (MoonBoats).

Philippe


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