RE: Subject: Polaris and Kallyr

From: Greg Stafford <greg_at_glorantha.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:13:59 -0800

>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:30:33 -0600
>From: Peter Larsen <plarsen_at_mail.utexas.edu>

The Orlanthi know the Pole Star as Rigsdal, the Night Watchman. His Polaris identity is Dara Happan, and not exactly the same as the Orlanth cult.

>Kallyr was the first Heortling to get access to Polaris's secrets.
Maybe.

>She
>could have given her supporters a couple of things: some knowledge of
>typical military formations (if not to use, to respond to) and the idea of
>military heroquests. This would increase the number of "mythic tactics"
>available to her troops. Because she is open about her methods, other
>Heortling commanders learn the idea, and Agrath is able to use it in his
>reformation of the Sartar military.

Interesting, but I don't see this. All those things are known to the Orlanthi before Kallyr.

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