me:
>>He could have his throne and leave it, too. (Of course, the Dragon Pass
>>King List on KoS p42 shows him dying (or abdicating) in 1610, so this is no
>>more likely.)
>
>That list is bollocks as far as most dates are concerned. [reasons
>removed] The deaths of kings usually work out, but Moirades seems
>to be a special case - when he abandons his office in 1510 in whichever way,
>his reign as KoDP effectively ends. I suppose that it takes some
>"maintenance" in leading certain rites, and failing that the magical benefit
>will melt away.
Why should his reign as KoDP end? The position doesn't have to be vacant until Argrath takes the Kingship in 1629 (or 1643 or whenever), by which time Moirades could dead or gone from any number of causes (he'd be 71 or so anyway).
>I go for the version making her Pharandros' sister.
I was thinking more along the lines of a year-wife but not for any good reason. I guess I prefer her as Pharandros's mother because that allows her a chance to be mother of the kings of both Tarsh and Sartar (as well as wife of the KoDP). Now there's a dynasty!
>>I suppose she'd also keep quiet because being related/connected to the
>>winner of Grizzly Peak would hardly win her any admirers in Sartar.
>
>I'm not so sure about that - Heortlings admire strong leaders.
Hmmm. They prefer to hold grudges, I think, and praise their enemies when those enemies are dead and buried. There's not much in KoS that shows respect for the Lunars -- they are just plain bad.
>IMO a major reason for keeping her true status unknown are Lunar Heartland
>officials trying to keep the prying fingers of the Tarsh dynasty off the
>newly conquered territory in Sartar.
Well, yes, more plots that way. This is getting to be quite a large footnote to history.
>By planting another line of members of
>this dynasty close to the throne (provided Temertain would perform at least
>this dynastic duty) the Tarshite royal house gains another inroad to
>complete control over Lunar Maniria. Worthy descendants of Hon-eel indeed...
Geez, Termertain was an academic, not a Eunuch.
>>Of course, maybe she was following in Hon-eel's
>>footsteps. What would the impact be with a Lunar agent mother to both
>>Sartar and Tarsh's thrones? Especially with a Lunarized King of Dragon Pass
>>in the wilderness somewhere....
>
>This works as well for Pharandros' sister. If we assume she is Pharandros'
>mother, she wouldn't be of Hon-eel's bloodline, less magic to be had that
>way.
If she's Pharandos's mother, she could have any bloodline at all. Maybe she is decended from HonEel, who had about a jillion kids, after all. Maybe Ms. Donge is the Lunar side of HonEel, while Moirades is the Earth side. Pharandos would recomine the two, and Temertain Jr would bring Storm into the bloodline. All of Dragon Pass brought together in one family.... Maybe Ms. Donge had a child in Sartar; Prince in the Tower, anyone?
>Which is a perfectly good reason for Argrath the former Wolf Pirate to do
>just such a thing [imprision her in the City of Wonders].
Well, assuming it could be done (but I'm siding with Mr. Metcalfe here), it would be a way to take some troubling blood out of the world without spilling it....
>Almost makes me wonder whether Moirades served a term as one of the Egi of
>Argenteus...
Or maybe he was trying to tie the land firmly to his bloodline to make them Satraps of Dragon Pass.
Peter Larsen
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #233
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