>I do recall a hunter-king with a sign on his citadel saying
>"no pigs". Either way, it's evidence for the Citadel folk
>having a different culture than the Votanki.
That's King Yalaring Monsterslayer and his proscription against pigs resulted in a new enclosure being built for them outside the main citadel. He didn't get rid of them altogether. This could just show a personal dislike for pigs, it doesn't have to show a major cultural difference between the citadel dwellers and the hearths. There's nothing strange about rural and urban members of the same society having different preferences. Nobody in the province I live wants pig operations near them either no matter how economically important they are. Doesn't mean we're against pig operations (well, not all of us anyway).
>There is nothing inherent to Entra to indicate that she is an
>enemy to the Votanki. Both the Orlanthi and the Dara Happans
>have several gods in their pantheon that were once enemies: the
>Helerings are mentioned as one in Thunder Rebels while Deshkorgos
>was an enemy god to Lodril. Capturing a god and making it serve
>you has always been the stuff of heroquests.
True, good point (as were the Sun County points).
>And whereabouts does one find this swine spirit? The nearest
>is Mralota worshipped in distant Ramalia, a quarter of the
>continent away.
There's absolutely nothing that prevents Balazar from having found a spirit on the Spirit Plane and bringing it back to Votankiland. There are remnants of spirits and gods all over Glorantha.
The other possibility is that this "god" he stole from the dragons was actually some sort of magical item that allowed contact with a swine spirit.
Oliver Bernuetz
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