Kitori

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:36:32 +1300


Joerg Baumgartner:

> >There's only two known peoples that fit the description and Greg
> >has said the Arimites didn't replace the trolls.

>What about the Spolites?

An Imperial Age religion that arose out of hostility to Nysalor? Too late in any event and besides their sacrifices use fire which is untrollish.

>Or what's the deal about Ebon City?

A shrine to Bijiif?

>However, the re-founder, who claims descent from Varonal Zor (thereby
>from Varzor Kitor as well) manages to gather the remnants of the Kitori
>humans and reform them into a tribe.

According to my edition of Tradetalk, it simply says "A human who claimed descent from Varzor Kitor made alliance with an Uz Queen" (Tradetalk #5 p6).

> >If the tribe had been dwelling on the Shadow Plateau then
> >as the BCG says, then it shouldn't have been exterminated.

>Total extermination didn't occur, but for a while the Kitori bore the
>brunt of the fight against Palangio, and this would have killed all
>their leaders and practically all of their fighters.

No mention of this is in Shannon's article. Even if they bore the brunt, they still had a secure base in the Shadow Plateau and so wouldn't have been dispersed as they still had their women and queens.

> >My view was that the Kings are the Queen's Lovers.

>Since troll females rely on the number of healthy offspring for status, I
>find it unlikely that a queen should choose a puny human as father of her
>daughters.

The Uz generally don't consider the men play much part in determining what the kid is going to be like. "Father's blood is weak" or something like that...

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