Before other things, I must report you we? safely reached the westcoast of USA, Los Angeles. Before I raiding Issaries Inc. during Planting Season, I should call on Allies and Supporters. (KODP Narrator Theme? or Orlanth himself called on his Supporters in Luathela.) I can find many similarities between Orlanthi attitude to freedom and that of USAs. (Violence is always an option.) I don't know 2nd Age Quivini = EWF Orlanthi practice for Unified Nation (and far-future of USA...diverse states like Ancient Greek Polises.) I don't think any other nationality express the Freedom in the form of "No One can make you anything." (Icelanders in the saga of Burnt Njal, Germanians surrounding Roman Empire before Huns...)
I can't remember the name of the American sociologist author who wrote the hypothesis of split Future of USA, after USA Civil War, (I cannot believe the existence of any country who has only "one" CIVIL WAR in history.) AFAIK USA has remained as Unified Nation during expanding, but always unprecedentedness will be shattered whether it will be soon or late. Americans prefer contractions and initials as Roman Empire SPQR because they think they are in a sense their successors, I know many Gloranthans debated how they could distribute Orlanthi of many regions (Ralian, Talastari, Heortling, etc...), to RW each Ancient Europian parallels (Who uses Bagpipes?). But USA characteristics of each Areas maybe more emphasized for Greg Stafford is a USA citizen.
I don't know about Diet of Wyrms condition well and you may think EWF is too Mystical for paralleling USA, but for my point of view, Founders of Independent War spirit is enoughly mysterious and I can see such spirit in the back of the bill 1 Dollar, One Eyed Pyramid and their Magic of Free Masonry (Novus Ordo Seclorum), the God of Reason. (God Learners?) Anyway, Buildings and Trains of USA are too gigantic for me, like Dragons. Genertela was One Nation under their Hand (except Barbarians and Hinterland Anachronist, and all Orlanthi of Genertela became One beyond Boundary of King Vingkot.)
AFAIK EWF started from the Incident of Nochet University as One of offshot Section of God Learner Linguistic Study, and I remember names of Vistikos, Jerem (later ShangSha) and Obduran, if Ican apply their names to some USA Heros in the Legend, that will be interesting analogy...British Empire has great resemblance to God Learners...And if I can twist this argument enough..
Eastern Coast New England....Kero Fini and Dragon Pass converted to Draconism
South States Dixie....Rebellous Enemies against Abraham Lincoln, maybe Talastar? and North Orlanthi? Dragonsun...
Middle Steppe....Pavis and other Satellite countries?
Araska....I don't know well about the Influence of EWF to Fronela at the Pinnacle of Empire....Araska?
Western Coast....California...after Fall of Stygian Empire? Maybe I went too far..
About Godlearners & Argalis
I have tried to understand many writings of Greg Stafford for Malkionism
like a Byzantine Theologician...(but I should confess I cannot still
understand enough...) My main interest to Mystical Gnosticism (very
ambiguous Greek word..) has often distorted my point of view and his
Irensavel, Romanakrin, Kiona, Zabandan and Makan always scratch inside of
my brain.
Anyway, at least we cannot understand Secret of Godlearners and Eye of Runequest, (Maybe GS himself struggles to understand his unconscious work....) Below is my distorted version of Confession of Argalis, High Sorceror of God Learners in the Pinnacle of Middle Sea Empire.
(In the tone of Speech of Pericles)
I, Argalis, Leader of God Learners, declares the Truth under the name of
Emperor Keralamalos, the words of the Holy Abiding Book of Invisible God.
Destroy us if I will betray this High Truth.
Before Magic collapsed the Logic with their own Paradox, All things prospered in the Land of Danmalastan under the Holy Logic of Malkion, but Malkion himself abdicated his throne of Danmalastan and his child Zzabur succeeded his throne of Logic, we disunited and Unprecedentednesses (we can call it Evil and Chaos) broke our Land for the order of the God with Personality.
Our Caste Society strained for these tensions and were pressed to change without considering the fact with speculative eyes for Wizards. Because Magic faded and we needed the Salvation without Immortality in the Material World in the compilicated situation, so Holy Hrestol appeared as Necessities of Disorderous Situation. Human Instinct blessed by Invisble God salvaged Human Society of Genertela from Paganism and Chaos. But Knights appeared before the Caste of Wizard and our society got the factor of schism of Society. Four Factions which insisted the form of Ideal Human distorted the Four Caste System. Liturgists, Sorcerors, Knights and Landowners.
Heroism is perfectly another factor which coming from New World without understanding and speculation, and Society and Indivisuality caused Friction and induced Eastern Heresy...Mysticism. Arkat was the Cause of that Chaotic Turmoil and Holy Logic of Malkion was collapsed because the Pyramids of Material World were destroyed by Paganistic "Hero" Questers of Stygian Empire because Everything is Illusion for their point of view lest they might consider the Diversity of All Personalities. they called it Curse of Illumination which derived from "Demon" Nysalor, their Martyr disguise for the curse fascinated many unfaithful coverters before them.
Movement of Righteousness burned Arkat's Desecration of Holy Rites of Hrestol, and Godlearnernism again reknit our Society, Disorderous Knights were called under the Emperor as the Shaft of Empire, Sorcerors united the guidance of Discovering of Brithini Supremacy, Liturgists recovered before the Harmony of Logic and Sacred Words, and most stubborn Landowners understood their misdeed because Material World and Solace reunited for our Powerful Magic.
We restart the Construction of New Danmalastan, under the Eye of Runequest which made Holy Orders into Four Known Factors. Amen for Paradoxes of Misdeeds of Malkion and Hrestol derived from One Mind, because their Acts led us this Great Plan and Wonder. Invisible God is our God, and Malkion and Hrestol are our Prophets.
From forgery Belintar's Book:
How Humakt started to understand his weapon. (Maybe that is counter Myth against "How Eurmal lost his Stick"....)
Before true Death uncovered in the Underworld, the Shadow of Death are treated as the symbol of Impossibility over the Middle World. And Kargan Tor was Master of this Power in the Mountain Spike Dini. But he knew his Power was Useless unless Chaos reappeared the Middle of this World. Gods treated his teaching how to treat Sharp Thing as the method of Contest, and Emperor Yelm didn't like such contest playing in his court nonetheless later he got such challege as the Hobby of Childish Burtaes like Orlanth.
Umath one day got Six gifts from Elder Gods, and confered each of them to his sons derived from each his Lovers. He bestowed Spirit Power to Kolat, Beast Wild Soul to Urox, Disorderous Spirit to Vadrus, Fertility Desire to Ragnaglar, and Knowledge of Mobility to Youngest Orlanth. And Humakt got Power of Truth from his father.
In this Old Age, these Rebellus Gods knew the Contest of Battle only with thier Strength and Weight of Weapons, so the Weapon of Vadrus was Great Heavy Hummer and he brandished such weapon as the Symbol of Power, but Humakt wasn't so much impressed by his weapon, and he prefered Sharp Things and Swiftness to Heavy Things and Strength. So he secretly went to Dini and was taught by Kargan Tor. Because his mascline half could not help wanting such the Shapest Thing.
But after he learned enough the teaching of Kargan Tor, but he didn't sastisified with his Weapon, because it wasn't sharp enough to cut the Divine Power, and automatically reknitted themselves. Humakt asked his mentor about the Sharpest Thing, Kargan Tor taught his best student he hadn't such sharp thing, because Emperor forbade to treat such things in his Domain, and Humakt got same answer form his friend Gustbran...Smith of Imperial Court.
Eurmal resolved his eager desire, and he and Trickster coaxed the Guardian Vivamort that Vivamort himself wanted to see how his guarding power worked. And Humakt got the Screw of the Deepest Faction of Mostal's Machine and satisfied. And the Out of Balance urged his brother Orlanth to another Desire....He studied his weapon after he tried it to his Friend Grandfather Mortal, he taught his arts to his brother, and soon he became the Sharpest Warrior in the Storm Tribe, because Vadrus' Power is useless against his Art.
How Humakt refused his Students
For his Great Fame of Sword, many students came from Storm Tribe of all
over the world, and even from foreign land, and Humakt taught his skill
impartially and fairly because his power is needed after Eurmal and Orlanth
scattered copies of his weapon, and he thought maybe he could teach right
usages to ignorant owner, and in fact prevented further injuries.
But from west, a man named Hrestol coming and he adviced how he could use his Power of Death for preaching the Doctrine of One God, Humakt heard words of his enthusiam but refused supporting to his preaching, because he knew Hrestol could replace from one to another, and not needed his separation. Hrestol angered for his refusal, and taught his Arts to his people as he found.
And from East, a Yellow Skin man named Heseroon Marn came before the front of Humakt, and gave him a message from the Vithelan Emperor, because his teaching led mystics of Eastern Land to reach to another Mystical truth, and adviced his arts to use for Enlightenment the People of the World, but Humakt refused, and said Mystics knew all things were Illusion, so your invention was also Illusion coming from Illusion. Hesern Marn was upseted for his answer, and later angered to his teaching.
From South, Vangono coming from Heat Land, and complained his act which separated Spirit World from Material World, and demanded compensation which he made damage in their Sacred World, but Humakt refused, because the responsibility which derived from using his power is not his fault, and should be charged from the user, not from the Sword. His former Disciple cried for Damage which he made for his Land, and promised Vengeance to himself against Haughty Humakt.
And Each Three cast Curse to Whole of the World, and we now find difficulty to understand the Work of Death and Deathbringer, and that is secret difficult to reveal but still important to understand Humakt and his Quest "Sword of life".
To Nick Brooke
About LARP Life of Moonson Character Secrets.
I have failed to comprehend the scheme of LARP...
For example, Count Jolan is de facto a son of Imperial Chamberlain Mikos
Tiokonos and Taloned Countess Yolanela in your seats...I like to write such
knotty human relations...but I think that makes difficult to understand the
all works for Comprehension...can I get a sheet which concluded all
intrigues and family lines for that work? If you have such a card, that will
be saving of my time....
To Guy Hoyle
About Lozenge Building 101
May I translate this work into Japanese? I think it will be very useful for
Enlightenment for Japanese Ignorance (I don't know that is blissful..) to
Glorantha...
To Wesley Quadros & Martin Laurie
Apology for Confusing Moon Phase Changing? I should confess I still don`t
understand why I reversed the Change of Moon Phases...
Anyway, I must see Issaries Company and its work....if I can. I will ride on One of Dragons to reach Oakland and try to contact them and meet at least one of these trader kings. That is the aim to travel Westcoast. I will try to next maybe in San Fransisco.
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