Runes

Betraying my ignorance, a question:

Okay. Back in the RQ days, there were runes, and that was it. Now, with HW/Q, lots more runes clearly exist.

Are these runes universal, however? E.g., in RuneQuest a Sartarite "spirit" rune was a Pelorian rune was an uz rune was a Hsunchen rune, et. al. Now, though, we have a goodly number of Sartarite runes (and presumably Lunar runes on the way!). But do both cultures use the same runes for both things? Some are probably adopted back and forth, but when the same concept is known to both independently do they still use the same rune, or do different cultures produce different runes?

Moreover, getting outside da Hooman, do the Elder Races and lesser types also use the same runes as humans? Or, say, do we have uz runes, aldraymi runes, mostali circuit diagrams, baboon runes, duck runes, etc.? Again, some adoption from other cultures to be expected.

Curious, because I notice the Zong rune is the same as Odayla -- so is this a sign of universal runeism, or Sartarite "dat guy has da same rune"ism? And aldryami, uz, etc. still have a man rune and a modifier -- is this a human convention? One would thing, with the new spirit of single-digit runeism, both races would have flipped the Godlearners the bird and have their own rune for themselves.

The introductory bit in G:ittHW seems to suggest a certain universalism, but it's not precise (or I'm missing the precise bit...)

Cheers,

James

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