> From: Jeff Richard
> Personally, I really wish Greg hadn't used "pharoah" as the main title for
> Belintar.
I, too, wish this.
Rob adds:
> That word comes with all kinds of connotations and
> bagage which, as far as I can see, are completely irrelevant to the
> Belintar of the Holy Country. For example, which part of Esrolia or the
> Holy Country is anything like Egypt?
The Necropolis comes to mind, but that is irrelevant. It's really nothing like Egypt.
> Has Greg ever revealed why he used that term?
I was looking for a title to describe god-king or king-god. Pharaoh was a
place-holder until something better came along for print, but there wasn't
anything when "to print" time came.
Hence, the entry of the worng word.
Heck, maybe I will just greg it and say, from now on, use the title The Belintar, the Living God.
> From: Kajabor <kajabor_at_yahoo.com>
adds
> I also didn't like that he called the Pharoah's
> musicians "The Beatles," and his low-priced furniture store "Ikea."
If this has ever appeared in print, it is not from me.
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