Gerald
BEThexton wrote:
> > > Are their any Gloranthan sorcerors who are binders of demons in
> > > the mode of some standard fictional/legendary demons?
> >
> Here is how I conceptualize it, based on my limited understanding.
>
> Much as the other worlds all meet in the mortal world, and in the
> gods war, they also all meet in hell. It is in fact possible that
> this is of deep cosmological significance (the `mortal world' is
> really the uppermost layer of hell? Hell is really just part of the
> God's War, just a particularly unpleasant part?).
>
> In practical terms, I think each other world has its own connections
> to hell, so is apt to develop (somewhere, some time) its own magic to
> interact with those parts of hell that it easily connects too. There
> are probably deeper parts of hell that are equally accessible or
> inaccessible to practitioners of any magic system. If you delve
> deeply enough through hell, you are apt to end up emerging into
> another other world, which is no less terrible and horrific (and
> subject to alien world modifiers) to you than hell, so to each
> practice many of the worshipped entities of the other two other
> worlds would be considered demons from hell too.
>
> (Hmmm, makes me wonder if Lodril has a little know pair of sub-cults
> to deal with essences and spirits?)
>
> Of course, dealing with demons is always tricky. Great shamans may
> attempt it, but obviously those most able to do this would be
> sorcerors and wizards, due to their ability use essences to pump up
> their magic. Hence all the mystic items they would make sure to have
> on hand before dealing with a demon! I would imagine that most
> branches of the church would forbid dealing with demons, but there
> are bound to be a few exceptions, and of course there are always
> those frightening folk not associated with the church.....
>
> --Bryan
>
> --Bryan
>
>
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