Re: Re: City gods

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:30:13 -0700

> > Mental image: Pavis runelord standing in a bucket of
> > "Pavis land" that he totes around with him. He must
> > have "Axe combat without moving feet".
>
> > Chris Lemens
>
> ROFL! Nice!
>
> Seriously, I seem to remember that in the RW, embassies are legally a
> part of the country of which they are an embassy, and that country's law
> applies therein. In Glorantha this may well be a bit more literal than
> here - he might well have to lug some soil around with him, or a rock,
> or something. A chunk of Wall, perhaps? (Look, I'mm still inside the
> Walls! There's a bit to my west even now!)

Oh come now, there's a perfectly good precedent for this - "Vampires are required to rest in the soil of their Homeland" (or has that vanished in the Anne Rice/Word of Dimness era? Too bad, Dracula was the greatest Vam,pire story ever written, and so takes precedence over Anny-come-latelies! So there. PBppbpbpbpbp :-p ).

Frankly, I don't know why anyone would *actively* worship a City god unless they plan on achieving municipal authority. I would make Pavis (/all City Gods) a Guardian Entity (Sort of like KeroFin or Moosehorn Spur - the worship needed would probably be the dominant worship of the region, unless there is a good reason for it to be different, so Pavis might be an animist entity, or, because of his foreign nature, a Theistic one), with a small dedicated sect that actively worships him - and from which the city officials are drawn. A Devotee of Pavis would then be a person on the "Fast track" to become Mayor, Chief of Police, or Overseer of Trade (at least, he would be, if the Lunars hadn't stepped in...).

But I *really* don't want to get sucked into this quagmire!

RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done.
- Richelieu