Re: [Fwd: Re: Caladraland]

From: Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1_at_...>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:22:58 -0500

> From: Greg Stafford <greg_at_...>
> This is false.
> The sections are not switched.
> If you read it someplace, the source was dead wrong.
> If you mean that the term President ought to have been used for God
> Forgot,
> well, they are ruled by a Talar-- no elections please!

My mistake, then; my memory is playing me false here. For the record, I asked Sandy about the switched sections, and he didn'tknow anything about that, either.

>
> >like the current description of Caladraland because we really needed a
> >Mayan/Aztec analogue in Glorantha, with a little bit of Hollywoodized
> >southsea-island-volcano-worshipping thrown in ;-)
> This is also dead wrong.
> There is no Maya/Aztec analog.
> I've actually never added anything to Glorantha because anyone "really
> needed" it.
> Oh OK, except for if I needed it.
> But to be clear, Caladraland is not Mayan or Aztecish for me.

The "Flowery Wars" and the jungles and volcanoes do suggest a Mesoamerican setting to me, but most of the other elements are lacking, granted. I think I was speaking tongue in cheek about it being added because "we" really needed it, though ;-)

Guy Hoyle

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