> Jeffrey Kyer:
>
> > > IIRC Jar Eel defeated the Pharoh by
> > > substituting herself for the "fixed" encounter of "The Red Man"
>
> >I think she substituted as the goddess who sent him on to the
> >Underworld. And sent him to the "wrong" one. One that his ritual
was
> >not designed to get him out of. But I'm sure we're going to see
more
> >of Mr. Harshax in the future.
>
> The story from Greg is that the Pharaoh was doing his usual
> rite. At one station, he comes across some obscure beings
> known as the Red Guards and must give them a coin to get past.
>
> On his last quest, JarEel and friends took the place of the Red
> Guard. When the Pharaoh gave them the coin, they said "hang on,
> this has to be a gold coin from the reign of Khordavu!". The
> Pharaoh is stunned because this has never happened before. Seeing
> this the Lunar Red Guards say, "You don't know how this ends, do
> you? Well, we do!" and draw their scimitars...
>
> --Peter Metcalfe
Very nifty story. As I said, my memory is faulty but I recall
something along those lines as well. But I suppose we won't know till
the Lunar book (unlikely) or the Holy Country book (more likely) are
out.
Or we sacrifice more barley sandwiches to Greg.
Jeff