>Does everyone just get the quick chop? Has any detail been put in
>print of common or special executions in various cultures (Orlanthi
>and Lunar being the obvious ones I'd be likely to use)?
Lunars: "By tradition, [Lunar citizens] are exempt from certain punishments, such as crucifixion or castration..." p101 Glorantha Intro. Blinding and being burnt at stake are also mentioned for Yelmies (Sun County).
They also have sacrifices to the Corn God, but that's ritual (although one-sided) combat.
Orlanth: I imagine the sacrifice would be carried out by hanging them from an oak tree if the sacrifice is to Orlanth, or throwing them into a bog a la Lindow and Tollund Man (if the sacrifice is to an Earth Goddess - although I always wonder what would happen if I sacrificed Thralls to Chalana Arroy).
Execution is probably done in a base and ignoble manner as possible - throwing someone over a cliff or forcing them to jump (What Oddi the Keen did to his predecessor's thanes in Lords of Terror - Paulis Longvale's narrative) are possibilities. Then there is the ganging up of heavily armed warriors onto the lone victim which can count as execution.
--Peter Metcalfe
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