> > Though Arkat may well have (and probably) did
>> mess with the cult for his own purposes,
>> definitely! Hmm. Unless you're suggesting that
>> in addition to the Urox elements, Arkat tacked
>> on Amastan and the Demon aspects? Or fused
>> several regional variants of Zorak Zoran into
>> one, or something. Hmm.
>
>It's all my speculation.
>
>My sources:
> - The warleader of the First Council was a worshipper of Zorak Zoran
>(Broken Council Guidebook?).
> - The trolls did summon the Dark Eater as part of their war against
>Gbaji (Greg told this at one of the Convulsions and it was, if my
>memory serves, a Myth of the Month).
> - Arkat did use Zorak Zoran as his vehicle into the Trolls and
>against Gbaji.
> - Zorak Zoran has 3 elemental associations - Darkness, Fire and Wind
>(via Hell Roar), which implies a composite of several sources.
> - There is at least 1 other factoid/source that I can't remember
>right now that inspired me to think in this direction.
>
>Definitely Glorantha Digest material.
As I recall, in The Broken Council the Kitori war leader
worships a god called Zolan Zubar, who it is theorised is later
combined into the unified Zorak Zoran cult by Arkat and Kwaratch
Kwang.
Cheers
David