Re: Orlanthi Hair dos

From: palashee <mickrowe.ygmv_at_...>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:02:35 -0000

>> I (Mick Rowe) writes:
>> I was wondering what hair style the Helerites prefer when it
>> come to me that they perm their hair to make it look like the
>> clouds, or a sheeps fleece.
>> Now, I've got this image in my head of a big burly Helemakti
>> warrior, after a hard day saving the world, he goes home, sits
>> by the hearth, and puts his curlers in.

> Viktor Haag wrote:
> How would he do this?

By using ritual magic of course; every night, they put warm wax on their hair, put their curlers in, and then call upon their clouds affinty magic to set their hair.  

> I suggest the most likely course is to tease the hair and involve
> the use of wax (beeswax most likley, thanks to almighty
> Minlister) to produce a felted 'dreadlock' look. I'm not entirely
> sure how dreads are produced, but I believe it uses low-tech
> materials (wax or oil) rather than the more modern processes used
> in "permanent waving".

I've always associated dreadlocks with a lion's mane and Basmoli Berserkers.

Cheers
Mick

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