I really like the ideas and plan to plagiarise it in my own work (actually, I will probably give credit :) I love the use of the word fugue in this case (now that I know what it means, besides in the musical sense); it's something I experience for myself (or rather have reason to believe I experience) when my wife tells me of coversations we've had soon after my waking!
I especially like the seemingly tragic nature of the relationship between Unn and Viggo, particularly in light of the generic characters of heortling women and men.
As a name, Dream walking works for me but then I'm into Ouroboros Dreamcatchers and connecting my heroes with draconic forces!
Matthew
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Sent: 18 March 2004 22:58
To: HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Dream walking?
Hi All,
One of my gamers is trying to figure out their backstory. At the moment, it looks like Dad became a Windlord and promptly took off adventuring, and Mum is an Ernaldan devotee. We started discussing _why_ someone with brains and skills would choose to marry someone who was on the path to Windlord...
I quite like the following, and I thought I'd share it. (in the post, Unn is the Ernaldan, and Viggo the Windlord.)
The player, Jennifer, came up with:
> I'm looking for a way to describe people who have an inherent
> affinity with their god. A calling, a vocation, something
> that can't easily be denied. Probably something that haunts
> their dreams and blurs the boundaries between dreaming and
> the hero-plane. Possibly something that spills over into
> their waking lives, leading to episodes of fugue or acting-
> in-this-world-what-you're-seeing-in-the-other-world.
> Basically a divine madness.
> I imagine that Unn has it to some degree, but that
> channeling Ernalda fits into the social context fairly well.
> I imagine that Viggo has it to the point where it's almost
> crippling to his normal social functioning, and possibly even
> dangerous to the people around him. Unn understands it in a
> way that would be hard for someone who doesn't experience it.
> Still figuring out the details, but when Viggo is being Viggo
> he's wonderful, and when he's being Destor (?) he's mythic,
> and although all up this means he's a lousy father and
> husband, it's still a precious thing to be so close to the
> gods, and it's one of the most powerful active forces in
> Unn's life.
I _really_ like the imagery, and the idea that some people are marked by the Gods - becoming a devotee or disciple becomes not necessarily a matter of complete free will, but a calling. I think it works with Glorantha (as I understand it). Jennifer came up with Dream Walking as a description, does anyone have a better name?
Imagine the poor bastard who's channeling Eurmal...
Stephen
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