Re: Gathering thunder/Sky ship (spoiler ?)

From: Jeff <jakyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:26:34 -0000

• In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Kevin P. McDonald" <paul_mcdonald_at_n...> wrote:
  > JCGL writes:
  > >
  > >
  > Likewise! I hate to admit to being a Little Brain, but... I have
  been
  > reading and re-reading the Ship Raising adventure and I really
  don't
  > understand what is going on. <laugh> It looks like a heroquest but
  > doesn't appear to be reenacting any particular myth. What mythic
  age
  > does it take place in? Does it take place in the God's World
  itself? It
  > also has (presumably) permanent and world spanning consequences
  obvious
  > to anyone who looks up at the night sky. How does that happen? I am
  > confused!!!
  >
  > ~Kevin McD
  

Its a heroquest alright. Its a new one - bringing back the Boat Planet. Kallyr is up to some experimental heroquesting - she's changing heroquests in mid-stream (with mixed results). What the characters experience is the synthesis of many, many different cultures attempts to bring back to Boat Planet. Its not *a* myth, its many myths and questors all blending together.

I think the heroquest takes place in the Celestial Realm. Remember the Boat Planet quest is one of those "change the world" things - like the Sun Stop or the Raising of the Moon. These happened in the mundane world but are quite mythic, don't you think?

And I wonder, is the Cradle a "Baby Boat Planet" - some of the crew bear a suspicious resemblance to folks found on the Cradle.

Jeff