Re: Obtaining a weapon through Heroquesting

From: Andrew Solovay <asolovay_at_...>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:24:14 -0800


Mikko Rintasaari wrote:
>
> Here's one to all of you who understand the mechanics of Heroquesting
> properly:
>
> When somebody performs a heroquest to obtain a powerful magical weapon,
> is it possible for another person to perform the same quest and to
> obtain another "copy" of said weapon? My instinct says no, but I'm not
> sure.
>
> [...]
>
> The Raven Daemon of the Quest is now in the mortal world, empowering a
> Hero's sword. What happens when a different person attempts the same
> quest. Does he, instead of meeting the Raven, draw the wielder of the
> Ravensword into his HQ, or something like that?

My take, "objective" and "subjective" version.

First, the subjective version: No, it's impossible. There's only one Raven Daemon, and he's in *my* sword. You say you did the same quest and got the same sword? Sorry, you're lying. Or maybe you were tricked! Maybe you met some *other* daemon, and got him to live in your sword! A completely different daemon! Maybe a chaos monster! You should probably destroy your sword now before it eats you.

Objective version: Yes, it's possible. The GodTime is not in time, so it isn't like there's a Raven Daemon who's sometimes there, and sometimes in one and only one sword in the middle world. Anyone who goes there goes to the Gods' War, meets the same beings, lives the same myths, gets the same results. And, of course, it's possible that one person or another is living an "echo" of the myth. Maybe you went on "Humakt, Wolf, and Raven", but that other guy went on "Hrothgar the Humakti re-enacts 'Humakt, Wolf, and Raven'." Or vice-versa.

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