There's a long write up on the Hsunchen on Glorantha.com under "Spotlight on Hsunchen" by the inestimable Ttrotsky.
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> Hello,
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> In doing so, a few things struck me that I never asked before:
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> - Do the Telmori have the traditional bite of a werewolf with its
> consequences, meaning that if they bite a human, then that
> human will in turn become a werewolf on the next full moon?
Nope. They're a species of humans who happen to also be wolves. Or is it wolves who are humans? Or both? I forget. =)
> - Are Telmori able to interbreed, and if so, with whom?
> If a Telmori male gets a human female pregnant, would their
> child be a Telmori, a werewolf without belonging to the
Telmori,
> or just a human?
Prrrrobably not. The Telmori are hsunchen and breeding with outsiders is probably not something that happpens. However, such a child, if child there be, might be considered some sort of Lost Cub and could be inducted into the Telmori animist worship and gain the powers due him or her.
I suspect they interbreed iwth their own kind, wolves. I'm not sure how close they are to, say, the World of Darkness's Garou that currently infest the gaming mindset. =)
> I could make something up, of course. Maybe there is a 50%
> chance the child would develop the Telmori traits later.
Or they'd just be odd until they find that strange charm that your uncle brought back from the Maboder Wars....
> - I would assume all Telmori get abilities of a religious keyword
like
> "Telmor Ancestor Tradition", along the lines of the Puma
People's
> Ancestors Tradition Keyword that appears in HQ. I'd bet a
Telmori
> would never leave this tradition and never needs to worship a
god.
> Would propitiatory worship of Orlanth be known among them?
They are hsunchen. Its my understanding that if they stop worshipping Telmor they lose their ability to shapechange *permanently.* I don't know if they'd propitiate Orlanth though its quite possible they might. They're two legg'd wolves though. Have to think that way about them.
Jeff
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