Re: Sartar/Larnste

From: Light Castle <light_castle_at_...>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:45:13 -0400


On Tue, 2005-07-06 at 08:07 +0100, Jane Williams wrote:

> It does sound that way, doesn't it? And since, as we all know, things that
> are completely opposite are in fact the same, it makes sense.

uMMM... ok.

> I remember him as a Hero of Issaries (this is pre-HW/HQ, so the term had a
> more normal-English meaning then). But he's always been a specialist in
> Change.
>
> ST p109 - "Issaries is the son of Larnste..."

Well, there's a nice link there.

> ST p 236, at the bottom: "Sartar the Founder, who learned the secrets of
> Transformation from Larnste and united his people."
>
> Hang on a sec. Learnt secrets from Larnste (without necessarily becoming
> Larnsti). United his people. Doesn't this sounds remarkably similar to what
> Broyan was doing in about 1617? At about the same time as Kallyr (of the
> House of Sartar, sort of) decided to "personally serve" him?
>
> Jeff? Any other experts on Broyan? What's going on here, then?

Well there's an interesting development. Although "learning secrets of" does sound a lot like joining a cult in the way the rules are now. Still, this looks like a promising avenue to explore.

LC

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