Re: Sartar's roads

From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 10:15:38 -0800


Peter replied to Greg

> >I don' read that as saying they are magical roads.
> >Which, BTW, were not magically created. A couple places were magically
> >created (dwarf help).
>
> Hmm. What about the picture of the road being created at the
> end of the King of Dragon Pass game?

A bit more dramatic to show then a bunch of guys with shovels :-)

Greg replied

> I am unfamiliar with it.
> A piece of art in a product does not determine my perspective on things.

It's when you win the long game -- we showed you last year. But as you know, 1) KoDP is not the definitive history of Sartar by any means! (though I believe it's largely true to the spirit); 2) one segment of magical road-making doesn't mean the entire kingdom is linked by magic roads.

Mark

> >The notion that Sartar is the hero who invented sliced bread
> >would be a commonplace the Sartarites
>
> No, that would be an Ernaldan hero.

More likely Naveria, who is one of my favorite (misunderstood) Gloranthan heroines.

David Dunham <mailto:dunham_at_...>
Glorantha/HW/RQ page: <http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html> Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein

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