Re: Gbaji

From: David P. Summers <dsummers_at_...>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:02:33 -0700

This is a bit confusing to me. As I understood it, you have Nysalor and Arkat. Arkat comes from the west and destroys Nysalor. To the Pelorians, Arkat was Gbaji (the evil deceiver) who destroyed the good god that was bringing so much happiness to Peloria while, to the Arkati, Nysalor only seemed good and was the even Gbaji masquerading to destroy the world (or whatever).

At 11:12 PM +0000 4/14/06, Andrew Solovay wrote:
>--- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "markmohrfield"
><markmohrfield_at_...> wrote:
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>> Here's the relevent question on Gbaji's identity and its reply
>> from RuneQuest-con Compendium
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>> "30: there seems to be reference to Nysalor, if I'm pronouncing it
>> correctly, in all Lunar texts as a minor Sun God. But, if I
>> remember correctly, Nysalor was created in Dorastor, and then you
>> start hearing about Gbaji. Now, I wanted to know if this was a
>> Darth Vader sort of thing, where Nysalor turned evil, or Gbaji was
>> a seperate entity which possessed Nysalor and had to driven off by
>> Arkat.
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>> GS: They're seperate entities. The Dara Happans recognize an
>> individual, the generally remember Nysalor with resect. And his
>> evil enemy, Gbaji, who came from the far west to destroy him."
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>Okay, thanks!
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>I see that his Gregness chose his words carefully. Gbaji and Nysalor
>are "separate entities"--which means, at the very least, that the
>two names aren't synonymous, but doesn't necessarily rule out the
>possibility that the guy who was once Nysalor later became Gbaji (or
>became known as Gbaji). And the last phrase, "And his evil enemy,
>Gbaji..." could definitely be read as being qualified by "Dara
>Happans remember..." That is, *Dara Happans* identify Gbaji as the
>one who came from the far west (Arkat); but others, like Heortlings
>or trolls, might identify Gbaji differently.
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