Re: Re: Gbaji

From: Tony Davis <gallows_brother_at_...>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:52:49 -0700 (PDT)


Well, if you don't look at Gbaji as being a name, but rather a title... The Liar... it doesn't seem so strange.

t.

> 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:
> >>
> >> Here's the relevent question on Gbaji's identity
> and its reply
> >> from RuneQuest-con Compendium
> >>
> >> "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.
> >>
> >> 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."
> >
> >Okay, thanks!
> >
> >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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> >
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