Hi Vlad
Well, being English I prefer to not to model my Heortlings on the
scottish model - for example my Heortlings do not wear kilts. In
fact nor do my Heortlings wander around with tattood faces and
covered in woad. I reserve that as an indicator of the more extreme
members of the society, the Devotee's of Orlanth Thunderous for
example. Your Durev homesteader might have a couple of cult markings
from his time in the adventurous cults but will otherwise be quite
plain.
My Heortlings (YHWV?) I model on the late bronze/ early iron age
Britons. Having said that fine hymn 'Sartar the Brave' is played to
the tune of the more familiar Scotland the Brave, and I have no
problem with that! In fact I like to sing it more than any other
song I know! :^)
The colourings of my Heortlings are thus predominantly 60% dark
hair, 30% red hair and 10% Blonde, with a pale skin.
I understand Greg see's them as Orange haired (ginger?) and dark
skinned.
At cons and demo's I often describe Heortlings as 'Vikings without
boats' if they are not familiar with Early Iron age British culture.
Best reagrds
Rob
- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, Vladimir de Saint André
<v_saintandre_at_...> wrote:
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> Hi folks!
>
> The question "what hooks your players" suggests this thought to
me: when reading HQ, the whole stuff about Orlanthies, I have the
impression to travel across Earth's Highlands, with William Wallace
and the MacLeods. I know it's not just that but yet it tends to
pollute my image of the universe and distract the grandiosity to
limit it to some all-too-well know Scots - English feuds in some
rainy Highland countryside. I guess I am under some bad influence
but how do I get rid of it? What should I realize / read to free
myself from this limitative, somewhat banal representation of the
Heortling's world? Or if this is what the Heortling are, where
should I settle my campaign to avoid this setting?
>
> I must say I am eager to discover the Heortling with the mind free
of the Braveheart bagpipe corny old tune!
>
> Vlad
>
> NB: I lived in Scotland and had a wonderful time there.
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> And there is a booklet full of information on Pavis in the second
age:
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> "Rough Guide to Pavis City"
>
> have a look at www.tradetalk. de
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> Cheers
>
> André
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Andrew King
> To: HeroQuest-RPG_at_ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: New Around Here
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> >
> >My concern is that MRQ will be in the second age, and Issaries
> >background material is in a later age, so it doesn't mesh. Or does
> >it?
>
> As I understand it things are quite different in the Second Age.
> Many of the cultures were around then but even they've changed
over
> time. Most of the Second Age material I know of is historical
> background.
>
> There is a HeroQuest article on Jrustela in Ye Book of Tentacles
6,
> which is just out. But until the MRQ Glorantha book is published
> you'll probably be short on background.
> --
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> Tell me I'm the anchor of my own ascension,
> Tell me I'm a tourist in the fourth dimension
> REM "Animal"
>
> Paul K.
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