Re: Re: Death of Orlanth

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:24:48 +0100 (BST)

> Well, I may as well jump in. :)

This being a list for discussion....

> I think the real question is "What did the Lunars
> think they were doing?"

Agreed. It may be that what happened was what they expected, or maybe it wasn't.

But, big but: which Lunars? What do you bet there were several factions involved, with different opinions, and all arguing? If so, take a look at who's in favour immediately afterwards: that's who guessed right!  

> (Seriously, if it's the Great Darkness, shouldn't LM
> magic stop, too? And
> Issaries? Both of them go into the underworld with
> Orlanth, no?)

I think so.... and CA, too. I *think* the logic was that any deity whose magic is *dependent* on Orlanth, and derives solely from him, stops working. But I'm not at all sure, and sorry, at gone midnight, I'm not going to pull out OiD and check the list. If they're all, including Orlanth, absent-due-to-LBQ, they should all be affected the same way. So possibly Orlanth *isn't* absent-due-to-LBQ?

>Did they think they
> were getting the Greater Darkness? (and honestly,
> Orlanth isn't dead for that whole period, is he?)

That's the problem with that : he isn't "dead" at all. Ever. Possibly we have to go with the idea that "Orlanth is dead" is shorthand for "Orlanth is not contactable by his worshippers, many of whom conclude that he is dead", but that wouldn't fit on the cover?

But that opens up a few more possibilities: on what other occasions was he not contactable, other than the LBQ? Ones that lead to the Darkness, preferably - not easy, I know, but are we overlooking something?



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