> At 11:27 AM 6/20/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Thinking about the different versions of the Hill of Gold quest,
since ZZ
> >is such an important part of the quest, has anyone ever figured
out what
> >his version of the HoG quest is?
> Look at Enclosure 2 for one version.
>
> >Is getting fire the point of the quest?
> Yes.
>
> >Why do the gods of darkness need fire so badly?
> It's not a "gods of darkness" issue.
> Zorak Zoran is the baddest and toughest of the troll deities becaus
ehe is
> able to conquer and control the most feared immortal enemy of the
troll
> race. This isn't like Orlanth or Magasta beating up fire. Fire
conquers
> darkness on the Elemental Pentacle, and here is the opposite. This
is the
> Darkness that Overcome Light. This is the Shadow that blinds the
Sun. This
> is the Great Darkness Maker and the Conquerer of Opposites int he
troll
> pantheon.
I'd just like to remind people, at this point, that Jakaleel the
Witch was a priestess of Zorak Zoran before joining the seven
mothers cabal, and has power over the Lunes - wierdly glowing
elementals of cyclic light and darkness.
Simon Hibbs