> From: Robert McArthur [mailto:mcarthur_at_...]
>
> John Hughes wrote:
> ...
> > What *is* still relevant is the mystery of Argrath. Helden is essentially my
> > response to 'King of Sartar', and suggests one possibility among many. As we
> > prepare for Sartar Rising and the outbreak of the terrible calamities to
> > come, its timely to bring the mystery of Argrath once more to mind.
> ...
>
> Argrath's no mystery, it's just Greg who has created that. If you ever
> want to *do* anything with Argrath (and BTW, the novella was a great read)
> then you have to ignore Greg here (IMVHO): there's no problem about Argrath
> in my Glorantha (RQ or HW [yes, there's the reference :-]). YGMV.
> YHWMV.
>
Well, you've lost me there. You must know more than I do.
Argrath reunites the tribes of Dragon Pass, lights the flame of Sartar, somehow reworks Sartarite battle strategy into something new and different that beats the Lunars, completes a full Lightbringers Quest with extra bit tacked on to get Sheng, mobilises Dragons to take down the Red Moon and you say there's no mystery.
I have no idea how he did more than half these things and there's plenty more mystery about him than that. I reckon, anyway.
Harry.