> My personal take on the Summons was
> that it was carried out, not by Bryan
> and 'central command' but by a bored,
> petty, not-too-bright dissident group
> who don't understand walls and seiges
> and strategy and want to go out and
> hit things like heroes should. These
> are Orlanthi after all, and the siege
> has just begun. The hard unity
> lessons are still ahead.
My feeling is that it is part of the underlying "mythics" of Glorantha that opponents will enact their rituals in synchronicity. So experienced HeroQuesters start to recognise that while the role/name of the opponent is different for each of their Quests, behind the mask is a specific person (like Kallyr and Harthdaren?). And the great events of Glorantha, the Sunstop and the Boatrise to name but two, happen because many different peoples without any apparent synchronisation choose to perform a great magic at the same time, thus enabling something monumental to occur.
With this as a guideline, it has to be Tatius that chose to use the Bat and Broyan that leads the Orlanthi Summons of Evil. Not - not necessarily at the same time but at the right time such that the resultant effects occur simultaneously.
regards,
Charles
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