Re: Vadrudi's customs and history

From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_B8YIOoHB22dTYkT6XUTSrPvZehjFJoC1Av1AEub0P2xbK2kXEqYqo94BVNrhcH1Yf6Il>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:44:33 -0000

> > First, despite what Peter says, Vadrus was utterly destroyed in the
> > Great Darkness by Wakboth. When Wakboth came into Glorantha, Vadrus
> > tried to gain Wakboth's power by defeating it. Instead, Vadrus was
> > utterly destroyed, so that today worshiping him is of no value.
> > Vadrus could not be contacted in the First Age, in the Second Age,
> > or in the Third Age.
>
> Nor would he have to - worshipping or emulating a collection of his
> less known, but equally brutal offspring would lead to a collection
> of quite similar powers, right?

But much lesser. Like the storm demons that Tiamat created to fight Marduk (another god with storm and thunder powers). All of these "Vadrus winds" are violent and restless, but very few are worshiped beyond propitiation.

> > Second, Vadrus was never a "culture god".
> Agreed. Unless you count the Vadrudi warband, not at all.

Not a "culture" either. The Vadrudi warband is what the Orlanthi call it - but that is a misnomer. Vadrus' only means of dealing with others is through violence. That's his only social skill and his only means of dispute resolution. He is the outlaw wind.

> I don't want "nice" Yggites - but I want ones that make a believable
> culture.

Agreed. And I don't think the Yggites are nice - I think their barren, windswept islands are too harsh to allow "nice". But they are not Vadrudings - they have some culture and they have social institutions other than violence.

> I see the Hrimthurs demigods who range on the Glacier ignoring
> Valind's authority as the closest to a "Vadrudi society" - the
> eternal outlaws and robbers.

Sure, but they are demigods, not men. I don't think any men are descended from Vadrus.

Jeff