>>> Anyone know why Minaryth Purple always wears purple?
>> d) He has two sets of robes. A best set which is purple and an
>> ordinary set which might have been purple - or red or blue or
>> green - but is now the muddy grey which comes from tramping the
>> hills of Sartar and sleeping rough.
>
>Fair enough, if so, but doesn't tell me why. Even if they are (were)
>both purple is it then b) or c) above?
Any of a thousand reasons. That was the material that was available, it was part of a cheap job lot, he liked the result at the time. My point is that in a society which uses a hand loom for weaving clothes are expensive and best clothes are worn occassionaly for years. I've known people who bought a new suit for their wedding and wore it for weddings, christenings and funerals for the rest of their lives. Someone who's formal clothes were purple could well get that as a nickname. Of course there is also the question of whether purple is as expensive a dye in Glorantha as it was in the RW. If so then it is an extravagant display of wealth even for a single garment.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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