Re: How many Argraths?

From: jorganos <joe_at_qvbChYwY-TYdRECeEmPFEuLzGA35e73r8ENtbYBpb2jHvMsGHk-jmRZ0sDxSS31WglYYHVBi>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:33:47 -0000


Peter Metcalfe:
> I really like to inject a note of caution into all these theories
about
> Argrath. The CHDP is an unreliable document that ascribes many
> things to Argrath which we know was done by somebody else.

Correct.

> Garrath - A pavic hero whose most famous act was defending
> the cradle. However after it left Corflu, he was killed while
> defending it. Harreksaga does mention various things that
> Argrath said or did on his circumnavigation epic but these are
> all things said or done by Arkati shipmates of whom there
> are a few.

So you advocate another Wolf Pirate Argrath who fights against Harrek to a standstill in the Rightarm Isles in 1628, and who lets Mularik take the crown of Tarsh?

> Argrath WhiteBull is a howling mad beserk who unifies the
> tribes of Prax to oust the Lunars. He sacks New Pavis
> and later seeks to sack Dragon Pass but is killed in
> doing so.

Lasting long enough to get into that Telmori affair.

> Argrath of Sartar is the Argrath that succeeds Kallyr
> as King of Sartar. He is little known before then and
> is ashamed of his lack of glory in the early years of
> the war against the Lunar Empire. Although a brave
> and resourceful heroquester, his principal flaw is
> pathological boasting about doing things most people
> know that he never did.

That's more that a flaw - that's a reputation killer, if he does so himself. (That, or killing all who speak against him - which amounts to the same.)            

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