Re: Fimbulwinter's edge

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_ua05dab2oc_dSPXdl-eb-qe9r-JrWkLzf1gkR57MfqDXuCYZ0wSVURamqkNeOu4d5AI01>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 22:37:16 -0700

Well, Glorantha isn't the real world, so trying to apply Real World meteorology isn't going to work. Fog has its own goddess (one Goddess, one Spirit, actually), and there is no "Wind energy" to "go" anywhere - Glorantha doesn't worry about the First Law of Themodynamics (at least not without adding "Magic" to the mix, with Laws of its own that we *don't* know). Dew (and Frost) also have their own gods, goddesses or spirits that produce them, and those entities (being of Water) aren't affected by the Dead Air - except that as the Dew forms it freezes.

RR
He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad R. Sabatini, Scaramouche

• Original Message ----- From: Chris Lemens To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 8:13 PM Subject: Fimbulwinter's edge

  What does the edge of the Fimbulwinter look like? The description says that the wind just goes pfft. OK, but . . .    

  In the real world, a sustained temperature difference would mean that moisture in the air would precipitate out. Is there a huge fog bank at the edge? If so, surely the fog on the inner edge of it would precipitate out and freeze, eventually building a wall of snow and ice.    

  Even though no winds are distributing new moisture into the interior of the Fimbulwinter effect, frost keeps forming. So, perhaps the wind goes pfft, but the moisture distributes itself evenly across the effect? So, then there would be no huge fog bank?    

  Where does the wind energy go when the wind just goes "pfft"? If the inner world is no longer safe for it, does it retreat to the gods' world? Is Orlanth's home extremely stormy during the Fimbulwinter? Or can Orlanthi outside of Dragon Pass even get there?    

  Chris