> Third Age--Belintar washes up (in Caladraland?) and proceeds to
unite
> six kingdoms into a single empire. The resulting empire
incorporates
> disparate theist societies into something approaching a coherent
whole.
The Red Goddess/Red Emperor did a very similar thing in the Third Age. They took disparate cultures and molded them into an almost unified whole.
In the same way that Belintar took on the roles of various people in the Holy Country (Volcano Sacrificial Victim, Owner of Casino Town, Husband Protector etc), the Red Emperor took on differen roles in the Lunar Empire (Dara Happan Emperor, Camrnaian Shah, Paradisical Aviator etc).
Sartar did something similar but to a lesser extent when he united the clans/tribes of Sartar and created a new kingdom.
> In each case, it seems like the city/empire founder draws upon
lore or
> secrets of the preceding age to create a social structure which
> doesn't quite fit the predominant structures of his own age.
Which might be a pan-Gloranthan thing.
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Simon
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