At 12:31 p.m. 2/05/2007, you wrote:
>wrote:
> >
> > ...and so Humakt struck him dead.
>
>...of course, "Humakt struck him dead" could include such options
>as "Humakt sent a disciple to kill him"--and indeed, that disciple
>could have been Harsaltar himself. That is, if Harsaltar felt his duty
>to the god compelled him to kill himself, I could see the chroniclers
>remembering it as "Humakt struck him dead".
Since Humakt is the God of Death and has been known to strike
people dead for breaking an oath (cf the consequences of breaking
an Oath spell in RQ), I see no reason to abjure the jehovahist
imagery of being struck dead in favour of a dull mundane explanation.
--Peter Metcalfe