>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "valkoharja" <rintasaa@>
> wrote:
> >
> > The fact of them being children is very poignant. Children are
> > protected in the heortling society. In fact, since the initiation is
> > so important, these deciples aren't even heortlings. They are deciples
> > of Humakt, but they've never been initiated into adulthood and full
> > membership of the society.
>
> I'd say it is more than poignant. IMG, the Heortlings view the
> Householf of Death as a tragedy and a horrible perversion (but maybe
> a necessary one). Orlanth and Ernalda are about life. Being chosen
> by Humakt is a last resort for those beyond hope, the lost cases, the
> already dead. Children are the future of the clan, the continuation of
> life. Children joining Humakt is utterly wrong.
>
Yup. This is how the characters in my game have taken it. One of the
things that make people, quite rightly, think that an age is coming to
a close and that the herowars are here.
-Adept