Shargash the Destroyer:
Mongoose RuneQuest "Cults of Glorantha Volume 1" page 51 and 52.
Runes of Death and Fire
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From: "roadsgoeveron" <daveolloyd_at_rg9jUWKzxhQ1clKZFQ2kfHhEInuziDHcembOYNqfyNfVAbseRmTubjkg0EBn7RFAm9tmt4947Lk.yahoo.invalid>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: Shargash - what sort of a God is he?
Hi!
Although I don't have it with me, I believe that there is a RQ-style
write-up for Shargash in Enclosure (#1?) that may includes runes. I
think that there is another version in Mongoose RuneQuest.
Thanks,
David.
wrote:
>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, donald@ wrote:
> >
> > In message <f318ej+3vpa_at_> "valkoharja" writes:
> > >The Red Planet, Yelm's Pitbull, slayer of Umath, God of Alkoth.
> > >
> > >I haven't been able to figure out what sort of a God he is. As the
> > >destroyer in the solar pantheon I would guess a RQ / Godlearner style
> > >analysis would give him the runes of Fire and Disorder, or possibly
> > >Fire and Death.
> > >
> > >But there are also mentions of him "thundering", and his bolt of
> > >destruction sometimes sounds like a thunderbolt.
> > >
> > >Can somebody clarify this for me a bit?
> >
> > There's a writeup of Shargash in ILH1 page 25. It gives affinities
> > of Berserker, Combat and Destruction. His secret is Janata the
> > Killer Bolt.
>
> Yes, but what is it? The bolt that is?
>
> Is it a bolt of fire? Is it a bolt of pure magical energy? Is it, in
> fact, a thunderbolt?
>
> What would be his runes in a RQ-style writeup?
>
> -Adept
>