Re: Is Daak a Trickster?

From: Kevin McDonald <kpmcdona_at_rHfY1Rv2Mg3mhXB9TiLoiPSNgY2coetZsuL5WVSUv0qVsUDcnftHvTjZfvnIYKM0W76>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:00:57 -0500


On Jan 15, 2008 5:29 PM, Mark Galeotti <markgaleotti_at_8Ua3HewZWzQY9AveBBcTBxd3P_wTEAdHtq-1wa9QmHTVKYHRx2kR2jfu0Hhjf2dVAY2gwYnKrQ2lis1TiQ.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> FWIW, when I wrote him, I certainly didn't see Daak as a Trickster
> (which has a certain innocence, in a sometimes nasty but also childish
> way), but as a consciously nasty deity, arguably just one step removed
> from the Krarsht/Chaos end of the spectrum.

I've even toyed with the idea that Daak is a stand in for the Storm Tribe - all the bad parts rolled into one. He shows up, all anarchic and violent, and screws up everything that is right and good beginning the slide into the Greater Darkness.

~Kevin McD            

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