Re: The great babadi soul furnace

From: Santo Sengupta <s.santo.sengupta_at_uGMdcgvYPLuXc3N4Wu3zDn2DZPsNzlJYbERKWb0hILFQlsLdXASVEMOuSHq>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:48:41 -0500

Namaste:
I agree that it is unlike that Zistori influences would have survived into the 3rd Age. It does make for some interesting Second Age stories though! Zistori spies trying to discover Octomonists secrets, or GL missionaries trying to convert/subvert the Radiant Wheel of Governance to better fit their agenda.

And here I thought I was all done running Glorantha games for another decade..

-S. Santo Sengupta
"Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih."

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jerome Blondel <jeromeblondel_at_-ClYZaYfmAuPKmTg0GyUzWhmPNDpRp9HNNZw8rYsTzY1mzUBPl9pgiB8w4oA_3PQvVeqiWjLr18TsVv3W1DM.yahoo.invalid>wrote:

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> hcarteau_at_AD-Y3jFTlB_DZVdaJGdYfaar0MzqfeX5ZVBdJyQEaQ3FpuKdIWuWK4iDL95I71SdX5TLkFT7iq21.yahoo.invalid <hcarteau%40free.fr>
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> > Selon Jerome Blondel <jeromeblondel_at_-ClYZaYfmAuPKmTg0GyUzWhmPNDpRp9HNNZw8rYsTzY1mzUBPl9pgiB8w4oA_3PQvVeqiWjLr18TsVv3W1DM.yahoo.invalid <jeromeblondel%40yahoo.fr>
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> >> Santo Sengupta a écrit :
> >>> Namaste.
> >>> One observation: The Palace of the Great Zitrs in Zanozar is called the
> >>> "Soul Furnace." Perhaps this (and other structures like this) can
> "store"
> > Life Flames between incarnations.
> >> I wonder if it's manned and maintained by the Babadi and magically
> >> controlled by the zitrs with assistance from the Furalor priestesses...
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> > /// Super-cool. THAT's what all these prayers wheels are about. Their
> spinning
> > fans the flames of the Soul Furnace. The more that spin, the better
> theenergy
> > released by the soul burnings, which dwarves use to power... to power...
> > something interesting.
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> The general description of the Babadi make me think the Octamonist agenda
> and
> the Teshnan religion are in agreement.
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> I doubt it's a Zistorite influence, they are Mostali devices.
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> Jerome Blondel
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