Re: Fallen Stars in Brolia ?

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_JEWOIYoBp-X3b1AOC7nTMxTOVhWTZt3SjdU16e6wgQVe1lkuPHSkxFHCeIfAxevZgiH>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:50:44 +1300


On 2/11/2010 9:39 PM, David Scott wrote:
> Hi,
>> (1) A fallen star from Orlanth's ring somewhere in Brolia would
>> make a great objective for a quest (what does it look like? a giant
>> crystal?) (2) I agree that a fallen star can be a person or an
>> object or both, but I will leave it to the philosophers to decide
>> whether it can simultaneously be a metaphor.

> As it would have been witnessed (possibly) on a Glorantha-wide level,
> surely every culture would have a different perspective on what it
> meant and what it actually was.

But it wasn't a gloranthan wide event. It was somebody heroquesting in Brolia and failing. As a result stars fell on his homeland. I don't see why we should deny this in favour of a polymythed interpretation from folks who know very little about Peloria and care even less.

--Peter Metcalfe            

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