Re: The third limb of the Two-legged Alliance

From: Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_Z8HnRLKQrIX1fJTkk--448uyJ6o1tppveuN047e8V6BY6fyUiUYpoQERh73Ylr3hbn>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:03:52 -0500


The only ostrich-like reptiles I can think of might be Demi-Birds. I'm probably wrong about that, too, though.

Guy

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Keith <keith.nellist_at__t-pckeV7GwjKlxGk8eMOSiQuyBhH3_9EV1Hv-9Y1rTUxBdq3eMEky-G7-s6ATBQepg-8UreTdahbxEEsOzI7Shrsg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>
>
> I don't think either Ostrich or Bolo-Lizard riders are reptilian, at least
> not in my game. They are pygmies though.
>
> The "third is obscure" is useful for both members of the alliance as it
> could, by a wily and pragmatic chief, be used to include any third party
> with only two legs - Basmoli, Men-an-a-Half, Groundmen, the Invisible Tribe,
> the Cannibals, etc.
>
> Keith
>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com<WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Richard Hayes <richard_hayes29_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > The Bolo Lizard tribe are one part of this alliance, as are the
> Ostrich-Riders, but the Hero Wars Gloratha Book said that "the third is
> obscure" (p. 172).
> >
> > I don't even know that much about the known Tribes either. Do they both
> follow the Way of Waha? Given the non-mammalian nature of their tribal
> animals, do they worship Eiritha too? Do the Ostrich Tribe have any tie to
> the Fire Rune-- do they, perhaps, claim descent from Yamsur, who had a
> chariot pulled by ostriches? Did the Ostriches themselves lose the ability
> to fly when Yamsur (or whoever?) was slain?
> >
> > I understood that the people of both tribes were pygmies, (so similar to
> the Impala tribe in that sense), and Cults of Prax said (in the dim and
> distant past) that the Ostrich-Riders were reptilian? If this is still true,
> what are they like?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Richard Hayes
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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