That is right, chaos age into the Silver Age. History (and maps) show it to be a persistent site, and useful even against the chaos that Palangio loosed.
>/// So he might have been the community/city Guardian, giving it its own
name.
>And this would have been confused in later translation with a living hero.
>That's also cool.
>
>> Palangio is Illuminated. If the text says he dived, then he dove.
>/// Interesting. I'd have said the reverse : since he's illuminated, the
text
>may have many meanings : he could have "dived into" new Knowledge, for
instance,
>without getting one toe wet.
Lokamayadon once said that Palangio dove into Wisdom and came out untouched.
He dove, into the water, deep down into Erenplose.
>What you should be asking is why did he dive to Erenplose and what did he
>> bring back if the Iron Vrok was retrieved from the Mountains.
>/// Agreed, that's the interesting question. Since he dove before getting
the
>Iron Vrok back, he learned something down there. Perhaps it was wat Iridwin
>already knew. Perhaps the Erenplose people are one-shot ponies : if you
meet
>them they tell you XXX and you get Real Bad powers. That still doesn't tell
us
>who they are !
They are a Gods War city that survived when waters flooded the land, when the Mournsea got its name. They lived in a bubble of air under there.
Palangio’s overt mission was to destroy a rebel there, which he did with luscious cruelty. What else went on, perhaps you know.
>> For what its worth the RuneQuest companion describes Palangio as having
>> ruled with Dwarf Magic so going up into the mountains to get the Vrok is
>> really code for having it made by dwarves.
“ruled with” is an overstatement
He had any magic he wanted
>/// I wonder how you can remind so many bits of trivia... This info is only
a
>few words long !
>So the Vrok might have been given or sold to him, or he could have stolen
it
>from the dwarves. Back at the time, was Isilian still a member of Nysalor's
>coterie ? What about the other "name" mostali (Martaler, Iron Skull Fanak,
>Angarko Diamond Brain, etc) ? One of them could have equipped P. with this
>wondrous device, but for which reason ?
Because the dwarfs were part of Nysalor’s Council?
>> As things stand, it seems that Palangio must have been seeking a
spiritual
>revelation of sorts and seeking the mysteries of Worcha fits in well with
that,
>I think.
>/// It fits with an illuminated solar type seeking another way of seeing
the
>Universe, but what doesn't seem to fit is the Mostal / Worcha connection
then.
Palangio decided to use his mystical powers to obtain personal power.
--Greg
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Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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