> > In my Glorantha there are, and
> I'm pretty sure I got the idea from some charioteers from
> KoDP.
>
> Then close your eyes when you see the nice big
> illustrations of Ralian Orlanthi in the Guide to Glorantha!
I will probably not buy that anyway...
[snip]
> Ralios is not a backwater of Orlanthi culture - it is one
> of the two major centers (the other being Dragon Pass
> itself) with almost 2 million Orlanthi and a proud history
> (the Ralians were the first to embrace Harmast after the
> Lightbringers Quest, they followed Arkat and were a major
> foundation of his Autarchy, they successfully fought off the
> MSE, and, more than anyone, they broke the EWF. And they
> have a lot more to accomplish in the Hero Wars).
Backwater? Personally I see the Dark Empire as the cultural high of Orlanthi and the Sartarites as backwater...
Nothing about spiked hair and chariots that say backwater. That was your prejudice speaking, not mine.
/andreas
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