There appear lots of roast, err, keets when Solkathi attacks Danmalastan. For me that marks the time of the durulz exodus from Keetela.
My assumption is that Zzabur's claim of complete destruction of the Beakies is about as valid as his other claims to be the sole cause for world-moving events.
The question remains whether the durulz were carried along as warriors or unwilling victims.
>
> Namaste:
>
> I always thought the Ducks connection to the Death Rune was a result of
> their expulsion from Keetela before the Dawn, during one of the Great
> Nightmares. Was it something they did to offend Thella, the goddess of
> dreams? Did they reject the teachings of the Great Mystic Mashunasan? Or
> did they somehow manage to piss off the implacable Vith, All Father?
>
> Only HeroQuesting will discover the truth!
>
> -Santo
> aum shanti shanti shantih.
> "The world is like the impression left by the telling of a story." - from
> the Yoga V�siṣṭha
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:49 AM, <donald_at_...> wrote:
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> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > > Does anybody have a theory as to the connection between ducks and the
> > death rune/gods
> > > associated with death?
> >
> > A purely mundane reason is that the ducks of Sartar share the Upland Marsh
> > with Delecti
> > and all the undead creatures he controls. Humakt provides lots of magic for
> > dealing with the
> > undead so a higher than normal proportion of ducks follow him.
> >
> > Not that I think there are anything like the proportion of Humakti ducks
> > that the sources
> > imply. Most follow Orlanth and Ernalda like all good Sartarites and there's
> > probably a fair
> > number of Helerites. After all the Upland Marsh is an area which can't
> > decide whether it is
> > land or water so there's probably an aspect of Heler which deals with that.
> >
> > --
> > Donald Oddy
> >
> >
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