On the Nature of the Durulz

From: Sean Foster <ebaninth_at_Nr91zbSkyKywoHsywaWec_olDSm6zcschbc2U67i8MWsDGQG7ITuH7KC84VzcoGSeeH>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:43:52 +0800

Do Durulz fulfil the Eurmal 'tribal' position in the Sartar 'Tribal' Ring?

>From SC sidebar:

" Eurmal is the Trickster, the god of theft, deceit, and betrayal. Eurmal is responsible for many woes in the world, including death and illness, hunger and loneliness. But Eurmal swore loyalty to Orlanth. He showed the way to the Underworld* during the Lightbringers Quest and helped the Great God several other times with his transgressions. Eurmal is a shapechanger, a rule breaker, a sex changer, a scapegoat, and a glutton."

Theft, deceit, scapegoat, loneliness all seem to plague the Duck personality.

This being the case, it explains why the ducks are still around - Other tribes know that they will one day be required and so just tend to ignore them. Maybe Fazzur knew this and put the bounty on the Durulz - there does not seem to be any other non-frivolous reason.

I for one have never understood why they were not simply eradicated as a tribe by that bounty, it does not seem difficult assuming that cannot all just live in the middle of the marsh with no external trade. This bounty has never seemed to have been that successful (the duck in Applelane), whereas the decision to eradicate the Dundelos was.

• Will the ducks eventually lead a small group into Upland marsh, where there is a gate to the underworld? Does the upland marsh have a greater than appreciated mythic role in the upcoming Herowars? It has only been there for 600 years. Maybe something was in that vicinity prior to Delecti, that the marsh hides till the Herowars.

If the Ducks are Eurmal (presumably not an Argrath :), what would you suggest the roles the other tribes play?

Dundelos - Grandfather Mortal

Colymar?

Malani - Humakt

Sartar blood kin (Argrath(s) and his/her band) - Orlanth Rex  

Sean

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