Re: Alynxes in Umathela?

From: David Dunham <david_at_MC2rCqGafylEwAO3H4mvQXOmJNYRq8OG_26EgyxR924_zJJ7GoEhPigwDX-6bGcbxwwF1v>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:21:41 -0700

On 16 Oct 2011, at 22:46, Jeff wrote:

>> Fire is not necessarily a bad thing to some elves. Some trees require fire or smoke to propagate... (And in fact, IMG those trees were found in Vralos.)

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> True enough. What woodland grazing does is get rid of some of the undergrowth in pine forests. From what I have read, it tends to be destructive in deciduous forests (like Vralos). So one group of elves likes it, and another dislikes it.

I presume the dominant elves are the ones that do. Those big sorts of disputes were resolved long ago.

And IIRC, eucalypts like Mountain Ash do prefer fire for propagation. These are IMG found in Vralos.

>> On the other hand, if cattle were imported, the aldryami probably don't like them, and would ban them. Glorantha still has other megafauna to propagate plants. (Think about what sort of animal was supposed to eat an avocado whole and poop out the pit somewhere else!)

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> Not sure the aldryami would ban everything imported (since the worst pest is humans), just the stuff they can't work into their forest ecology. They are forest managers, not environmental activists. :D

Again, I think the dominant aldryami are the ones that have the forest tuned the way they like it.

This does suggest plots where groups of aldryami do encourage shaking things up with new megafauna. Sadly for the humans involved, these plots would be unfolding over a rather long time scale.

David Dunham
Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html