Peter Metcalfe
> On 11/27/2011 11:13 PM, Nick Eden wrote:
> > Though I remember it being said that committing the act of rape could turn
> > you into a broo, so at the very least there are rituals one can commit
> > without being aware of it.
>
> We are not given an example of a rapist turning into a Broo or how a
> rapist would turn into a Broo so it's not a refutation of my theory of
> chaotic damnation through magic and bad works. I'm inclined (at least
> for the Orlanthi) to think the transformation is a curse invoked by the
> Orlanthi Priests as they already have a mythic justification for it
> (King of Sartar p77). They prefer to send the Babeestor Gori nowadays
> because turning someone into a broo is a bit too close to chaos for
> their liking.
There's nothing in KOS to suggest that Orlanth cursed Ragnaglar to become the father of
broos. Indeed page 78 says "Finally Humakt killed them," (them being Thed, Mallia and
Ragnaglar). So for someone who is not kin to kill a rapist is mythically correct.
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Donald Oddy