Re: Daxdarius

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_VHPuS5LovK4Dgzwy31FK85SqdQH9GltL1QhuBV9S4tf_RuGhiG0iGnrfDk_TC7YEfdd>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:18:29 +1300


On 1/6/2012 9:27 AM, Benedict Adamson wrote:

> The God-Learner inspired emphasis
> on runes is not appropriate (the term "rune" appears nowhere in the
> Entekosiad, and means only "glyph" in The Glorious ReAscent of Yelm).
Although rune does not appear in the Entekosiad, Ideograms do and they have the same purpose as runes. Likewise the runes are prominent on the Gods Wall and also make up the very alphabet that Plentonius was writing with. Now it is true that the ideograms and the Dara Happan runes are different from the God Learner and Orlanthi sets, the classical runes can still be used to desrcibe them without any loss in accuracy (in much the same way as the Roman alphabet could be used to represent Chinese).

> The Pelandans are noteworthy for their lack of imperial ambition and
> success; they have been subjects for centuries.
Daxdarius founded an Empire which was the biggest of its kind and the Spolite Empire was a pretty terrifying example of imperial ambition. And if you expand Pelandan to include any worshipper of the High Gods, then the Idovanus worshipping Carmanians are pretty successful imperialists.

--Peter Metcalfe            

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