> Balanced clans ran away to preserve their lives, and gain the wyter
> blessing Skate Marvels.
Skates?
Horrible visions of Holiday Glorantha on Ice and a travelling Skovari
band performing on the frozen mountain lochs spring to mind, re-enacting
Orlanth's triumphs over the Evil Emperor.
Colourful costumes and impressive sets for the Emperor's Palace and
Orlanth's camp.
But skates seem less likely to me for heortlings than skis. What would
they skate on, no large lakes that I'm aware of between Skyfall and
Coralinthor Bay, and I don't think the Engizi freezes over. Am I missing
something?
You get alot of snow though and with skis we can have a nod to Swedish
King Gustav Vasa (remembered every year in the large Cross Country Race
"Vasaloppet") escaping the forces of the Evil Danes in the early 1500s.
Elected King by patriotic Swedes he had to escape on skis, hid in a
barn, wore a rough cloak above his gold-stiched shirt etc etc.
Heroic stuff suitable for an Argrath.
Cheers,
Bo
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