[Glorantha] Dragonrise and stuff

[Jeff Richard]

Hey Joerg -
 >>* Ah, but Kallyr and Minaryth are responsible for the Dragonrise,
*>>* ultimately one of the biggest reversals the Lunars have ever had. *
>You might think way too provincial. For the Provincial Lunars - be they
>the Sylilan Satraps or the Tarshite Royal House - this reversal meant a
>weakening of the Heartlands but an opportunity to go to the top.
 Maybe for the Tarshite Royal House there were some potential opportunities 
created by the Dragonrise (although that would require an insanely 
optimistic perspective - within 5 years Tarsh is torn apart by civil war and 
invaded by Argrath). For the Provincial Government, the Dragonrise is an 
unmitigated disaster. Based on some stuff from Greg, it sounds like most of 
the key individuals in the Lunar Provinces and many from the Heartland are 
devoured - worse yet, they can't be brought back to life. And three years 
later, things get even worse for the Empire.
 As for this being a Phargentite plot, I strongly doubt it (any more than 
Manzikert was a plot by Michael VII and the Ducas clan). Most of the 
Tarshite ruling elite was there - depriving Moirades and Pharandros of their 
most capable and loyal supporters. Fazzur wasn't there, nor were his ardent 
supporters - following the Dragonrise, they are relatively intact and soon 
challenge a greatly weakened Tarshite Royal House. Now, if anyone had a 
motive to cooperate with the rebels, it would have been the Fazzurites. 
 Jeff