[Glorantha] Re: Humakt, not some meaningless volume number

[LC]

On December 17, 2006 07:00 am, Jane Williams wrote:

> Oh, lots of possibilities. The obvious is that the
> normal reason given for separation is right: he was
> pissed off with his little brother nicking his toy, so
> took his marbles away and refused to be on the Storm
> Team any more.

Wow, that's one way of phrasing it. :)

> The really altrusitic honour-based one: having ties to
> family and friends tempts you into dishonour, here
> interpreted as not being impartial. And to deserve to
> wield Death (once he'd got it back), he had to be
> impartial (he thought).

*nod* Certainly one I can see the Humakti believing. As well as the "he saw 
what he would need to do, and chose to make them not responsible".

> They're humans trying to explain the nature of a Great
> God. "They're wrong" is a given, to some extent.

Indeed.

> A sword. Whether or not that symbolises something else
> as well is another question. Combat, perhaps. Or
> separation (as invented by Umath).

I happen to be of the opinion that "Separation" is an important part of his 
nature as Death. Separating the living from the dead. Death as an ending and 
separation. Severing relationships. 

He is less combat in Sartar than elsewhere. As mentioned, many of his Sartar 
subcults don't have combat as an affinity. His Carmanian one that we know has 
Battle and Combat - so at least one of those is core to that aspect.

LC