[Glorantha] Gunda and War

[Peter Metcalfe]

Topi:

>I have a memory of Genertela: The Crucible of the Hero Wars to mention
>Harrek to have met Lord Death On A Horse once quite early in his career.
>It was said that maybe Harrek could have ended it all there and then...
>but he didn't kill (!) Lord Death On A Horse. I wonder if this occasion
>could have been where Harrek and Gunda met?

My own view of that encounter is that the "raiding party" was the remnants
of the expedition of Meriatan's Twin Brother being sent to investigate the
Black Forest.  The Survivors defeated whatever was originally in the Black
Forest but come out all horribly shaken and angsty-wanksty.  In this frame
of mind, they have the misfortune to meet Harrek the Berserk who promptly
kicks their butt.

In the aftermath of this encounter, amidst the mangled remains of his
slaughtered companions, Meriatan's Twin Brother goes insane, saying
"Yes, I see it all clearly now - War is the Ultimate Solution".  He then
becomes Lord Death on a Horse and established the Kingdom of War.

As for Gunda, the Genertela Book implies that Harrek was alone
when he left Rathorela and encountered Lord Death on a Horse.
If Harrek met Gunda here, she would have had to be in the raiding
party.  Now I don't know much about Gunda's character but guilt
over being in the Kingdom of War does seem a bit too much.

--Peter Metcalfe