[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 3

[Kevin P. McDonald]

David responds:

>>As I have said, the "death" of the divine pair was a local effect. Since the wind is a single entity then it would move into the wound to heal the gap. But there is not a parallel movement of "stuff" for Ernalda, so is essentially none as far as I can figure right now.
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>If the big picture is a wound, then (treating Ernalda as a proxy for all earth) there might be affects elsewhere such as earthquakes (the earth squirming in agony) or volcanoes (heated up by an infection).
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If the Lunars had created a giant hole in the earth, as they did with 
the air, then this would certainly be true. That Ernalda sleeps in the 
effected area makes things a bit harder to figure out. There may be no 
result at all outside of the zone of suppression, or perhaps it would be 
like having Her leg go to sleep. This would be an irritant to Ernalda, 
but She exists outside of time so can't directly act. Orlanth's reaction 
is unconscious, requiring no breach of Time. Maybe earthquakes would 
occur near the edge of the zone, like Ernalda turning in Her sleep...

Another interesting bit I gained from the current discussion is that 
non-Orlanth winds (like Storm Bull) would not be directly affected by 
Windstop. Therefore, the weather in my Carmania game might have seen 
more activity from the Vadruli/Valindi winds since Orlanth is not doing 
his usual job of suppressing them. Orlanth isn't dead, but He *is* 
distracted.

Another aspect of the response to Windstop outside of Dragon Pass would 
be the way the natives interpret these things. I should probably 
interpret these events through the Entekosiad - probably involving the 
myth of Entekos and Hare (Winter, and the Food Contest - p 33). 
Carmanians don't see Orlanth as the Lord of all Winds. Most (good) winds 
are servants of Entekos, like Doburdun. Ignoring Invisible Orlanth, 
Orlanth is probably seen as the chief of the bad winds, maybe identified 
with the Crooked Gods.  The Lunars claim to have slain the Rebel Storm 
might ring a bit hollow under the circumstances. The weather is *worse* 
in the Western Reaches during the Windstop, not better. Now if you see 
the Red Emperor as Hare then things might begin to make sense - in a 
treasonous way. :)

Just a bit of idle speculation...

~Kevin McD