[Glorantha] Theya Dawnsfire and the quest

[Mikko Rintasaari]

> I'd suggest Yina's magic relates to a heroquest Theya performed then.
> Whatever it should have a bit of a story behind why she has it and
> I'd go with Rob in feeling that the player should take the lead in
> telling it.

Theya had travelled a lot, and met several hsunchen tribes. This got her
thinking that it should be possible for her clan to forge a deeper link
with Yinkin. One sacred time Theya quested to court Yinkin, and got
pregnant by the catgod. She carried the pregnancy for a full year and had
the children during the next sacred time, in the forest where Yinkin
hunts (can't remember the name of the forest in Storm realm right now).

So that particular quest was meant to give birth to a demigod.

What she actually got was a litter of four shapeshifters, that can take
the form of a human or a cat. Two of the children are mostly cats, and two
are mostly human.

A rival hunter clan, who mostly worship Odayla, grew jealous of these
divine children, and an ambitious thane decided to steal some of the
children in a midnight raid. The raid went wrong, Theya shook of their
trickster's magic, woke up and leapt on the raiders inside her home. Naked
from her bed, fighting with tooth, claw and magic Theya slew three of the
four attackers, but the leader struck her down from behind with a sword
and escaped.

The chief of the Winterrock clan adopted the children, and demanded huge
wergeld. This was not payed, as the other clan concidered their three dead
thanes blood for blood. Theya's young children demanded blood, and the
clan chiefs have decided (unoffiscially) that the matter will be one for
the children to settle when they are older.

The children were very magical, and strange things started happening in
the clan grounds [In northern Heortland, high in the foothills of the
stormwalk mountains], like heort's blue deer, and unicorns being seen. The
other side grew closer and the boundaries between the worlds weakened. It
became necessary to initiate the children early.

During their initiation Theya's children found themselves in the Storm
age. Yina's (human) brother Yenka made friends with Hantrafal and Kolat,
and learned strange magics at their feet. He become a godi, very
shamanistic in style, and with unique spirit hunting feats. Yina's catlike
sister follows Yenka and works with him, like a theistic version of a
shaman's companion spirit.

Yina was impressed with his uncle Orlanth, and ultimately became one of
his warrior companions, as did Yina's catlike brother Silver.

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That's the short version :D  I ran a very free initiation for Suvi, with
the character basically living through the significant events of Heortling
mythology. She became a heroic scout for the Thunder Brothers, and lived
through the greater darkness to see the dawn with her own eyes, like her
father.

> That's one approach, what is practically useful. Another is to find
> something which is fun and shows a different side to the character.
> Say "Dazzle with light" which is going to be particularly useful
> against trolls who are Gavren's particular enemy.

That's pretty neat! Especially since the shadowcat's have that shimmer
glow anyway.

PS. Suvi is of course the person who drew this
http://www.glorantha.com/new/yinkin.jpg
So having a Yinkini demigod character is pretty appropriate

	-Adept