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Elementalists of Glorantha Except a few of residents of Glorantha like Pharaoh’s Holy Country, many of them (like Troll, Orlanthi, Dara Happan, Teshnan, etc…) reject the equality of each elements aside from objective truth of it in a sense. (See Hero Wars 1st Edition, p239-240 Elemental Progression) Kralori Alchemists are in such minority and Pharaoh built his famous six magical bridges to each countries copying with the Godunya’s way to the Seven Bridges of Suam Chaw, between Hum Chang and Vaska Long. (It has some connection to Seven Provinces now sank under Suam Chow.) [Seven Bridges: One Way, Heaven and Hell, the Rainbow Way, Light and No Light, Liver and Bile and Honey, Kings and Other Immortals, Beautiful Music and Transformative Sex.] (Joerg Baumgartner’s Objection: Belintar made only one single magical bridge which has one end firmly rooted in the City of Wonders and the other one in the most holy place of each sixth ・near Stormwalk Mountain in Heortland, near the Tarpit on Shadow Plateau, near Ernalda (or the Necropolis) in Esrolia, near the Vent in Caladraland, near Seapolis in the Rightarm Isles, and near Casino Town (not Clanking City) in God Forgot. The Bridge is not a permanent construction, unlike the city-sized inhabited bridges across the Suam Chow. Godunya's bridges・especially the ones with the gaps・serve as exercises to enlightenment as much as as transportation and communication means. Belintar's Bridge is a magical convenience with the side effect of providing transport.) Real World Chinese Fortune-Telling Art and Principle of Yin and Yang was very important and almost indispensable in Chinese Cosmology and a sort of state religion, for their attach to historical record unlike to Hinduistic India. (See some speculations of Journey to the West) I think this kind of Art also exists in Glorantha…..though I don’t know they still use Godlearnish (more attached to Gloranthan objective truth?) System of Five Elements (Darkness, Sea, Earth, Fire and Air) or similar to RW Chinese Five Elements as Peter Metcalph pointed out in his “Crimson Greg”. (Joerg Baumgartner’s Other comments: There is one parallel between Kethaela's Universe in a nutshell and Godunya. Godunya's participation in the Grand Dragon project which had all the EWF as parts of the EWF dragon. Apart from that, Belintar encourages his subjects to be true to their native element, as his means to gain maximum magic out of his realm. Maybe compare Sandy Petersen's article on elements (via Lokarnos).) |