Description of Yuthuppa
At the center of the city he found a great tower, still unbroken, but he could not enter.
He set up an alter to his favorite god, Oropum, and asked for advice.
Under the wisdom of the star light he entered, and with his wise men went
ascended.
At the top, waiting calmly, were astolologers who called themselves the
Star Seers.
(Fortunate Succession p.15 Emperor Vuranostum)
My Image:
Yuthuppa was surrounded by a beautiful Lake (Tenochititlan before Cortes or
Venetia) which connected to river Oslira, and magical mists over lake
encircled the city and complicatedly refracting lights to heaven...
(FS, once River changed its couse and swallowed Yuthuppa) and it
worked as if watchers to sky can see through excellent telescope lens, there
are foci for watching sky best and those are all the top of high Stargazer
Towers. Carmanian Logicians denied the mystical explanation of natives about
the clear sight of this city. But Dara Happan natives "know" this city
better than ignorant westerners and this city is located magically to Divine
Sky Realm or, more mystically, the Mystical Realm of Dayzatar. And they
insist their towers seem shorter from outside than inside. So from inside of
this city, citizens cannot see outside of this city through mists...without
climbing to one of famous watching towers.
Center of Inner Circle of City sets Highest Cathedral (E-Temen-Anki? in
Babylon?) of Yuthuppa dedicated to Dayzatar, and it was not desecrated by
most vile conquerors until Sheng Seleris started to rule Peloria. It had survived long
from Kazkurtum to Age of Tomastus, even Worst Jenarongs and Carmanians
didn't try to defile this tower because they didn't try to risk the anger
of
inhabitants of this tower, but Sheng was exception. Before his arrival, some
Risis (Hindu Term for Mystical Elders who hold Great Power by long ascetic
practices) who had survived long time since immmemorable age lived there with
great mystical power...but they seldom appeared before populace because that
was not their concern. Last record when they appeared was when Jernotian
Mystics visited this city of High Brightness in Karsdevanic Purge Age. The
highest Tower was made from unknown material and with some alienic beauty.
(Some Mayanic Monolith?)
Yuthuppa has never been fortified city and conquerors sacked it several
times, this city has changed and the scenery of past age only survived in
Buserium Paintings and writings. This is their way of thing, they always
know how to return back to tradition, but they never know when they hold the
power to do so. Attack of Sheng Seleris destroyed most beautiful scenery of
this city, Cathedral. But roots of it remains after his attack and survived
to modern 17C. College of Wisest Seer collected most metaphysical documents
of Empire even in the rise of Glamour University.
Artifacts and Ruins
Hill of Herustana, Anaxial Ark?
Reference:
GROY
P.2 Yuthuppan Copper Ledger
(It is perhaps one of original text of GROY for Plentonius,
of course it was already scattered and lost in Yelmgatha's Era.)
About Starstory Towers:
It seems all of these towers are named by specific day
of their important
celestial bodies and its change.
(Maybe each of
Solstice and Equinox, and each holy days are very important
IMO, and each
holds large shrine (and tower) for watching the phenomenon of
Sky World.) But
there is only two towers are named, Tower of No Walls and
Buserian's Frame.
Though I don't think 294 towers exist in Yuthuppa, at
least these important
holidays should be considered, 100 star lists of
Plentonius is good
example.
How about
the possibility of Astrology in Glorantha? If such art exists in
Glorantha,
what
kind of form should be made? (though Drastic Resolution: Prax and
Stellar
FAQ much reduced it for the ambguity and complexity of each
glorantha
culture increased.)
As GROY mentioned, some heroes who got
immortality has at least some
influence to their linked star. But how about
ordinary folk without any such
power? In RW astrology, one of its aim is
watch the birthday of each person
in the year and try to foresee their future
and fate.
Someone thought there is a scheme of underworld upside-down
of skyworld, and
watcher can see these underworld stars which linked to each
Underworld
immortals before Hero Wars evolved the each of concepts of Other
World. For
example, Arkat has his own constellation on ordinary Sky Dome but
I don't
know any other trollish heroes who possess their own Star over the
Sky. (Of
course, trolls almost cannot any of stellar except the Sun
(D'Wargon) and
Rufelza.)
Reference:
Glorious ReAscent of Yelm:
p. 54 Scepter of Order
p.79 Celestionomy
p.83 The Young God
See also my
site http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~BLUEMAGI/lightfore.htm
p.84 The Star Time and Stargazers
p.85 Yuthuppan Star Story Towers
There are other images for this city:
Read French Fanzine "Broos" #5
Or see here, (Translated by Jerome Blondel)
See the map of the City of Astrology and Gnosis
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