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Well, that certainly seems more in line with the history of silver schillings and pfennings I learnt about spreading out around the north Sea in the early-to-mid medieval period.

Is Krjalk(i) close enough? What if J->Z?

Well, not to harp on the same thing again - but it's my impression that the term "giant" is a rather generic term used for pretty much anything that's very, very large in size. When talking about the Cradle River Giants, Gonn Orta, the Quivini Giants and so on, one might be tempted to use the term "Mountain Giants" or even something more specific, I'm not sure. Certainly they are separate beings from the "giant" Bomonoi, Luathelans, the Mostali creations I forget at the moment, and so on. There are also a number of gods who may or may not have been gigantic whenever they felt like it, or even habitually (If Genert counts as one, does Kero Fin?). And I've always had a tough time figuring out the "Mountain Giants'" (sic) relation to the Primal Earth in general. Are they further devolved parts of the Primal Earth, or are they something else more particular?

So... Malasp-chartered privateers?

Ah, like how Americans call maize "corn", a term historically used for any edible grain/cereal in Europe. Or how some Americans call sweet potato "yams", while the yams is actually a different tuber altogether. Or, I guess potentially, how Christianity sort of just went with that the fruit at the center of Eden was an apple, whereas it's never actually specified in the Bible.

I'm not sure how relevant this is or not - but I've seen multiple places that not all giants are necessarily the same, or belong to the same kind of people - it's more of a descriptor than a designator of a true group. Additionally, not all mountains seem to be adult giants. However, all of the above could certainly be true for the Cradle Giants and their kin, however one slices and classifies giantkind otherwise.

Isn't that specifically one of the steps of creation in Draconic ontology?

My deepest condolances to Greg's family and close ones, this is deeply tragic. While my own sorrow is of a much smaller nature, I'm still profoundly saddened by his passing, even though I'm just a novice in Glorantha. What struck me about his works, both literary and world-building, is that they had a seemingly never-ending depth that allowed players and enthusiasts alike to play around, and develop themselves while doing it - indeed, Glorantha is one of the very few settings where this is actively encouraged, imho, it being a fundamental force of the setting, far beyond runes or gods. Rest in peace, and may your shamanic experiences see you safely to a good, pleasant Otherside.

I now am developing a headcanon where some son of Erlanda and Flamal was chopped up and buried in many places, then sprouted up again, but depending on which appendage was buried there, you get different kinds of wild cabbage derivations.

Hard to speculate about Theyalan, but it the root "Ernal" could be gender-neutral, and you might have "-ar" as a masculine suffix and "-da" as a feminine one. Purely speculation. "-(s)ar" might also mean something along the lines of "devoted to" or "beloved of", which are other kinds of name-specifiers we find a lot in the RW.

I tried to look around, but couldn't find any evidence for this line of thought, however, I was wondering: could there be a mythical connection between an archetype of a Weaver Woman and Dendara, the Good Wife of Yelm? Well, or a more profane solution: the peasant rebel who wins is elevated to a noble, his genealogy faked, and it "turns out" that he was always a noble. Social hierarchy preserved. Although the idea of Umath as a son of earth and fire who actually "won" is a very interesting perspective.

So, effectively, there is a unique and endemic "Ingareen School" of Malkionism they practice? Or do different communities practice different things? Are they all immortal, or only some? Sorry, just trying to understand it.

So, are the God Forgot people largely Brithini in philosophy, or Aeolians, or something else?

That is surprising, since silver coins were more common than gold ones at least in northern Europe from what I know. Granted, northern Europe might've just had more silver mines.

Possibly, but what if Sheng saw the Red Emperor, or his mother, as some kind of recombination of Nysalor's parts in some respect? Eating and consuming might do the trick where hiding does not. Not trying to argue against that Sheng isn't an utter genocidal monster (and deliberately so), but if we really believe that it's the Arkat-nature that drives him, then his existence is one more defined by opposing something rather than standing for something.

This is a bit of an aside, but the daily life of a Pentan nomad could essentially be viewed as a martial art. The same techniques one uses to herd and to hunt are used to fight enemies. This is in an allegorical sense though, as I'm not sure if a nomad would see these things as "arts", as opposed to just necessary techniques any adult must learn.

The Atrocity War/war of the Bolt (around the Dawn? Vithelan chronology is a bit "off" from the rest of the world) seems to have been fought by an army formed by martial arts adherents rather than specific nations, if I recall correctly. The power of Kabalt, the Liberating Bolt is both described as a weapon, but also seems be something several adherents could tap into or summon, which I interpreted as being a mystical-martial discipline when I read it. There's also the Austerity Wars fought by Vormain against the demons in the northeastern sea of fogs, which, while it doesn't outright state any martial arts, does mention a lot of purification and discipline over many years (hence the name of the war), which to me seems to imply at least some level of intense martial arts practice. I am definitely in favor of Indo-Talmudic peasant-caste capoeira being used to grapple cataphracts off their horses and render their heavy armor useless.

Well, at least the text shows why the cannibalism was justified by Sheng: by preventing the rebirth of the Red Emperor-proper. I suppose this is an extension of previously preventing the TakenEgi-mask to respawn, as it were.

There's also a possibility it's a kind of mythic echo back to Aether and Gata interacting, or even Lodril and Oria - but yeah, another reason to always be suspect of "official" Dara Happan genealogies, which are beginning to look more and more like blatant "retconned" propaganda at this point. Not that the other cultural groups on Glorantha don't do propaganda, of course, the DH's just seem more staunch about it. Them and the Kralorelans, maybe.

It's a Fertile Earth goddess who has been gifted to polish the mighty spear of a Hot Earth god, to ensure that the fields will be fertile. *cough*

How do the Horse-Hsunchen of Ralios work with this idea of horse proliferation?

Do the Heortlings consider land purchasable with money?

Not much else to say than: wow, that's pretty damn cool! Is Cenala known from anything else? What's the plateau she is on, does it have a modern equivalent?

The Pure Horse Clan, or Pure Horse Folk, is the ancestors, if not directly then in lifestyle, of the Grazers, and many Pentan clans as well (who have Pure Horse Clans as a kind of hereditary priestly caste). In fact, these guys you mention in the game might basically be Proto-Pentans. I wonder why we haven't heard anything about the Gamatae in the game, since they are often mentioned alongside the Hyalorong as ruling Peloria in the Gray Age. Is Gamatae a different name for someone mentioned here?

I agree that it's a position that's pretty hard to hold if you view the adventures as-is, but I believe they viewed the adventures as something more akin to folklore or tall tales. I don't disagree with this, but I think you clung on to "retcon" in a bit of a too broad manner compared to the context I used it. I specifically used to to refer to the idea that the God Learners became gods and created the God Time stories to begin with, which I'm not too much into. That the God Learners irrevocably altered the mythical landscape through new insights, revelations, and outright changes I think is a valid and important point. Their alteration of making the "four worlds" directly comparable and putting together western, pamaltelan, vithelan and genertelan-theistic mythical cycles in a common context is a major development, and I would argue is a lot more important than just heroquesting a bit innovatively here and there and adding or removing a rune. Their legacy is the idea and perspective of the monomyth, which makes all stories, all concepts "relative" in the sense of making it possible for them to be put into relation to each other - a feat previously only the Theyalans and Bright Empire seems to have done, and only in central Genertela at that.