Brootse Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Is it because elves think that the trolls stink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 53 minutes ago, Brootse said: Is it because elves think that the trolls stink? Because the stench from the Ivory Plinth and the bloody sacrifices made by the Tusk Riders fills the woods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Brootse said: Is it because elves think that the trolls stink? Officially yes, because there are too many trolls there. 15 minutes ago, jajagappa said: Because the stench from the Ivory Plinth and the bloody sacrifices made by the Tusk Riders fills the woods. Also yes. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brootse Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Sounds like vile elvish propaganda. Why not use the trollish name Veg Buffet? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jape_Vicho Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I think I read somewhere it's because of the incessant war the elves fight with the Uz and Tusk riders there, that makes the forest ground to be always filled with rotting corpses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeemancer Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 smells like shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leingod Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Elves probably use the name "Arstola Forest," and it's humans who call it the Stinking Forest because it's home to the Ivory Plinth, trolls, and Snakepipe Hollow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalph Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Leingod said: Elves probably use the name "Arstola Forest," and it's humans who call it the Stinking Forest because it's home to the Ivory Plinth, trolls, and Snakepipe Hollow. Arstola forest is south in Maniria. The Aldryami name of the Forest is Newbloom (KoS p89) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leingod Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, metcalph said: Arstola forest is south in Maniria. The Aldryami name of the Forest is Newbloom (KoS p89) Ah, my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 "'Hmmm! it smells like elves!' thought Bilbo" —J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montellano Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thought it also had something to do with the humungous flowers growing there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brootse Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Montellano said: Thought it also had something to do with the humungous flowers growing there. Isn't that a bit south? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Absentia Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I have another entry for the Your Dumbest Theory thread (or maybe a new thread, "Your Dumbest Misinterpretation of Glorantha"): For some reason I had it in my head that the Stinking Forest was a term applied by non-Aldryami to the particular flora cultivated in the forest. Great, vulgar, malodorous blooms producing a perfume intoxicating to elves and the insects that pollinate them, but wretch-inducing to others, even the Uz. And I am totally wrong. Another decades-long blind spot punctured. My misinterpretation underscores the curious intersection between Aldryami and Uz -- insects. The Uz love 'em, of particular note the giant varieties, as semi-domesticated beasts and as food. Aldryami surely appreciate them, even the giant varieties, for their crucial roles in supporting plant pollination. Can't they see their common ground? !i! 1 1 Quote ...developer of White Rabbit Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Wulfraed Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Montellano said: Thought it also had something to do with the humungous flowers growing there. Do these grow there? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Absentia Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, Baron Wulfraed said: Do these grow there? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum One of the candidates I had in mind! Also, orchids came to mind (though the climate this far north probably isn't right) -- sometimes attracting pollinating beetles by producing odors that mimic breeding females or rotting meat. !i! Quote ...developer of White Rabbit Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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