Brootse 519 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Is it because elves think that the trolls stink? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jajagappa 4,534 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 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 post Share on other sites
soltakss 4,926 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Brootse 519 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 Sounds like vile elvish propaganda. Why not use the trollish name Veg Buffet? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jape_Vicho 160 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 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 post Share on other sites
coffeemancer 271 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 smells like shit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leingod 633 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 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 post Share on other sites
metcalph 1,212 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 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 post Share on other sites
Leingod 633 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 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 post Share on other sites
Akhôrahil 2,288 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 "'Hmmm! it smells like elves!' thought Bilbo" —J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Montellano 1 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Thought it also had something to do with the humungous flowers growing there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brootse 519 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 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 post Share on other sites
Ian Absentia 1,041 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 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 Link to post Share on other sites
Baron Wulfraed 42 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Absentia 1,041 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 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 Link to post Share on other sites
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