Grain Goddesses - Britha and Dorasta
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I doubt whether Dorasta will be covered because in the Second Age Dorastor is a dead land. Dorasta is a very minor Grain Goddess in any case. Maybe she would be of interest to the barbarians in the south of Peloria, but only marginally. She is the Grain Goddess of a poisoned, dead land, chained by Arkat and probably abused by Ralzakark.
Britha is more important, but again she is probably not worshipped. The Brithini do not worship or acknowledge the gods and hence would not worship her. The elves of Brithos might worship her, but probably not as a Grain Goddess, perhaps as a Land Goddess.
It's interesting to see how the Grain/Land Goddesses of the West are worshipped/ignored. Seshna was honoured by the Serpent Kings but was ignored afterwards or denounced as a pagan goddess. What about Ralia? Was she ever worshipped by the Arkati, for instance?
Britha is more important, but again she is probably not worshipped. The Brithini do not worship or acknowledge the gods and hence would not worship her. The elves of Brithos might worship her, but probably not as a Grain Goddess, perhaps as a Land Goddess.
It's interesting to see how the Grain/Land Goddesses of the West are worshipped/ignored. Seshna was honoured by the Serpent Kings but was ignored afterwards or denounced as a pagan goddess. What about Ralia? Was she ever worshipped by the Arkati, for instance?
Loz
Mongoose
vistikos said:
They're relatively minor goddesses so no, no immediate plans to cover them in either of the books you mention. The Grain Goddess template should allow you to create cults for both, with amendments and modifications according to their respective myths.
Its not quite true that Dorastor is a dead land in the Second Age. It hasn't the Third Age's potency but the God Learners have been in there, mucking around, as usual, with stuff they should leave well alone.
According to the timeline in the old Avalon Hill "Dorastor" book, we're still in the "nothing that went in ever came out alive" phase. Which could be taken to say, "anything that did go in and came out again never entered the historical record". Or was purged from the historical record by the Gift Carriers (which is about as ironic a name as "the Kindly Ones"). I think the Telmori have gone in at the invitation of the Poisonthorn Elves by this time, so there's clearly something in there.Loz said:
The way I understand it, Dorastor is supposed to sit out the entire Second Age, and only come back onto the world stage at the start of the Third Age. There's plenty other stuff going on, and Dorastor takes a long time to get interesting again once it wakes up.
From Glorantha: the Second Age:
"Dorastor was a sprawling land and centre of civilisation during the later centuries of the First Age. The First Council moved there to establish a new capital, from which to launch the God Project. After the birth of Nysalor a long, long war made it a foul, churning wellspring of Chaos manifestations. The destruction of Gbaji suppressed Chaos throughout the world but Dorastor was awakened by God Learners and now is irreversibly tainted by it again. Its once-beautiful valleys and ruined cities comprise a maze of horrors, into which the heroes of neither Empire care to tread. Its broo armies send raiders into Bilini and eastern Ralios, trailed by a hopping, suppurating multitude of other obscene monsters.
Half a century ago, a horde of cursed Telmori wolf people migrated here from Telmoria."
So according to the current MRQ2 material it is indeed starting to become active again.
"Dorastor was a sprawling land and centre of civilisation during the later centuries of the First Age. The First Council moved there to establish a new capital, from which to launch the God Project. After the birth of Nysalor a long, long war made it a foul, churning wellspring of Chaos manifestations. The destruction of Gbaji suppressed Chaos throughout the world but Dorastor was awakened by God Learners and now is irreversibly tainted by it again. Its once-beautiful valleys and ruined cities comprise a maze of horrors, into which the heroes of neither Empire care to tread. Its broo armies send raiders into Bilini and eastern Ralios, trailed by a hopping, suppurating multitude of other obscene monsters.
Half a century ago, a horde of cursed Telmori wolf people migrated here from Telmoria."
So according to the current MRQ2 material it is indeed starting to become active again.
If you want to play in Dorastor, then the end of the Third Age is the time to do that. If you're going to play in the Second Age, then there are much more interesting places to go - Pavis, Zistorwal, the EWF, the Golden Sun Dragon, Feroda, an intact Seshnela, etc.
*Update*: Maybe I'm wrong about Dorastor, there probably is fun to be had there.
*Update*: Maybe I'm wrong about Dorastor, there probably is fun to be had there.
