| From: | Peter Nicol peter@*******.freeserve.co.uk |
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| Subject: | [OT] Stone of Scone Was (Re: Fw: Want a new Limb?) |
| Date: | Sat, 19 Aug 2000 22:57:45 +0100 |
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> Still, there were other targets that could have been hit first with just as
> much effect. Fujiyama is like the heart of the nation, can you imagine the
> psychological effect it would have had if they blew the top off it? That
> tactic was used to subdue the Irish, they took the stone of Tara, where the
> kings were crowned, and shipped it to England (It is now the Stone of
> Scone). Since then there has never been a King or even a ruler of a unified
> Ireland. (Never mind the drivel in the Tir NanOg sourcebook about Tara). The
> wars aren't really equatable (nothing will stop some Irish from fighting
> whoever gets close enough), but the symbolism is the same. In fact, from
> what I know about Japan, the powers that be would have taken much more
> notice of a tradition-bound mountain being blown up than they would have a
> million peasants being vaporised.
In fact the stone under the throne that the british monarchs get
crowned is not from Ireland but was stolen from the Scots in the
1100's i think by Edward Longshanks. Thats the edward that was
portrayed in Braveheart by Patrick Mcgoohan(sp?). I have no idea
what happened to the irsh stone but we( the scots) did steal the
stone back in the 1960's ( they did recover it) and that has lead to
the continuing urban myth if you will that the stone now residing in
westminster abbey is not the real one but one the thieves
manufactured and the real one is hidden somewhere in Scotland.
To bring this back onto a shadowrunesque line this could be a
basis for a grand Adventure especially if you use tie-ins with
Earthdawn as you could use the stone as a major pattern Item for
the whole of scotland and thus would be a powerful artifact if you
could just get it to work.
Peter
