| From: | Pete Sims <petesims@********.demon.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Dwarf stupid questions...:) |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Sep 1996 17:24:45 +0100 |
<chaos@*****.com> writes
>Ok, stupid question time, once again. Gather round, boyz and girlz as Bull
>asks yet another dumb question: (2, actually)
>
>1. What do you all think about D's gift and comment to an ork about the
>Elves not being the only race to have an anciant language...?
>
In fantasy and mythology, Orks, Trolls, Ogres, etc have their own
language, a guttural and foul sounding language, but nevertheless there.
If you follow Tolkiens view of elves, dwarves etc, then you will know,
that they definately *do* have their own languages, both written and
spoken", most other games follow this same premise, so I don't suppose
FASA will be any different.
>Now the bigger question...
>2. Ok, Dwarves have been on the scene as long as the Elves (not counting
>the Immortrals, and possibly the Spikes. I still think that I read
>somewhere about Dwarf Spike Babies). Anyways, if they've been around so
>long,why isn't their a dwarven society set up? It would probably be
>underground, since that's always been the traditional home of the dwarves.
>
Bull, have you check out the Rockies, and the massive expanse of
mountain ranges in Southern America, or the Alps, Pyranees, the Scottish
highlands, etc. etc. Dwarves don't like intereference from other races,
and are by necessity fairly secretive about their societies. (If you
think about the classic dwarf, you'll realise why). Also, judging by
the (Alledged) treatment of dwarves at the hands of the elves, it seems
logical that they would form their own societies, but at least keep them
fairly secret.
>Ok, I realize that the elf countries were really set up by Immortal Elves,
>but why not Immortal Dwarves? It stands to reason... Well, I was just
>wondering about that. Cee Ya...:)
>
Just because you haven't met any yet, doesn't mean there aren't any. I
seem to recal in one of the Sourcebooks, FASA mentioning that the early
dwarves all used names taken from the Tolkien sagas (apparently it
seemed fitting or something), sooooo... that being the case, it is also
possible that there are some very old dwarves out there. Mind you, IIRC
dwarves were not immortal in Tolkiens vision, just very, very, very long
lived. There's a whole mythology behind the elves, dwarves, orks etc,
which would be completely inappropriate for this list. After all, this
is Shadowrun, not LOTR.
But.... unfortunately, whenever Elves etc. are concerned, LOTR is *the*
reference point. :-(
TTYL
Pete
--
Pete Sims
And when I shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make
the face of heaven so fine, that all the world will be in love with night, and
pay no worship to the garish sun.
