Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 6:02 am
There's a fairly complete discussion of cursing and insults in this thread: http://www.well-of-souls.com/forums/vie ... 768#p11768
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No. It's chiefly a mangling of lorelei (a German mermaid/siren), and le roi (French, "the king").RedDwarfIV wrote:I know you chose the name 'Loroi' because you felt the sound of it seemed right, but would that have anything to do with the elflike descendents of humanity from The Time Machine being called 'Eloi'?
Ah.Arioch wrote:No. It's chiefly a mangling of lorelei (a German mermaid/siren), and le roi (French, "the king").RedDwarfIV wrote:I know you chose the name 'Loroi' because you felt the sound of it seemed right, but would that have anything to do with the elflike descendents of humanity from The Time Machine being called 'Eloi'?
And I was wondering why Loroi sounded so similar to Loreley... Thanks for explaining that.No. It's chiefly a mangling of lorelei (a German mermaid/siren), and le roi (French, "the king").
Sure, the Loroi have legendary stories that have a similar character to Greek or Norse myths, and many of them feature mermaid-like entities. The Loroi sea-spirits have a lot in common with our mythical sirens, except that instead of being alluring, they are portents of doom or the onset of storms.Suederwind wrote:However, what would the Loroi most likely think of that old fairy tale, do they have similar stories and what are they like?
Lots of happy endings for the Loroi, no doubt.Arioch wrote:Then she marshaled an army of sea-spirits and marched on her former home, killing pretty much everyone.
It seems like the moral of the story is, make sure your enemies are dead or they -will- come after you. Loroi are rather vindictive, aren't they?Arioch wrote:Sure, the Loroi have legendary stories that have a similar character to Greek or Norse myths, and many of them feature mermaid-like entities. The Loroi sea-spirits have a lot in common with our mythical sirens, except that instead of being alluring, they are portents of doom or the onset of storms.Suederwind wrote:However, what would the Loroi most likely think of that old fairy tale, do they have similar stories and what are they like?
An example of such a story would be the Legend of Tempest. Tempest was a member of the ruling clan of a coastal city-state. Jealous of her personal power and growing influence, Tempest's wicked sisters conspired to assassinate her. While on a naval mission far from shore, she was drugged and thrown overboard, and left to drown. Instead of drowning, Tempest survived and allied herself with the local sea-spirits, adventuring through the depths and recovering powerful artifacts, including a glowing orb that gave her powers over the weather. Then she marshaled an army of sea-spirits and marched on her former home, killing pretty much everyone.
RedDwarfIV wrote:Depending on the interpretation, this was either a punishment or protection that Athena put on her, but either way, Perseus saw it as a punishment, and endorsed it, considering it 'what she deserves'. Theeeen he went off to go kill her, and afterwards, used her severed head as a weapon.
... that's not something you'd see in most modern depictions of 'heroes'.
Very much so, and very often such myths end with the fall of the hero due to his own flaws. Heroic myths are often as much about the excesses of hubris or other human vices as they are about heroic deeds.RedDwarfIV wrote:Also, a lot of mythical figures are jerkasses.
Yeah.. Athena comes off as rather bitchy there too, blaming her for being raped. Blame the victim much there? It's accurate though, most mythical 'heroes' were anything but heroes. Not even Hercules was much of a real hero. He was pretty much a jackass to everyone.RedDwarfIV wrote:Also, a lot of mythical figures are jerkasses. By modern standards at least, Perseus was quite the arsehole, at least in some versions of the myth. Take his slaying of Medusa, who in the Roman verion was originally a very beautiful woman... and then Poseidon raped her in Athena's temple. Athena was furious, and in response, turned Medusa into the gorgon we know her as, with a face so hideous that would turn onlookers to stone.
Depending on the interpretation, this was either a punishment or protection that Athena put on her, but either way, Perseus saw it as a punishment, and endorsed it, considering it 'what she deserves'. Theeeen he went off to go kill her, and afterwards, used her severed head as a weapon.
... that's not something you'd see in most modern depictions of 'heroes'. We have very different values now. Presumably, Loroi values changed a lot between Tempest's time and 2160.
The Historian personality constructs cannot be detected or interacted with by Loroi telepathy.Zakharra wrote:I'm not sure if this has been answered before, but since they seem to be artificial intelligences, can the Loroi Farseers detect the Historians with their powers?