[UA] Who is the True King?

[kabael at softhome.net]

> The subject line says it all, really.  What historical figure do y'all
> figure is seated in the IC as the True King?  Elvis would be a fun way to
> play it (and it explains all the stuff about the sweating corpse and the
> missing TCB ring, etc. etc.) but he doesn't seem to really fit the channels
> described in STATOSPHERE.  I'm more inclined to think Elvis was a failed
> ascension.  But I could be persuaded the other way.  What do y'all think?

I can't think of anyone, but not only because I'm not as well-versed in
history as _some_ people on this list :), but because there's just
something in my mind that whenever I think of "True King" I tink
"unattainable."

Maybe I'm just associating the True King with the Grail and the
"unattainable goal, endless seeking" I tack on to _that_, but I see the
history of the True King being an ascension followed by an increasingly
long string of failures. People who were _this_ close, but not quite there.
That, in turn, would color the Archetype as that much harder to achieve.

I guess I would say that I think while the individual who ascends
determines how the archetype works, the people who become Godwalkers or
even just powerful avatars can color the Archetype's details.

Then again, I'm also probably mixing my symbols and archetypes again.
Phooey.

Derek Guder - kabael at softhome.net - ICQ# 24193592

Opinionated reviewer extraordinaire

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