[UA] Golem Family Reunion

[David M Jacobs]

At 11:43 AM 16/04/02 -0700, Royal Minister of Stuff wrote:
>The bit about the chinese cousin could be hotly
>debated, rather than having him show up.

The reason that I mentioned the Chinese cousin is because a group of Jews 
settled in eastern China during the 8th Century.  They still exist, but not 
in any organised sense; their last religious service was in the 1830s or 
thereabouts.  (For more info, see http://www.kashrus.org/asian/china.html)

I'd just love to see the PCs stumble into all this.  "Hmmm... Europeans, 
Indians, Africans and a Chinese guy, all not saying a word -- must be the 
Mute British Empire Revival Society.  Any moment, they'll start swaying 
silently to God Save the Queen."

>In fact, to take another seed from Pratchett, the
>Golems could be trying to create him from a different
>order of faith, using Chinese alchemical symbols and
>ingredients (as well as imperial elements such as
>pheonix and dragon.)

Actually, this isn't such a bad idea.  So long as they avoid (if you'll 
pardon the term) non-kosher practices, they might be able to get away with 
it.  OTOH, can they work magick without souls?

>Or, maybe, something like Lucifuge (from Hush Hush)
>has gotten involved and is leading the golems toward a
>longing for their own humanity (the poor little wooden
>boys.)

Personally, I think that they could show initiative for once.  I know, it's 
a little out of character, but, then again, I also like the idea of 
nonentity karaoke bars, just to be different.  ("He was on stage a moment 
ago -- then he just disappeared!")

>Maybe it's worse.  Maybe an Avatar of the Rebel and
>another of the Outsider have joined forces to make a
>bid for Godwalkership or re-working the archetype.
>Maybe they're trying to give everything in the world a
>"soul," revivng the old (I'm not sure about this)
>Lakota beleif or the idea of there being an angel for
>every blade of grass.

Nice.  Very nice.



David M Jacobs
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