[UA] Dirk Allen....

[Gareth Hanrahan]

On Friday 01 March 2002 15:52, you wrote:
> I get a similar sense from reading the core rules that Dirk Allen is rather
> an archetypal character. So is Alex Abel. So is Eponymous. So is Randy
> Douglas. So is The Freak.
>
> Now, Abel apparently came close to ascending, so his archetypal status is
> accounted for in the metaplot. The Freak is a Godwalker, so ditto for
> him/her. Randy Douglas is an avatar: check.
>
> But Eponymous and Dirk Allen still stand out as being exemplary of a Type:
> Dirk is the fool, the chronicler, the dirty, mad old wizard. And Eponymous
> is the Walking Dead Man, the Man of Stone, the Silent Servant. These two
> stand out from a host of "normal people" -- the sample PCs in the back of
> the book, the members of the CotNG, Rebecca DeGhoule's followers -- as
> archetypes of something or other. It seems odd that they're not labeled as
> such.

Dirk I can see doing some sort of "avatar fouling" misdirection or spell. 
I've always got the impression he's not a huge fan of the Clergy, and doesn't 
want to channel anything.  Hmm...maybe he's channelling the archetypes into 
his books... he should be an Avatar of the Magus, but he doesn't want the 
clergy messing his life, so instead he writes about Avatars of the Magus, and 
the characters take the karmic bullet meant for him.

Eponymous...probably should be an avatar of something, his behavior's 
consistent enough that he wouldn't be breaking taboo all the time.

> Matt Norwood
Gar

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