I tought of it, but didn´t think that Jar-Eel would be able to do it SO fast, in front of the rest of FUCKING IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL PEOPLE. ¡I´m amazed!
Belintar is killed during the 22th Tournament of Masters of Luck and Death…(Esrolia the Land of Ten Thousand Goddesses) So, the whole ritual the rulers of Sixth and he engaged was the one.
I am surprised, but I don’t think Jar Eel goal is simply to kill Belintar. Belintar’s body is old and it has to die in order to let his spirit go elsewhere (in a new young body). I think Jar-eel is merely entering the ritual in order to modify it and let the true power and loyalty of the Holy Country be trasferred from Belintar to the Red Goddess. She illuminates Belintar by killing his old body and trying to capture/charm/convert his spirit for her own puroposes.
There are rituals within rituals happening here. We see Belintar’s ritual, in which he invokes the powers of the Sixths to fend off the Destroyer. We don’t see the depth of complexity of Jar-eel’s ritual, which allowed her to approach Belintar unawares to prompt the need for a new Tournament. Perhaps Belintar mis-identified the Destroyer? Sending the guardians at Harrek certainly meant that they weren’t watching his back against the likes of Jar-eel.
Is this “canonically” Gloranthan? As always, your Glorantha May Vary, but I was under the assumption that Belintar died peacefully and the MOLD rite was interfered with by Jar-Eel. Not that I am complaining with this recounting of events!
I have no idea where you got the impression that Belintar’s 1616 passing was peaceful – there was enough going on for his current body to suffer severe magical burnout (as was going on until a certain red-haired lady introduced herself, or rather her two blades, to the current body).
Still, no matter how gruesome Belintar’s previous deaths were – both in his original body and in those he acquired since – he always came back, whether eaten, consumed by Volcano, or whatever. We haven’t seen yet what makes this time different.
Kind of hard to call a viable MOLAD with her still in there at the center. In certain interpretations she may even have just won the MOLAD and put an end to the cycle before the transfer of assets.
Woe, woe for the man who came in from the sea. You left something witchy behind.
I believe canon says only that Belintar dies, and that the MOLD tournament failed to find a successor. I seem to recall something about the Red Guards, as well. Back to KoS.
According to the guide he suffered a mysterious death and disappearance (page 241), and the Tournament of Luck and Death failed to produce a new body (page 240).
This doesn’t stop her from being the cause of the tournament’s failure as well.
True, if somebody like Jar-eel rams an implement through someone’s back, it doesn’t matter whether it is a pointed sword or a tea-spoon – it is bound to emerge on the front.
(Good thing you didn’t have to draw this scene with her wielding a tea-spoon…)
Sheesh!! Does no-one EVER notice the 500 heavy cavalry???
The look on the face seems to indicate that Belintar fears death (not the symbol), which I would think odd in someone who is used to reincarnation with full memory. I would hazard a guess and say that his disappearance is more tactical than anything else more mysterious… “sod it – I’m out of here”.
No wonder Harrek is mad at Jar-eel – Belintar was his to kill.
(Which made the start of the Lunar ritual at Eternal Con’s WBRM a nice reversal…)
I’ll be honest, I didn’t see that coming!
I tought of it, but didn´t think that Jar-Eel would be able to do it SO fast, in front of the rest of FUCKING IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL PEOPLE. ¡I´m amazed!
Belintar is killed during the 22th Tournament of Masters of Luck and Death…(Esrolia the Land of Ten Thousand Goddesses) So, the whole ritual the rulers of Sixth and he engaged was the one.
Looks like he / she / it was dying on its feet before Jar-Eel struck anyway.
Fending off Harrek is going to take the stuffing out of just about anyone.
I’d already forgotten that Jar-eel had ominously shown up in number 40 (and as a red streak way back in number 30). Brutal!
I am surprised, but I don’t think Jar Eel goal is simply to kill Belintar. Belintar’s body is old and it has to die in order to let his spirit go elsewhere (in a new young body). I think Jar-eel is merely entering the ritual in order to modify it and let the true power and loyalty of the Holy Country be trasferred from Belintar to the Red Goddess. She illuminates Belintar by killing his old body and trying to capture/charm/convert his spirit for her own puroposes.
There are rituals within rituals happening here. We see Belintar’s ritual, in which he invokes the powers of the Sixths to fend off the Destroyer. We don’t see the depth of complexity of Jar-eel’s ritual, which allowed her to approach Belintar unawares to prompt the need for a new Tournament. Perhaps Belintar mis-identified the Destroyer? Sending the guardians at Harrek certainly meant that they weren’t watching his back against the likes of Jar-eel.
Is this “canonically” Gloranthan? As always, your Glorantha May Vary, but I was under the assumption that Belintar died peacefully and the MOLD rite was interfered with by Jar-Eel. Not that I am complaining with this recounting of events!
I have no idea where you got the impression that Belintar’s 1616 passing was peaceful – there was enough going on for his current body to suffer severe magical burnout (as was going on until a certain red-haired lady introduced herself, or rather her two blades, to the current body).
Still, no matter how gruesome Belintar’s previous deaths were – both in his original body and in those he acquired since – he always came back, whether eaten, consumed by Volcano, or whatever. We haven’t seen yet what makes this time different.
Kind of hard to call a viable MOLAD with her still in there at the center. In certain interpretations she may even have just won the MOLAD and put an end to the cycle before the transfer of assets.
Woe, woe for the man who came in from the sea. You left something witchy behind.
I believe canon says only that Belintar dies, and that the MOLD tournament failed to find a successor. I seem to recall something about the Red Guards, as well. Back to KoS.
According to the guide he suffered a mysterious death and disappearance (page 241), and the Tournament of Luck and Death failed to produce a new body (page 240).
This doesn’t stop her from being the cause of the tournament’s failure as well.
Kinda too bad that Jar-Eel’s swords change shape between panels two and three here…
Jon B – Really? I don’t see that.
Yes, it’s curved like a khopesh or sickle-sword in the second panel… and oddly straight in the third. Look at the weapon in her left hand.
Those curves just are hidden by Belintar’s body. Note how the tips emerge below the straight line of the swords.
The real nitpick would be how good these slashing weapons would be at impaling.
Depends on how much force you jam them in with. Unlike a khopesh they do end on a sharp point.
True, if somebody like Jar-eel rams an implement through someone’s back, it doesn’t matter whether it is a pointed sword or a tea-spoon – it is bound to emerge on the front.
(Good thing you didn’t have to draw this scene with her wielding a tea-spoon…)
I love it that there are these little unexplained misteries so that we the fans can come up with all kinds of theories.
This is why I dislike the Lunars. So much awesome magic, awesome characters, either killed or enslaved. 🙁
Sheesh!! Does no-one EVER notice the 500 heavy cavalry???
The look on the face seems to indicate that Belintar fears death (not the symbol), which I would think odd in someone who is used to reincarnation with full memory. I would hazard a guess and say that his disappearance is more tactical than anything else more mysterious… “sod it – I’m out of here”.