Glorantha: A Personal View of Broo Culture What Do You Want? Shut Up! A Personal View of Broo Culture by Martin Crim originally published in Shadows on the Borderlands This document is copyright 1993 by the Avalon Hill Game Company, and is used by permission. What Do You Want? Shut Up! Who are you? I am Borqulk, King of the Tribe. Who are we? We are the tribe of Slow Death, a mighty band of broos. What makes us great? Chaos and me. Chaos gives us strengths, and my iron discipline wields the tribe like a spear. Where do we live? We live where I say we will live. Right now, we live in the desert of Prax. That's all you need to know. How do we live? We live by hunting and herding. We keep goats, and take prey from the wilds and from the nomads. We eat everything we kill, whether beast or man. What is important in my life? To follow me and obey. To protect the goat herd so we will always have incubators and food. To hunt and kill. To rape and thus make more broos to strengthen the tribe. Who rules us? I rule you. Now shut up. What makes a broo great? I am great because I have three chaos features. You see my metallic skin, my third eye, and my extra arm. Well, I'm not going to tell you what they do for me. What is the difference between males and females? Most broos are males. We are the rapists, and father broo larvae on our victims. Females birth broos, too, and care for larval broos. Hermaphrodites can take both roles. What is evil? To disobey me is evil. To show any weakness, such as mercy or fear, that is wrong. I thought I told you to shut up? What is my lot in life? You must obey me. Most of the time, you will guard my goat herds. You will hunt and fight and kill when I tell you to. If you please me, I will let you learn magic the shamans, or maybe even become an apprentice shaman. If you prove very useful, I may make you one of my lieutenants. How do we deal with others? Other chaotics are either masters or slaves. Stronger creatures are masters, like me. Weaker creatures are slaves, like you. Non-chaotic creatures are food, incubators, or enemies. We eat food, rape incubators, and kill or run away from enemies. Who are our enemies? All that are not chaotic are our enemies. Storm Bull is the worst enemy, because he trapped the Devil under the Block and his followers can sniff us out. Waha is another enemy. What is there to do around here? Shut up and get back to work. See also: Introduction to Glorantha: Chaos in Glorantha What the Broo Shaman Says Secrets of the Chaos Gods [ New Here? | Greg Sez! | Main Page | Product Listing | Coming Events | Cool Links ]
ronin717