 Mama Iaga, What the F*** is/was she?! |
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 Dec 31 2005, 05:25 AM
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Uncle Fisty  Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928  |
After looking over the GW topic in SR4, I went back over The Burning Time as Dalamar suggested, as it's been forever since I've read it. It suggests that for one, Mama was damn powerful, and may have even imprisoned Ghostwalker's spirit some how. And two, it also states in plain english that she was from the 4th world.
So what the hell is she!? I've gone through three different books (Corporate Punishmnet, Target:UCAS, and The Burning Time), and I haven't even seen anything that acutally states her race. Is she some weird corney old IE, although none of the others, except perhaps the one down by Stonehenge (Karl something, although AH will say that there isn't any proof that he's an IE, but i have my opinions) show any signs of real age on them. Is she somehow a horroh (which would coincide with the post about her weird aura in T:UCAS, and her whoel metaplane hell/prison, or something else entirely? It's a little funny that in the source books that talk about her there's conjecture about exactly what she is as well, and now we're debating it here, but the idea that there coud (have been since she literally got toasted) something else that carried over besides an elf is interesting to me. Sure she could just be some old bag htat ages different form the rest of the IE's, has a particularily strong streak of megalomania, and the Human Looking edge (like Frosty), but I'm very interested in other ideas. Thoughts? |
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Dec 31 2005, 05:41 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
It sounds suspiciously like a Russian Folktale about the Baba Yaga, a witch who lived in a house in the woods that danced around on Chicken Legs.
Wiki-Fu here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga |
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Dec 31 2005, 05:44 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
well... there are spirits in SR called Baba yaga's. Check out the Critter's book
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Dec 31 2005, 05:44 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
... Which is also discussed in the Vladivostok chapter of Smuggler Havens.
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Dec 31 2005, 02:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
This sounds like a job for Ancient History.
Cue cheesy music and pole dancing. |
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Dec 31 2005, 07:40 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Quick Comissioner, to the AH signal.
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Dec 31 2005, 07:55 PM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
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Jan 1 2006, 03:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 4-September 04 Member No.: 6,628 |
:rotfl:
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Jan 1 2006, 05:47 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
HAHAHAHA! That's great! |
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Jan 1 2006, 12:43 PM
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Mystery Archaeologist Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 |
Now lets see if he turns up...
wait a sec I've seen his picture, good god AH in spandex (shudders) |
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