On 9 May 2020 at 18:38, Jeff Zeitlin wrote:

> Suppose the Zarthani civilization is actually on a world near the
> Imperial/Vargr border, which is not actually part of the Imperium and
> has no interstellar contact.
>
> Now, suppose that a Vargr in a single-sophont starship - perhaps an
> Imperial Vargr Scout in a classic Type S - crash-lands on this world.
> The ship crashes into water, and sinks; the Vargr is able to get out,
> perhaps with some _limited_ materiél from the Ship's Locker, and swim
> for shore.
>
> Here's where you come in: Write the story of this Imperial Vargr Scout
> being stranded among the Zarthani. Remember that the Zarthani pantheon
> includes Galzar Wolf-head as the god of soldiers/fighters/warriors, so
> it's not out of the question that our Scout is taken as an avatar of
> Galzar.

Heck, if he lands a few centuries *before* Styphon's Ban on Hostigos,
he may actually *be* Galzar!
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