Talk:Balema

Yes totally saved this in mid edit without realizing... Sorry about that.--Blu3vib3 20:59, 1 October 2011 (PDT)

I always thought Brohm was based upon Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Dungy 09:36, 2 October 2011 (PDT)

Hmm... Most of the mythology I can find with a quick Wikipedia search relating to Brahma details how he is too lusty/arrogant/attractive to daemons to get a big temple following, which doesn't seem to mesh with me as regards the very frequent and present use of Brohm's name in The Quest, Ring Quest and Gorn's Ultima dialogue. Although I do see how Brohm could be a simple variant on Brahma just as easily as it could be a variant on Crom.

My basis for Crom/Crom Cruach was A) pre-extant trivia stating as much on Gorn's page which I decided to move to Balema given that its associated with a whole world and not just Gorn and B) the Quest series' obvious grounding in the Swords and Sorcery genre of which Conan is rather emblematic (which in turn is confirmed as using the ancient Celts as a template for Cimmeria and Crom Cruach as inspiration for Crom) I found out along the way that the fictional Crom is a rather grim God who really likes outstanding feats of valor, which seems to mesh with Gorn's U7 description of him.

Still, I admit that none of this might be accurate, and I'm pretty sure unless we can find some distant interview with Snell stating otherwise that we won't know the absolute truth behind Brohm's origins. I'm perfectly cool with us either altering the trivia to include Brahma or deleting it for its lack of provability depending on what the consensus is.--Blu3vib3 22:05, 2 October 2011 (PDT)

I always just kinda assumed it was all a fairly thinly-veiled Conan reference (the movies in particular), given that by U7 Gorn is an archetypal fantasy barbarian with a suspiciously Austrian-sounding accent, as well as the whole Brohm thing (I wonder if it's pronounced "Brom" or "Brome?"). I added that trivia to the Gorn article; I guess I might have jumped the gun, though. --Terilem 23:15, 2 October 2011 (PDT)

Yes, I always sort of assumed that as well. Our good friend Gorn strikes me as more "crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of their women" than anything else. --Warder Dragon 03:15, 3 October 2011 (PDT)