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Glabre-baatezu?

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#1
factol_rhys_dup
Feb 21, 2004 12:46:13 I don't know why this never struck me as odd before, but the glabrezu's name seems to imply baatezu, not tanar'ri. It's the -zu on the end. It follows the same pattern as amnizu, barbazu, and even just baatezu. Could the glabrezu be a convert? Any thoughts?
#2
zombiegleemax
Feb 21, 2004 14:34:08 Sounds like a neat idea, but since I dunno crap about squat then I can't really say anything :D
#3
Ornum
Feb 21, 2004 17:45:28 I don't know. There isn't much meaing to tanar'ri society in general, so why start with the type names of the race to find hidden meaning. Perhaps some sage somewhere made a mistake, confusing the then newly discovered type of tanar'ri with the baatezu they were fighting somewhere in the planes of conflict, and the name just ended up sticking after the truth was found out.
#4
zombiegleemax
Feb 21, 2004 19:39:58 Yeah..I could see that also..see? I don't know squat about crap I tells ya!
#5
zombiegleemax
Feb 21, 2004 21:46:53
Originally posted by Sucineri
Yeah..I could see that also..see? I don't know squat about crap I tells ya!

Yees duly noted.
Anyways, it would be interesting to turn it into one of the Baatezu's dirty little darks they don't talk about. The original glabrezu being a baatezu convert. Finding baatezu society too rigid and all that. Or again it could be just some graybeard's screw up. Whichever is more fun. 'Course you could go one step further and say that the 'converted' glabrezu was actually manipulated by the 'loths to weaken the baatezu armies. But then again depending upon how you count there are 17 different ranks of baatezu, a Prime number...hmm a Mechanus influence perhaps. Well that's enough from me have your own fun.
#6
sildatorak
Feb 22, 2004 11:58:28
Originally posted by Quinn_Planesrunner
But then again depending upon how you count there are 17 different ranks of baatezu

That's scary. There are also 17 great lords of the baatezu (Lords of the Nine + Dark Eight) and 17 Planes in the Great Ring.
#7
incenjucar
Feb 22, 2004 14:54:03 Or... "Glabre" may mean "Killer of"
#8
zombiegleemax
Feb 23, 2004 7:08:43
Originally posted by Sildatorak
That's scary. There are also 17 great lords of the baatezu (Lords of the Nine + Dark Eight) and 17 Planes in the Great Ring.

Well, if you count all the inner planes and outer planes. There are actually about 53 or 54 planes in the known multiverse.
#9
sildatorak
Feb 23, 2004 13:05:23
Originally posted by EvilSandwich
Well, if you count all the inner planes and outer planes. There are actually about 53 or 54 planes in the known multiverse.

I was just commenting that each of the Baatezu great lords could have an army consisting of all of the baatezu of a single rank (well a few pit fiends are going to be ruling other planes, but other than that) and rule an entire Outer Plane if they conquered that chunk of the multiverse. It just goes to show that the 'zu have already got plans if they win the Blood War.
#10
zombiegleemax
Feb 23, 2004 22:48:52 I think that the kelvezu and the uridezu, as well as the glabrezu, may disagree with your supposition that everything with a name ending in '-zu' is a baatezu, Rhys.

The horde of angry tanar'ri should be arriving shortly.
#11
zombiegleemax
Feb 24, 2004 13:55:19 I read somewhere that one of the Baatezu lords and one Abyssal Lord were having secret meetings. Anyone else know of anything like this?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 factol_rhys_dup Feb 21, 2004 12:46:13	I don't know why this never struck me as odd before, but the glabrezu's name seems to imply baatezu, not tanar'ri. It's the -zu on the end. It follows the same pattern as amnizu, barbazu, and even just baatezu. Could the glabrezu be a convert? Any thoughts?
#2 zombiegleemax Feb 21, 2004 14:34:08	Sounds like a neat idea, but since I dunno crap about squat then I can't really say anything :D
#3 Ornum Feb 21, 2004 17:45:28	I don't know. There isn't much meaing to tanar'ri society in general, so why start with the type names of the race to find hidden meaning. Perhaps some sage somewhere made a mistake, confusing the then newly discovered type of tanar'ri with the baatezu they were fighting somewhere in the planes of conflict, and the name just ended up sticking after the truth was found out.
#4 zombiegleemax Feb 21, 2004 19:39:58	Yeah..I could see that also..see? I don't know squat about crap I tells ya!
#5 zombiegleemax Feb 21, 2004 21:46:53	Originally posted by Sucineri Yeah..I could see that also..see? I don't know squat about crap I tells ya! Yees duly noted. Anyways, it would be interesting to turn it into one of the Baatezu's dirty little darks they don't talk about. The original glabrezu being a baatezu convert. Finding baatezu society too rigid and all that. Or again it could be just some graybeard's screw up. Whichever is more fun. 'Course you could go one step further and say that the 'converted' glabrezu was actually manipulated by the 'loths to weaken the baatezu armies. But then again depending upon how you count there are 17 different ranks of baatezu, a Prime number...hmm a Mechanus influence perhaps. Well that's enough from me have your own fun.
#6 sildatorak Feb 22, 2004 11:58:28	Originally posted by Quinn_Planesrunner But then again depending upon how you count there are 17 different ranks of baatezu That's scary. There are also 17 great lords of the baatezu (Lords of the Nine + Dark Eight) and 17 Planes in the Great Ring.
#7 incenjucar Feb 22, 2004 14:54:03	Or... "Glabre" may mean "Killer of"
#8 zombiegleemax Feb 23, 2004 7:08:43	Originally posted by Sildatorak That's scary. There are also 17 great lords of the baatezu (Lords of the Nine + Dark Eight) and 17 Planes in the Great Ring. Well, if you count all the inner planes and outer planes. There are actually about 53 or 54 planes in the known multiverse.
#9 sildatorak Feb 23, 2004 13:05:23	Originally posted by EvilSandwich Well, if you count all the inner planes and outer planes. There are actually about 53 or 54 planes in the known multiverse. I was just commenting that each of the Baatezu great lords could have an army consisting of all of the baatezu of a single rank (well a few pit fiends are going to be ruling other planes, but other than that) and rule an entire Outer Plane if they conquered that chunk of the multiverse. It just goes to show that the 'zu have already got plans if they win the Blood War.
#10 zombiegleemax Feb 23, 2004 22:48:52	I think that the kelvezu and the uridezu, as well as the glabrezu, may disagree with your supposition that everything with a name ending in '-zu' is a baatezu, Rhys. The horde of angry tanar'ri should be arriving shortly.
#11 zombiegleemax Feb 24, 2004 13:55:19	I read somewhere that one of the Baatezu lords and one Abyssal Lord were having secret meetings. Anyone else know of anything like this?