Redalda

Redalda is a character who plays important roles in both *Six Ages* games.

Redalda is a character in *Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind*, born into one of Ram clans neighboring yours. She is the daughter of the youngest of the three priestesses called the Daughters of Vingkot, and is a powerful priestess of Ernalda herself.

In the course of the game, she and your hero Beren the Tall will fall in love, and he and his friend Beren the Swift will compete for her hand. Of course, any such marriage between Ram and Rider is forbidden by both cultures...

### Skills & Religion

Redalda worships Ernalda, the earth queen and mother goddess of the Vingkotlings. Her skills vary within parameters:

* Bargaining: Very Good to Excellent
* Combat: Good to Very Good
* Diplomacy: Excellent
* Food: Good to Very Good
* Leadership: Very Good to Renowned
* Lore: Renowned
* Magic: Renowned to Heroic

She is a required quester for the following rituals:

* A fight against a sea dragon
* A fight against invading trolls
* A threat to crops and forests
* Rivalry between warlords

Her skills are strong enough that she will probably do fine regardless, but many of her options are helped by investing Diplomacy or Ritual magic during Sacred Time, and hindered if you are suffering a penalty in those areas. A smaller number are boosted by Health, Harmony, or War. Many of her actions have better odds of success if your clan's first god was Nyalda.

### Events

Redalda appears or is mentioned in the following events:

* Redalda Born
* Daughters of Vingkot (only if it happens after the preceding event)
* Golden Mirror Discovery
* Redalda Visits
* Redalda and Swift
* Beren Marriage Petition
* Redalda Proposal
* Wedding Crashers
* Wedding Ritual

## Redalda Horse Queen

### Devotees

Erdaylda
Reda
Rodene

### Temples

  or  (Dark Age)

Between the events of *Ride Like the Wind* and *Lights Going Out*, Redalda and Beren, her new husband, merged their clans and united the Rams of the Black Eel Valley to form the Berenethtelli tribe. They prepared as best they could against the oncoming Great Darkness, enlisting captured dwarves to construct the fortress of Berenstead as a safe haven for their people. They fought with the Storm gods and other Orlanthi tribes at the Battle of Stormfall.

As many gods died over the course of the Chaos Age, Redalda took it upon herself to preserve their lore and, eventually became a god herself. Only after many life-times together did she and Beren let go of their mortal lives and depart to Orlanth's halls, leaving their descendants to rule as the kings of their tribe.

By the start of *Lights Going Out*, the last remaining member of Beren and Redalda's royal line, Iverlantho, still rule their tribal kingdom, if only nominally. They now worship Redalda as a goddess of horse-riding, conference with outsiders, and exploration. One prominent worshipper of hers is her descendant, Reda.

### Worship

In *Lights Going Out*, you can build a shrine or temple to Redalda.

Redalda can provide the following blessings:

* Colt Blessing: Increases the fertility of our mares
* Fleethoof: Decreases the travel time of expeditions
* Understanding: Helps our dealings with foreigners

### On the Ring

    Having a worshipper of Redalda on the ring allows you to put more magic into both Diplomacy and Pastures at Sacred Time. She is the only deity who provides more than one magic slot in this era.

### Lore

Your clan ring says:

* "Redalda was born a mortal, becoming a goddess some time after Stormfall."
* "Redalda preserves the lore of several dead gods."
* "With Issaries dead, [Redalda] is best suited for bargaining with other clans."
* "The main god of diplomacy is dead, but Redalda had the gift of negotiation and became our best hope in that realm."
* "When Redalda founded the tribe she introduced the Rider healing goddess, Erissa, to her mother, Chalana Arrroy."
* "The appearance of Redalda in an initiation rite is rare, and not to be disregarded."
* "I most value openness, and so does [Redalda], but I can't say the same for my entire clan." - Reda

### Myths and Rituals

Though Redalda has no rituals of her own in *Lights Going Out*, she is one of the deities who can be contacted by traveling to a Gods War portal on the map. The myth How Horses Came to Orlanthstead culminates with her and Beren's founding of their tribe.

## Other Stories

For more information on how Redalda may be remembered by later Gloranthans, see Redaylda on the Glorantha Wiki.

## Images

Redalda visits your clan.Beren the Swift flirts with Redalda.Redalda and Beren the Tall at their wedding.Redalda approaches her goddess, Ernalda.Redalda and Beren confront the dwarves.Redalda and Beren see a chaos monster attacking the dwarves.Redalda and Beren enter the world of the gods and see a terrible flood.Redalda persuades Orlanth, her ancestor, not to kill her new husband.Redalda and Beren seek a boon from Orlanth.Redalda and Beren celebrate both their marriage and the success of the ritual Redalda proposed.The birth of the couple's first son, also named Beren.Redalda looks on as Beren gets an Orlanthi-style tattoo of the Horse rune, matching one on her own arm.Redalda presents her husband with an alynx kitten while their children play in the background.The Daughters of Vingkot. Redalda's mother sits with her arms around her pregnant belly while her aunts dance.Redalda's portrait in *Ride Like the Wind.*At Stormfall.Redalda, raising horses.Redalda, resolving a dispute between Riders and Rams.Goddess Redalda is slain by Gorpgod.