Re: Concrete questions.

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_...>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 05:47:15 -0800


For information sake: I am likely to just plaster these up on the Q&A at our site.

At 09:55 AM 1/11/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Is Yelmalio still a consort ("husband-protector") of Ernalda in Esrolia? Who
>is Yelmalio's wife in Dragon Pass? In the River of Cradles? Is it (still)
>Ernalda?

First, please take anote that the questions' wording makes some implications that skew the answers, so I am rewording it. It is more correct to ask who is Yelmalio's wife in the Yelmalio temples. Most Orlanthi would not say Ernalda is the wife of Yelmalio, even though the worshippers at the SDT in DP would say so.

Yes, Yelmalio is a consort of Ernalda in Esrola.
Yes, Yelmalio is a consort of Ernalda for the Yelmalians in Dragon Pass.
Yes, Yelmalio is a consort of Ernalda for the Yelmalians in Prax.
All of thesese peoples' predecessors beleived that Ernalda was a wife of Elmal.

>Vinga seems to be included in Storm Tribe and not in Thunder Rebels: so
>she's not a subcult of Orlanth Adventurous after all?
Categorization is not always easy or clear. Subcult = deities that MUSST be worshipped under the aegis of a greater deity. Vinga can be worshipped by herself.
She is an associate of Orlanth, and her initiates can worhsip any Orlanth subcult.
She is not in TR because her initiates are not mainstream, they are part of the 15%.

>Is Axe Hall on the Shadow Plateau a site holy to Babeester Gore? What
>happens there?

It is her biggest holy place. She did great deeds there to destroy chaos and other foes.
BG worshippers try to pilgrimage there because their goddess is very powerful.
It is where they "regiment" musters, on those rare occasions that it does so.

>Why haven't the Tarsh Exiles been conquered by the Lunar Empire and/or
>Tarsh?

They have been, at various times. They are, in 1621, ruled by the Empire in the same way that (for instance) the Scots were ruled by England.

>Do men still worship Maran Gor as in RQIII?
They can.,

>How many Exiles worship
>Orlanth? 85% as usual?!

Probably. This is the kind of fact that is up to you to determine for your game.

>Who or what is Sorana Tor?

See Storm Tribe. Facts are being set down.

>What is her relationship to Maran Gor who is
>barren whereas Sorana Tor is not?

They are separate entities.

>What is her relationship to the Lady of
>the Wild (Tara?) if any? To Kero Fin? To the Feathered Horse Queen?
None formal. ST is a separate goddess.

>What is Engiziland? Another name for Kerofinela?!?
A place in the Storm Realm. See TR.

>P.S.: Just two more small ones: did the Aramites in some way replace the
>trolls on the Broken Council?

No.

>(I understand that they weren't "Tuskers" at
>that time, but they already had some darkness connection, didn't they?) Who
>replaced the dragonewts in the ritual to build Osentalka?
Serpent hsunchen.



Greg Stafford
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