> I agree - I suspect that Hrelar Amali was merely the main Ralian
> survival place at the Dawn (similar to some of the others around
> Dragon Pass). Probably not very impressive by the standards of the
> Theyalan missionaries.
I think it was one of their pe-Darkness holy places that didn't get ravaged by the Dark.
>> > I think the Ralians
>> > received Orlanth worship from the Theyalan missionaries,
>> > enthusiastically embraced the religion and have been one of the
>> > central areas of the Orlanth religion since the First Age.
>> That is correct.
>
> Heck, they learned of Harmast's Lightbringer Quest before most of
> the Heortlings. And they showed the Heortlings how to take on the
> EWF. The Ralian Orlanthi have rocked for a long time!
All good points, and even some that I tend to overlook, being rather DP-cenric myself...
>> Yes. The Orlanthi of norther Ralios would worship the "regular"
> > gods of the Orlanthi pantheon.
>
> Just not regional goddesses like Kerofin or Engizi. Or regional
> heroes like Heort, Hendrik, or Sartar (although Alakoring and
> Harmast are probably pretty important there - and they have plenty
> of anti-sorcery heroes). Vingkot is probably not all that important
> either. And probably a bunch of new local subcults of the familiar
> aspects of Orlanth (Adventurous, Allfather and Thunderer).
I agree with all your omissions there, and that there would be many local heroes. And there'd be some other significent local deities, comparable to Engizi in magnitude...
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