> At 11:07 AM 7/11/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>> Why are you so certain that most of the Ralians did not recognize
>> some aspect of the missionary song?
>
> Because the missionary song is an Orlanthi rite, its success
> depends on the contacted society maintaining some elements
> of its Orlanthi past and its maintenance among people who were
> never Orlanthi or who had been hostile to Orlanth during the Gods
> War makes as much sense as Central Asian nomads preserving
> the Catholic Catechism in their tribal rites.
I agree with Peter here.
The Hsunchen and other minor peoples of Ralios would not in any way
"recognize" a song that they never knew.
There probably were some Orlanthi in Ralios at this time, but they
were few. Some could have retained parts of the their ancestral sacred
ways, if it leads toMGF.
> Look at the maps of prehistory in Thunder Rebels and Arcane
> Lore.
I urge everyone to remember tha these maps ae just a slice of a moment, and that the Ages were long enough that a region could have been under the rule of a culture as the status flowed back and forth. Further, every map I've ever done is general, and doesn't show all the little groups that may have survived in an area.
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