> ILH2 mentions Read and Write New Peloran in most of the cults
> where writing is to be expected and not in the others.
>
> My conclusion is that Irripi Ontor teaches literacy to pretty much
> anyone who asks and is willing to pay. However there are numerous
> reason why not everyone is literate, or if literate not in New
> Peloran. Nor is literacy a requirement for joining the army or most
> cults. However lack of literacy is a barrier to progressing in both.
> Unlike many cultures both inside and outside the Empire the Lunars
> write their rituals down. If you can't read you've got to get someone
> to read them to you so that you can memorise them.
I think, in the light of all this, I will add Read New Peloran (New Pelorian?) to the Imperial Citizen 'additional homeland' keyword, but keep it out of the Lunar Way religious keyword. That should keep writing at the level which I imagine it to be at.
Regards,
-- John Machin "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All." - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.
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