Do the Brithini even have liturgists and community blessings? I had the impression from somewhere that *all* their magic was handled by the 'wizards,' although I may have mis-interpreted. Still, it would seem to help explain the appeal of Malkionism--not just Solace, but that more ordinary people can gain blessings in everyday life, instead of being totally dependant on wizards.
Still if the Brithini do have some sort of "veneration" service I would imagine it would seem more like a planning meeting. "Yesterday I was tasked to make 784 nails, needed for the centenial re-building of barn 12C. I 12 bars of bronze, standard size 5, as well as the remains of the bar from yesterday's nail making. It was 4/7th of a bar, left over from making hoe blades, as I reported yesterday. From this I made nails, with only 2.7% being sub-standard. These were reworked into raw bronze. After counting I realized that I had actually made 786 nails, so I also returned two of the nails to raw bronze. This resulted in......."
And hence you prove your adherence to the rules, and so live forever.
--Bryan (who is suddenly afflicted with images of PHBs ("pointyhaired Brithini").
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