> 2) the implication is that Humakt is dead - he's bent and rusty.
who
> offed him? come to think of it, are there any myths of Humakt's
> great anti-chaos crusades during the darkness?
>
> 3) if he was dead, then he must have been resurrected along with
> eveyone else during the compromise. so where does he get off on
> stopping his followers returning from the dead? he doesn't
> strike me as being a hypocritical kind of god.
This is a bit of a knotty problem, but I think I see a way through it.
In the world since time, mortals can be either alive or dead. The ability to die is the thing that defines what a mortal is. Gods are immortal, so they are not trapped by the alive/dead problem in the same way that mortals are. Basmol is 'mythicaly' dead, but his worshipers still have access to his magic. Harrek skinned the polar bear god, but it still lives on in it's own skin, etc.
When Orlanth slew Yelm, none of this had been sorted out. It was the Great Compromise that later defined the differences between mortals and immortals. Immortals gain 'diplomatic immunity' from death, but in return are barred from the mundane world.
Humakt is death, which to me means to all intents and purposes he is as dead as you can get. As such he resides in hell (all things in hell are dead), but his power is manifest in the world. That's not the same thing as him being physicaly present in the world (IMHO), which is not allowed by the Compromise anyway.
BTW What do people think the Humakt cult's take is on suicide?
Simon Hibbs
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