> > There's also the Sartar High Council writeup,
> which
> > has her in the Orlanth Thunderous position. In
> fact,
> > p103 in WF, she's explicitly stated as being a
> priest
> > of Orlanth Thunderous. Yes, this was written in
> > pre-Vinga days, but that's Thunderous, not Rex or
> > Adventurous.
>
> I think we have to assume that this has been
> effectively trumped by OiD
Why? This was back in 1613. Six years ago. It looks like she's been cult-swapping all over the place. Maybe back then she did have some equivalent to Thunderous. OiD timeline suggests Vinga Dar at this stage, but it isn't particularly detailed. At present I don't see any definite clash here (and you give me a nice explanation below!), so no need to throw out a perfectly good source.
> - or it means that the Seven Winds are really really
> flexible.
No doubt they are. Possibly there were other, stronger, candidates for the more obvious Adventurous or Rex positions (yes, looking at them, there were), and this was a "next best thing" fit. I still think at least *some* wind/storm connection would have been required, but it needn't have been all that strong.
> For what
> it is worth, once upon a time, the thought was that
> there would be no
> Vanganth cult. Instead, fly would simply be a type
> of Thunderous magic
Makes sense, and could explain this. Especially if you make the change from Vangarth to Dar a little bit later: during 1613 rather than 1611. After all, OiD timeline ties it to becoming Queen of the Kheldon, and at the start of the High Council writeup she *isn't* yet in that position. Chieftain, "next in line for the kingship after the present king dies". The explanation we came with for Enclosure was that the present king *does* die within days of the rebellion starting, so for most of it, yes, she's queen of the Kheldon.
Still, all we have here is a weak Thunderous link that she gave up in 1613 at the latest.
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