If it does go "everyone has runes of some kind" this is certainly how I would see it. The theist cultures mentioned in what I have all are linked to an elemental rune almost by necessity. (Air/Earth by gender in Sartar, Fire/Earth by class is mentioned as Dara Happan). I'm not sure if that elemental aspect is mentioned in the rules or not. You seem to be leaning not, putting "Law" for Malkioni cultures in general.
You didn't opine on the "three" question.
Would you let Malkioni who haven't hurled themselves to Magus-level devotion to the magical arts use their Law rune for supplementing tasks - the "layperson" level of magic?
LC
Trotsky wrote:
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> The way I view wizardry is that yes, wizards do have runes, but they can
> use these only to augment magic from a suitable grimoire, not as direct
> rune affinities in the theist sense. This reflects their natural
> psychological tendencies and ability to intuitively perceive and
> manipulate the appropriate sorts of energy, of course, and has nothing
> to do with any connection to personified higher powers (ha! the very
> idea!) In other words, if you have a naturally peaceful personality, you
> will find it much easier to manipulate energies associated with the
> Harmony rune; it comes easily to you in a way that harnessing
> destructive power would not. Where Air and Earth are the most common
> runes among Heortlings, Law is especially common amongst Malkioni.
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