bryan_thx wrote:
>
> In Thunder Rebels it said, IIRC, that after their first initiation,
> Heortling youngster would spend a year in a sub-cult of
> Orlanth/Ernalda (depending on gender) that they chose, then a year in
> a sub-cult that their elders chose for them, and if neither of those
> seemed a correct match that then they'd spend a year with some other
> likely cult (Elmal, Redalda, etc).
>
> However in this thread we have that the Heortlings do generally know
> their runes, and that if you don't have the right runes to belong to
> Orlanth or Ernalda there is no way you would ever initiate to them.
> Given which, the process above seems unlikely in at least those cases.
>
> So my question is: is that process still the current view for how
> things are mostly done? If so, can we assume that the process is the
> case for "The Orlanthi all" and so does not apply to young adults
> without the correct runes for the great god of their respective gender?
>
I've been interpreting the "Initation into your runes" as shorthand for
that whole process of initiation and then following cults until you find
where you fit. YMMV.
LC