Re: OrenDanae Rites

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From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_JZzZTNz5HMm3gXCpryurxtsL5QYRZ6st4fu2rqZNTQnlZCcULjUmadZgP9f0S7N0KWEt>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:21:45 -0000

> Which is classic fundamentalism. I still think it makes the internal
> tension in Orlanthi heroes fun.

I wouldn't call it fundamentalism. The Lhankor Mhy cult does not have a text which spells out the good Old Ways which can be a foundation document for the rest of the Orlanthi priests and god-talkers.

A lot of these god-talkers, powerful initiates and devotees simply embody their god. When the guy with the hero-light and winds whipping around him says "Orlanth wants this" people are likely to believe it since that hero is - at least to some extent - an embodiment Orlanth. The idea that the gods speak through their worshipers and god-talkers is widely acknowledged by the Orlanthi.

Jeff