Re: Runes of the Oronin Valley: the High Gods

From: Benedict Adamson <yahoo_at_fV_tyGfwwjDvlaE12XZ6o0SFWcMc_2guBqw_QtKl82DvS-_ldE4V49axJWiSFFKWsHRGu5>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:28:24 +0100

Peter Metcalfe wrote:
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> Bentus: Kevin suggests Fertility, Disorder while Benedict suggests Life.
> I don't see either springing from Pleasure. There is a Recreation
> rune in HQ1 that is one of the Five Movements and that I suggest is the
> best fit for Bentus.

I agree. But the HQ1 Movements seem deprecated now.

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> Jernotia: I'm inclined to intepret her manta "all is change, all is
> balance" as representative of the runes of Balance and Motion. I don't
> see the need for Harmony.

The difficulty is that Balance=Moon, yet Jerontia is not developed as an aspect of Sedenya. That suggests to me that Jerontia's Balance is not Moon. I choose Harmony as the next best fit for "balance" as described.

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> Oria: Both Kevin and Benedict suggest the Earth, Life and Harmony Runes.
> To me that makes her a clone of Ernalda and so should be resisted.

I agree.

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> Idomon is a prophet of High Gods and not a God in his own right.

ILH-1 has him as a god.