> They called him Yelmalio ever since they got there (the name simply
> means Brightness of Yelm and reportedly refers to any number of deities
> in Dara Happa). What they didn't have (and what Varthanis gave them)
> was any real cult.
That is pretty much right. Since at least the time of Varthanis they have called their god Yelmalio. And that was probably always one of his titles.
Jeff