>John Hughes describes them exceedingly well for me with the following:
>
>The original Far Walkers are typical pioneers - religious minorities,
>small family groups and bandit/adventuring gangs fleeing vengeance or
>tribal war, or seeking new lands and opportunity. Most are farmers and
>sheep herders. (Cattle are more romantic, but sheep travel better). For
>the most part, they are Alakoring Orlanthi from Saird, Aggar, Bilini
>and Holay, together with Lodrilites and worshippers of other solar
>tribal gods, some of whom bear titles that include 'yelmalos', the
>Brightness, Spear or Courage of Yelm.
That pretty much excludes any followers of Yelm who is a god of the nobility. I think the requirements of a pioneer lifestyle would quickly force a follower of Yelm to switch to some more practical god. The solar followers would therefore need a new cult of leadership and a war leader with a god like yelmalos would be the obvious choice.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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