>The character can be adjusted somewhat to fit
>the circumstances, and I'm happy to have him
>adjusted.
Here's another small problem I see cropping up... why does such a small stead hold two ring members? There are 1,100 other members of our clan, and surely Orlanth and Barntar are more important in clan life than Heler and Poverri (which are important to Swensstead, sure, but probably do not matter all that much to Geo Carl at the moot). Uralda is more important, as Cow Mother, and so is Vingkot Victorious, as warrior against minions of the Evil Emperor. A cottar's god, as I imagine most clanfolk see Heler, is not as important as any of the other clan gods... although it does set Swensstead apart from the average small stead.
>Clan Gen however, did tell us the Heler shrine
>was one of the clan's three biggies.
Mostly because the clan questionnaire does not take subcults and whatnot into consideration. Technically speaking, the Temple goes to whichever of Orlanth or Ernalda has the most marks. The first Shrine goes to a god related to Economic Specialty, Barntar in this case. Further Shrines go to other deities who have marks from clan creation, Vingkot, Argan Argar, Heler, and Uralda. I feel that Barntar should properly be an Orlanth subcult, so I lumped both it and Vingkot in the Orlanth Temple. Uralda is an Ernalda subcult, so I gave Ernalda a shrine with an Uralda emphasis. Of Heler and Argan Argar, I felt the former was more "generic" and chose that for the final Shrine.
In actuality, our clan should have a Temple to Orlanth, a Shrine to Barntar, and a Shrine to one of the three gods specifically mentioned (Vingkot, Argan Argar, Heler) in clan creation. Uralda is an option only because Grain and Livestock were tied for Economic Specialty, and I flipped a coin to decide which was dominant. I feel the clan questionnaire produces too few Temples and Shrines, so I fudged in favor of having an Ernalda/Uralda Shrine.
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