To my way of thinking, calling a Yanafal Tarnils cultist a "traitorous
Humakti" is similar (though not on the same order of magnitude) to, say,
calling a Zorak Zoran cultist a "traitorous Yelmalio" or a Krarsht
cultist a "traitorous Stormbull". Yanafal Tarnils (the God) ceased to be
a Humakti the moment he was resurrected (although I was just musing that you
could have an interesting discussion about whether or not he ceased to be a
Humakti the moment he swung his sword at Humakt). Yanafal Tarnils cultists
worship Yanafal Tarnils and have no connection with Humakt whatsoever (other
than the nebulous relationship any Death rune cultist must by definition
have with Humakt). Yanafal Tarnils is not an exact "carbon copy" of
Humakt, he is a former Humakti hero who defeated Humakt by "cheating" and
coming back to life. I've always been of the opinion that Chaosium did
everyone a disservice by presenting Yanafal Tarnils as "Humakt without a
re-usable Sever Spirit".
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