Peter Metcalfe:
>These has *not* changed! I have said time and time again that IMO
>the spirits are made inactive (look at LoT) and are made so by
>special techniques. Given Malia Aprophasos a new spell to effect
>this change is not a change in the roolz anymore than giving a
>Malkioni Sect a new sorcery spell.
But the inactive disease spirits can still infect others, shed minor spirits to infect places, etc. Worship of Malia protects only the worshipper and so doesn't equate to a cure.
To throw another pebble in the pond:
The Lunars may even rever Malia - disease does, after all, run in cycles,
whether in epidemics (boom and bust) or individual cases (recovery and
relapse). Perhaps Lunar healers would control these cycles to the benefit
of their charges, but they should not eliminate something which presaged
the changing face of the Goddess.
Lunar biological warfare would be a simple reversal of their normal healing skills.
Thoughts?
Nigel
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