> One of my players became Firshala's first priest, got a temple built and
> a number of followers, but now he (well he's a she now -- the character, not
> the player) wants to know if there is anyway to Heroquest to reconcile
> Firshala with the elves, since her hostility to elves doesn't help with
> the Yelmalio-worshippers in Balazar.
> Since neither Griffin Mountain or Griffin Island explain the basis of
> Firshala's hostility, I was wondering if anyone had any cool suggestions
> as to the mythological basis for the hostility, and/or for what Heroquest
> would be required to change it.
> Since she is a pretty piddling Goddess, I am assuming that this is not
> a particularly major task, especially since she has so few worshippers.
> Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions.
I would assume that the hostility of the elves has to do with the tendency of fire to burn down forests. Presumably the God-Time followers of Firshala (the distant followers of the Balazarings) used her powers to keep themselves warm during the Darkness and consumed much of the forests in the process.
But you could say that since she is the Soulfire her fire is internal and not harmful to the elves. If you could HeroQuest back to that time you could teach one of the elves the magic of the internal fire that can be safely used.
The fact that she is a piddling Goddess makes it harder not easier. Not only do you have fewer powerful followers to form a HeroQuesting Ring but most of the knowledge of HeroPlane reality that embodies her has been lost in the centuries of her imprisonment. The first stage is to discover her nature and history.
(A goddess who causes sex-changes in her male followers is fun ain't it. My players used her to survive a nasty case of broo rape and bring forth the only unchaotic broo infants for centuries.)
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