>Mystery 1 surrounds Sorana Tor and her goddess.
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>D) Sorana Tor is actually a priestess of another goddess. Ernalda or Kero Fin
>seem like likely candidates.
Kero Fin it was, IMO, for Arim, and likely for the Twin and Illaro dynasties as well.
Maran Gor became the goddess of Vestenbora, the female Twin. I'm not sure where this left the wives of those dynasties. Anyway, Maran Gor and Kero Fin are close associates.
>I am not very happy with any of these choices, but I would probably choose D)
>based upon the available evidence. That would make Sorana Tor the High
>Priestess of Ernalda, or Kero Fin (though it does not appear to me that Kero
>Fin is actually worshipped), or perhaps some unknown earth goddess.
The worship of Kero Fin is restricted to the sovereignty rituals of Dragon Pass, or parts thereof. Most of it occurs through associates. The role of the avatar has drifted from Arim's Sorana Tor (who or what was she? An oread? A kinswoman of the Vendref already in the Pass? A primitive woman from the upper slopes of the Wintertop, sitting out the Inhuman Occupation above the land claimed by the Dragons - much like the Cannon Cult humans did below?) to other representatives. By the time Hon-eel came into the Pass, the Feathered Horse Queen had taken over. Possibly as a result of Sartar's mastery of Change.
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