first I want to thank Nick Brooke and Peter Metcalfe who help me here a lot and who made this (maybe final) theory of the Telmori possible.
In the First Age the Telmori got the blessing of tuning to manwolves on
wilddays from Nysalor, the bright one because he wanted to help his
warriros. This blessing was of no chaotic kind ! We could transform if
we wished without using our precious spells. When Gbaji first came in an
unknown form he perceived that he couldn't win agains the blessed one
because Nysalor was so good to everyone. So he invented a trick and
became the Deceiver. Since he couldn't destroy the blessing given by
Nysalor, he changed it (cursed it in the form of Talor, the laughing
Warrior). The curse was chaotic, since Gbaji is chaotic but that's not
the reason why people think that we Telmori are chaotic. His curse was
that every blessed Telmori must assume the appearance of a manwolf on
wilddays and that he can no longer control himself while he is a
manwolf. Further the curse made the blessing to look like chaotic but
that was Gbaji's next trick. He wanted to show that a deity which grants
chaotic powers to its worshippers must also be chaotic. So the Deceiver
deceived many and Nysalor lost many friends who were blinded. The
Trollkin curse was the next trick of Gbaji who "proved" that way that
again Nysalor can't be such a good diety if he cast such curses against
his former friends. Gbaji's greatest fear was Arkat who perceived Gbaji
as an evil demon. So Gbaji plotted to destroy both foes at the same
time. He "helped" Nysalor and Arkat, so that in the end only very few
remained. At Arkat's and Nysalor's last battle one of them won but Gbaji
slew the other assumed his form; thus he deceived the world again. Then
Gbaji gave the trolls a Kingdom (he was in his last form as Arkat) and
disappeared.
I don't know by know how this is connected to the ability of the Arkati
to spot Illuminates, but since they must hate them (Illumination was a
gift of Nysalor to further universal peace) it suits good Gbaji's role.
I take the cult write-up of Telmor in DORASTOR as an error. Why should Telmor be tied to the chaos rune ? He doesn't grant very much chaotic power, does he ?
In defense of Telmori:
I hope this is the last time... When is someone a chaotic ? I think he
is one, if he worships a deity which is connected to primal chaos (i.e.
has the chaos rune). So he has the possiblity to worship primal chaos
and gain chaotic features. Right ? But, has anyone out there heard of
Telmori who worship primal chaos and who have chaotic features ? NO,
because there are none. Every Telmori who accepted the blessing detects
by the curse of Gbaji as chaotic while he isn't.
Gbaji deceives even now !
I think Illumination was also cursed by Gbaji. Nysalor designed it to
bring peace to all. So it could only protect from the hatred of either
chaos or order, depending on the point of view. But when Nysalor was
dying Gbaji stole his secrets and perverted it so that it is now chaotic
while it hides chaos. It permits the Illuminated to deceive even the
gods and their friends. It makes chaos undetectable and fools even
spirits of reprisal. So beware of Illumination and kill all who ask
strange question for they are the agants of Gbaji !
bye
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