Re: Yanafali Stuff

From: David Weihe <weihe_at_danet.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 97 14:03:00 EDT

> From: Nick Brooke <Nick_Brooke_at_compuserve.com>
>
> My "Mythos and History" has Yanafal's divinity
> revealed at the Battle of Four Arrows of Light, in 1244 or so. At least one
> of the Mothers was still in walking around thirty years after the Moonrise,
> but IMHO YT was "out of it" following his battle with the Big H... and his
> (deceased) mortal body was probably laid in its Mausoleum almost
> immediately thereafter. ("Though Yanafal's Divine Self now resides
> eternally on the Red Moon, sending blessings to his followers and curses
> against their foes").

Surely, if he died in the battle, they would have said that his spirit fought on after his death, giving his followers the (claimed non-)chaotic ability to engage one's slayer in spirit attack after death.

Instead, I suggest something like this:

	YF resurrected himself, defeated Humakt, and lived on to
	command the post-battle mop-up operations. 40 days after
	(or the equivalent in Yuthuppan numerology to a Hebrew 40
	days, which just meant a lot) he called his troops together,
	bid them farewell and Goddess-speed, and Apotheosized in a
	fashion similar to (but hopefully more dignified than) the
	final scene in the "Rune Metal Jacket" scenario. Thus, we
	see, Yanafal lives on in his Army, as well as on the Red Moon.

This way the ritual for creating a Regimental wyter follows the pattern established (or repeated, more likely) by the patron of the entire Red Army (its super-wyter).

It also would kill all rumors that he just died in the battle, without really resurrecting.

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