Before Elmal was written into the script, the Orlanthi barbarians shared Sartar, Tarsh, and the northern Holy Country with the Yelmalions, right? The Orlanthi usually lived in the highlands and the Yelmalions lived in the lowlands.
Now, where did these Yelmalions come from? Did they emigrate from Dara Happa bringing their religion with them? As I understand it, the Sun Dome in Sun County is the exception as there are only Yelmalions there, the Yelmists having gotten themselves slain in nomad raids and through participation in the Dragonkill war.
If this is true, then the Sun Dome temple at the border of Sartar and the Holy Country should be a full Temple administrated by Yelmic cultists and defended by Yelmalions.
Now, enter Elmal. The solar tribes of the lowlands follow Elmal, not Yelmalio. A branch of Elmal cultists, not Solar cultists, goes out to Prax and forms a Sun Dome. Enter vision of many suns which I don't quite understand and we have Yelmalions guarding the Praxian Sun Dome. What has happened to the Sun Dome in Southern Sartar? Is it still solar or is it Elmali now?
Once I figure out what was before, and what the situation is now, I can start setting things in stone for my game. I have complicated things for myself by incorporating Elmal into Orlanthi myth, but Elmal is not a solar god. Elmal is the last survivor from Genert's Garden who has been accepted into Orlanth's stead. Wounded by Chaos, Elmal lost the majority of his Earth powers. Seeing this, Orlanth gifted him with the Golden Armor and Bright Spear gained on previous conquests...
Erich Schmidt
siropal_at_concentric.com
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