In my unsubstantiated opinion, Darleester the Noose is a sub-type of Ompalam, not a cult in its own right.
>2) The nature of Gorgandaros(sp?)
The ancestral hero-founder-tyrant of Fonrit. All conservative rulers in Fonrit trace their ancestry to him, by hook or crook.
>3) The gods of Fonrit in general, all sources suggest Genertelan
deities that I have rejected and have >begun to develope my own cults
for the region (if anyone id interested).
Fonritian mythology is complex. In my opinion: Fonritian beliefs are a congeries of three different mythic cycles that have gotten muddled together to the point that it is unclear when they arrived. These three cycles consist of 1) an Earth pantheon with a mixture of goddesses and gods, organized along the traditional Earth Mother rules. 2) a band of hero Gods who went on a mission and circled the cosmos to save the universe, and then formed a Council of the Gods (not to be confused with the Orlanthi Lightbringers). 3) Garangordos, Ompalam, Darleester, and the other ancestral hero-figures who invaded Fonrit in ages past and established their civilization. All these three mythos' are now tied into one another in complicated fashion. The God Learners made attempts to identify the Fonritian Elder Earth deities with their own Ernalda/Maran Gor cosmology, as well as attempts to equate the Fonritian cosmic Council with the Lightbringers. These attempts have had lasting results on the religion of the barbarians of Umathela, whose faith is now a composite of ancient Theyalan practices and the most accessible Fonritian deities. In addition there are three other factors muddying up the Fonritian mythic waters. Firstly, there is the ancient cosmology of the Veldang, which has not been incorporated into the Fonritian religions, but is known to their myths. Second, there is the influence of the God Learners and Six-Legged Empire, which brought Theyalan and Malkioni elements to Fonrit. Third, there is the influence of the Doraddi and the Pamalt myth-cycle.
>4) Who were the Yranian Leapers and where did they come from? Were they
like the Exigers (Sp?).
They were not like the Exigers, so far as I know.
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