Teshnos
Me:
> >I think that you also don't get access to all
> >the benefits (magic and whatever) if you are
> >from the wrong caste.
>
> If this is the case, there should be some social consequences from
> worshipping another caste's (or out-of caste) deity. To worship a god
> higher than your own caste will give you some respect or at least regard
> for purity by your own caste's members.
Sounds very reasonable.
> Worship of a god of lower or
> no-caste would in return gain you the disdain of your caste.
And it is probably a lot less common than the opposite.
> BTW, what deities do the women of Teshnos worship? Are _they_ too sun/sky
> worshippers?
IMO they worship the same gods as men of their caste. Except for the egalitarian cult of Calyz and the cult of Furalor the priesthoods are exclusively male though. The priests of Furalor are all widows IMG.
Keets
Sergio Mascarenhas:
>In fact, I am not very attracted to Keets. I see them as an asty solution
>to fill a gap in the description of Glorantha. Something like "We need to
>populate those east isles. What can we do about it? Hey, look at ducks.
>Lets just put there ducks, but with the opposite social characteristics of
>the DP ones and with another name. Great!"
>I don't know if it was like that, but from the point of view of an
>outsider, that's how it looks like.
There isn't much official information about the keets. Unofficially though:
MOB:
>And
>Sandy reckons that the Keets are in fact a variety of bird-folk, not just
>duck-like.
Yep, there are many keet tribes: duck, seagull, pelican etc. Not to forget the flamingo. Don't ponder too deeply on the last or the imagery will turn you insane.
Stephen Martin:
>Another possibility: in the write-up in Tales 5, the primary anti-undead
>hero of Humakt is Li Phanquan, who is stated to be a yellow-skinned
>warrior from Kralorela. I suppose this guy could even be a keet from the
>East Isles, who came through Kralorela -- he does have "qu" in his name,
>after all. But I won't hold to this theory, it does seem a bit
>ridiculous.
It's a fun idea, but no right thinking keet would worship Death. Actually, no East Islanders at all (except the inhabitants of one weird island) worship "Humakt".
Mike Cule:
>I'm suspended in the middle of such a campaign at the moment. The party have
>taken the Last Egg Of Mother Duck down to Corflu and are going to have to take
>it home to the volcano where the Keets were first born. Of course, it is
>currently occupied by the chaotic pteradactyl-Keets.....
The ancestral home of the keets is Itlanmorango, the monster island, a very perilous place for humans. It does have volcanoes and it is being occupied by the pterodactyl keets. The keets who live there are brutal savages who frequently sacrifice their own (all roasted and nice) to placate the beast gods of the island.
Pavis
Daniel:
>Daniel: Nils Weinander intends to put these reports on his website. I don't
>know when he'll get around to it (and when I'll finally write the
>introduction to it) but if anyone writes to us about it we may get going
>sooner.
RSN, now that I'm back from vacation (unless my job and other RW concerns get in the way.
Weee! Done for the moment, and it's only 2 AM!
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