> No Humath worship survives
> in DP because Arkats victory was total there and his cult was
> accepted as the best form of Death worship
Arkat's victory was probably even more total in Ralios -- he ruled there for 75 years! However, because he ruled, when the Dark Empire fell, everything associated with him had to be crushed. Including the Humakt cult. For some time, there was no Humakt worship in any form.
However, Humath was a god native to Ralios, and the sword god has an important role in the Orlanthi pantheon. So the Humath cult was "resurrected." The hero(es) that did this quested to retrieve the cult in its pure, original form. Or at least as accurate as they could get, which may not be very. In many ways, I think the 3rd Age cult of Humath is like 20th Century Druids -- they play at being what they think Druids are like, but they're pretty clearly wrong. The difference is that the power of Death is real, and still there. But the cult practices are probably completely different.
It's worth noting that this phenomenon has probably happened elsewhere in Glorantha, notably in Peloria after Sheng Seleris.
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