I find this discussion rather bizarre. The Pelandans and Alkothi definitely have deities of the air - whether they have sylphs is another thing. Another way of looking at a sylph is simply that it is a Wind Spirit, and perhaps in Peloria only the Orlanthi have the mythic conception that their god rules a host of Wind Spirits.
>Excluding of course, Shargashi, who do have air powers and are terrifying
(which tends to confirm the >general feeling that air powers are something
sensible Pelorians avoid),
Um, I agree that the Alkothi are terrifying - but not because of air powers. I think that perhaps their practice of cannibalism before the Dawn or maybe their blood-thirsty rampages through Darjiin have more to do with that?
>and the Southern Pelorians, who are pretty close to Orlanthi in many ways
(as Jeff has pointed out).
Not pretty close to Orlanthi - are Orlanthi. Heck, for most of Gloranthan history the south Pelorian Orlanthi have had all the action.
Andrew Joelson wrote:
>Shargash=Vadrus is untrue. Vadrus, like Genert, is gone. Not dead (like
Basmol, who can still be contacted), _gone_. He was destroyed during the
Greater Darkness.
No and yes. That Shargash=Vadrus is not completely untrue, but it is true that Vadrus is destroyed.
Jeff
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