Stephen and I (and I think Shannon said a few words as well) discussed this in an attempt to come up with a history of the Yelorna cult. Basically, they began as Ralian (as mentioned in tBC), basically aligned themselves completely with Nysalor, and most of them moved to Dorastor (or at least, if any remained behind they probably died). They then fled through lower Peloria after Arkat stormed Dorastor, picking up some Pelorian influenced customs along the way (Shield Maidens, for example). What exactly happened after that is unclear, but its seems likely that some of them lost their unicorns (or had some problem with an adequate supply of unicorns) and went to Prax in search of them, and have been there ever since. Some other offshoots of the Yelorna cult may be hanging around other places - I think Jarst, for similar reasons (unicorn and star related goddesses are known there). They probably acquired the Yelmalio connections in southern Peloria too.
Arkat was no doubt strongly motivated by his desire to destroy hackneyed fantasy cliches in his urge to wipe them out.
Cheers
David
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