>I don't believe the Caladralanders ever had the same culture as the
>Orlanthi, other than as part of the OOO's Kingdom of Night.
Which isn't quite what the Heortlings were.
>They were
>the constantly rebelling fire worshipers that got all the bad
>press. Real primitives who practice human sacrifice, throwing hapless
>victims into their volcanos in order to appease the spirits.
It worked, didn't it?
The Esrolians were real primitives killing their male ruler annually to appease the Crone.
The Heortlings were real primitives killing some hapless scapegoat in their Summons of Evil part of their recreation myth annually.
And in Alkoth, savage primitives bring lots of hapless victims into the Enclosures.
Human sacrifice to whatever rites usually is a mark of civilisation, real primitives wouldn't do such abominations.
I don't claim that Caladraland worshipped Orlanth as their manhood deity. They give Orlanth respect for bringing back the sun, much like the trolls give Asrelia some grudging respect.
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