Carmanian attitude toward Lunars: The Red Moon embodies the Balance between Light and Darkness as she moves both visibly and invisibly through her Seven Phases. Her Point of Balance is as dangerous and holy as the Sword Bridge of old, and we may attain Paradise by walking along it, always perceiving the Truth of our place and our actions. There are mystics and visionaries in the Empire who move blindly and instinctively to achieve their higher fate, but embracing such insanity has never been the Carmanian Way: we know where we stand, we comprehend the reasons for our actions, and we move consciously towards our ultimate aims. Thus we can perceive the True Lunar Faith beneath the multitudinous masks and illusions of the Red Goddess more swiftly and surely than her other followers, and act decisively and with purpose to further the Lunar Way.
It is possible for a traditional Carmanian Vizir who has graduated from one of the remaining Magisteries to initiate into a temple to Jakaleel the Witch, the Spindle Hag. Now the question would be, how does a traditional Carmanian female become a vizir, go to a Magistery, and finally initiate into Jakaleel? She doesn't. Either her family is not traditional, meaning that all bets are off and she can do anything that any Lunar family could do and more, since Carmanians have no knee-jerk antipathies against "evil" cults such as Jakaleel... or her family is traditional and she rebelled young, donned the White Robes of the Warrior, and ran away to a Lunar College of Magic. There must be a few of them on the western side of the Oronin River.
The important things to remember about the Carmanian point of view are that
The problem that most Carmanians would have with Jakaleel is her cult's tendency to embrace insanity. Insanity is a sure route to Error. "It might be what those Loonies like, but it's not the way that we are. We are Carmanians, our eyes open, our minds clear of distractions, awake and aware, and through conscious strategies, tactics, decisions, and the responsibility for our own actions we shall triumph yet again."
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