Re: Sartar politics etc

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:34:39 +0100 (BST)


David Cake wonders who will Sell Out during Extra Full Moon Year:
> One is which tribes are likely to participate in such a ceremony?
> I have as likely candidates the Sylangi, the Curtali, and the Enstalos. The
> Locaem are known to be pro-Lunar, but I don't know enough about them to be
> assume they would go for it.

I know almost nothing about the Locaem, but if they're known to be notably pro-Lunar, it doesn't seem a hard choice. Mind you, I think almost _every_ clan will split on this. How fractious or benign the split is, is another matter. If your tribe is holding a Party, will your clan get in trouble if they don't turn up? What about on a family or individual level? Conversely, if your tribe isn't, and you go to a nearby ceremony...

BTW, how much is Known about the Sylangi, the Curtali, and the Enstalos, come to that?

> Anyone want to suggest any others or argue with any of these?

Maybe the Balmyr and the Malani, at least in part? And _maybe_ the Colymar? (!?!)

> A second question is what about the Flint Slingers in all of this
> (and Wind Fists in some cases)? Is there a Flint Slinger apocalypse all over
> Sartar?

Interesting question. I suspect they're a somewhat finite "resource", so I suspect they'll target the most egregiously apostate clans, and individuals; offenders who might well otherwise have been severely Pummeled might get off with an impest or twelve due to divine "staff shortages".

> Can they somehow avoid the Flint Slingers by sliding from Orlanth
> into Barntar (or dare I suggest Doburdun)? Or maybe the Lunars can neutralise
> them somehow, ambush them on the hero plane or provide powerful defensive
> magics?

Probably; perhaps something like the second, as a means to the first.

Slainte,
Alex.


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