I was talking with the rest of my group the other day & the topic came up would a worshipper of Orlanth be able to worship the Lunar Goddess? These 2 religions seem to be set against each other since the Castle Blue incident but with the Empire's push south there are increasing numbers of Orlanthi (being worshippers of the Storm Gods) within it. In the past within our group the Lunars as the push south have been converting people by the sword but after (Not Bloody) Jeffs talk at the last Gloranthacon DU my thoughts on the matter have changed.
I am know under the impression that conversion has been via more
insidious means, the Lunars have been starting at the top & working there
way down through the rest of society. I have always seen the average
Orlanthi Chief as someone who can & does work the land for the benefit of
all, but the Lunars are introducing different ideas, hereditary rulership,
taxation etc. When the leaders begin to follow these ideas people follow
them in increasing numbers if it works. This begins a breakdown in
traditional Heortish values & customs until after a few generations a
complete change will have gone about.
I believe this is how the Lunars have dealt with the provinces
The main problem with Sartari campaigns is that the Lunars are often bunched up as one people. however it appears to be the Tarshites in Sartar that are causing the problems. The disciplined Heartland troops are less likely to pillage/torture/massacre at random than the thieving Tarshites thus would cause fewer problems for the locals. This is more a case of Orlanthi fighting Orlanthi than Lunars vs Orlanthi. Whilst I understand that there are bound to be occasional lapses in relations, between Heartland troops & the locals I believe that this is less the Heartlanders fault than locals already upset with being ripped off by Tarshite tax collectors & soldiers. I may be wrong in my interpretations but this is my glorantha.
Getting back to my original question is it possible for someone to be a member of the "churches" of the 7 Mothers as well as a good storm fearing follower of Orlanth?
Cheers Adam B.
End of The Glorantha Digest V6 #562
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