> The Orlanthi are rowdy boisterous people. To them, smooth
> workings of city politics like the Dara Happans have are obviously
> signs of the Evil Emperor.
Smooth workings? That's not working, that's policies being crammed down the citizens's throats from above, with no opportunity for discussion or debate. It's tyranny, pure and simple.
(I think from a Dara Happan view, the workings aren't necessarily so smooth either, given that there are usually multiple noble families in a large city, to say nothing of powerful bureaucrats with their own agendas. It probably gets worse once there's a Lunar veneer, which also wants to play politics... Though sometimes [not in Alkoth!] this marginalizes the Dara Happans, so it's not that much worse.)
> Issaries is
> strong among the shop keepers and the guilds but IMO their cult
> politics are as unruly as a clan moot and split along clan and
> tribal lines.
Issaries is one of the few cults that might NOT be split along clan and tribal lines, given that many of its members travel around a lot and associate with members from other clans and tribes.
Which could explain why an Issaries hero was able to form a kingdom in Quiviniland...
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End of The Glorantha Digest V6 #652
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