> The majority of Sartarites who come from Heortland about
> three centuries ago do not have Malkioni influences. So
> the Hendreiki have been malkionized since that time as a
> result of the Pharaoh's rule and before this time, such
> influences were slight or neglible.
Alternatively, the Sartarites who left Heortland were the non-malkionising ones whom the Pharaoh disliked; the ones who stayed behind were the malkionised ones whom the Pharaoh supported.
Agreed, they have become much *more* malkionised recently, since the Opening of the Oceans; this has resulted in an exposure to modern mainstream Malkioni notions (those of the Rokari sect) which they hadn't previously enjoyed.
> These Malkioni influences are neither complete nor uniform.
> [...] In the more distant regions of Heortland, I expect to
> see unmalkionized or partially malkionized clans.
So do I. Incidentally, these "more distant regions" include the lands nearest to Sartar.
> Given that the Sartarites did not build cities until after
> Sartar showed them, I believe the kindred Hendreiki have a
> similar attitude towards city-dwellers.
Alternatively: Sartar, who showed the "Sartarites" how to build cities, came from the southern Hendreiki tribe of Heortland. I believe these southerners are better able to build cities, perhaps thanks in part to their partial "malkionisation", than the die-hard traditionalist self-exiled Quivini settlers of Dragon Pass.
> The rest is pedanty
Strictly speaking, it's pedantry. But it would be pedantic to point this out. :-)
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