Yara Aranis

From: Svechin_at_cs.com
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:19:27 EST


Gian:
Sorry, Martin, if I cut so rudely your not-exhaustive list:-)

Go ahead, I want to see what players want to play

>A Yestendos river boat captain, pirate or peaceful trader
(...)
>A Pelandan follower of Daxdarius and covert rebel
>etc etc

>What about Yara Aranis? Is she represented as a "Lunar Goddess" or as
>something different (demon, healed foreign goddess, herocult, saintcult,
>spirit cult?)?

Very much a lunar goddess. She is the source for the Glowline and is a form of war cult for the Redlanders and others who hate nomads.

>Who worships her and where, in your opinion?

Few people in the Heartlands except for the state sponsored priesthoods who maintain the Glowline. On the edges of the Empire she is more popular and is very popular as a war goddess in any place where nomadic raids are a possibility. Due to the long peace with the nomads, her cult has moved outward into the frontiers and the Provinces. She is like Gorgorma in some respects and receives much greater worship in times of trouble.

>She is the goddess of TRM, as I recall. So it would be a useful thing making
>us aware of how she could (de-)evolve in your vision ;-)

She's vital to the Empires strength and aids hugely in their magical rituals.  She is a specialist deity that receives less worship for her qualities than for her function.

Martin Laurie


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