>> Andrew E. Larsen >> Reactions? Thoughts? Villifications?
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the compliment.
> Do all pantheons include TKT?
No. Only the Orlanthi and Pamaltelan cultures worship her (and perhaps the Praxians, since they have limited worship of earth goddesses). Other pantheons have much different ideas about what happens to the dead, and TKT receives only the dead from those cultures. Perhaps she has some influence over other dead spirists, sort of the way Daka Fal does.
> If so, what happens to the Grey Sisters in those pantheons that do not
> include Babeester Gor?
Babs is a goddess for both the Orlanthi and Pameltelans, so it's not a problem.
> Can lay members perform the funeral rites in outlying areas where priestess
> are rare or hard pressed to travel? If the rites must wait on a priestess,
> then there may be a stack of dead to be tended. Maybe leading to
> traditional waiting periods before the dead can be buried.
The initiates probably can perform the rites, but I don't think the lay members can. They're not initiated very far into the cult's mysteries. Since the cult allows initiates to sacrifice to its magic, there would be some possibility for initiates in remote areas to know all the proper spells and rituals. Also, remember that the cult's requirements are pretty minimal compared to other cults, so there are probably more priestesses than for some cults. The chief challenge to becoming a priestess is survival.
Andrew E. Larsen
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