Annilla Cult

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 03:45:47 GMT


Jeff Erwin:

>She is the patron goddess of the Blue Army, which
>governs the Imperial Navy and the Blue Moon Assassins.

I think the Blue Army and the Blue Navy are seperate institutions; one ensures that the secrets of the empire remain secret while the other is more open and monitors the riverways.

>Invisibility (Avoid sight, Cause Amnesia, Leave no Footprints, Lie,
>Misleading Guise)

Lie and Misleading guise are more tricksterish than what Annilla represents. Perhaps:

Mystify (Leave no footprint, Erase Memory, Alter Writings, Lurk Unseen, Hide Item)

>Tides (Mesmerize, Drown, Flotsam of Secrets, Inversion of Gravity, Rush of
>Madness)

I like the Flotsam of Secrets! But I'm not so sure about inversion of gravity or drown. Perhaps:

Tides (Mesmerize, Command Tides, Levitate, Ebb Vitality, Refreshing Surge)

>Otherworld (as Natha)

I don't think this fits as none of the feats therein (or elsewhere) have much to do with Assassinaton. So I would suggest:

Blue Doom (Sap Life, Summon Selene, Bolt out of the Blue, Shocking Revelation, Frigid Glare).

>Secret: Be Other. (Character takes on the likeness, personality and
>principal (known) powers of person they have just assassinated >until the
>next ebb tide)

This doesn't sound particularly Annillan to me. Secrets are meant to denote the inner wisdom of the Cult and Annilla AFAIK is not a shapeshifter. Rather I would use (and blatantly steal!):

Flotsam of Secrets: Character learns a secret. The type of secret learned is dependant on what he trawls it from. If he uses it generally, then a random secret is known. If he uses it against a person, then a secret about that person becomes known. If he uses it on Annilla, then he receives a vision of what she wants done. None of these secrets need make any sense.

>The cult is feared and misunderstood. It does not officially exist;

I think a better way of putting this would be: the Blue Army conceals its existance so well that even the highest imperial officials do not believe there is a Blue Army...

>Other Side: The worshippers of the Blue Moon are not promised any sort of
>afterlife.

You should state where Annilla dwells first (the existance of which is known) before stating what happens to her worshippers after death.

Rather than state that there is no afterlife and the Blue Moonies make their own way, it might be better to have something like: Whenever an assassin dies, his colleagues systematically eradicate any evidence or memories of the deceased. By making his existence a forgotten secret, the soul becomes one of Annilla's hordes of lost, forgotten and unknowable secrets.

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