Kinstrife

From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:42:43 +1300


Chris Bell:

> > Are there any quests that might be used to atone for kinslaying? I
> >have this nagging idea that there is, but I can't think of one.

>There's only one I can think of... The Lightbringer's Quest. Are they
>prepared to bring back to life the person who they slew?

The person they slew was not kin so the quest is not an atonement for the Lightbringer's Quest

>It seems to me that one
>of the major (and hidden) reasons Orlanth went on the Lightbringer's quest
>is because he realised that Yelm was, through his father, kin.

In a God Learner PoV perhaps, but the Orlanthi concept of kinship requires more than a demonstrable blood-relationship.

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