>What I'm currently clueless about is how the cult of Elmal operates
>within the broader Orlanthi faith?
The same way that the Lightbringers do.
>So how come a society that accepts the Orlanthi pantheon primarily worship
>a god who's subserviant to another?
Elmal is no more subservient to Orlanth than Humakt, the other Lightbringers, or any of the other gods in the Storm Tribe. Like every other God in the Storm Tribe, Elmal willingly accepts Orlanth as the leader of a free people and knows that Orlanth's decisions are best.
Elmal is unusual in that his worshippers can function as leaders in the same way as worshippers of Orlanth or Ernalda can (unlike Humakt or Issaries say). Clans that have a history of Elmali leaders are known as Elmali clans and there is no shame in having such leaders, anymore than being traditionally ruled by Ernaldan Queens is.
>I'd also appreciate if someone could enlighten me about what the
>relationship between Elmali and the Yelmalio-worshippers are?
Mutual contempt.
>I dont quite get how the latter is present in the Dragon Pass if Elmal is
>accepted as the Sun God?
Most of the Elmali worshippers in Old Sartar (i.e. excluding Aldachur and Alone) switched to Yelmalio worship as a result of an obscure religious struggle. They have defected to the Celestial Pantheon in other words. Followers of the Storm Tribe (i.e. Sartar) still believe Elmal is the Sun God and offer prayers to him. They just haven't got as many Elmali worshippers as they had before.
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