I don't believe that Malkionism was anywhere as unified in the Dawn Age as Trotsky's chart depicts. For a start, the Glorantha: Intro (p19) distinguishes between the Loskalmi "prophet worshippers" and the Seshnegi "religionists" during the Great Darkness. Revealed Mythologies (p10) lists several surviving Malkioni fragments at the dawn: Akem, Malkonwal, Arolanit, Nele(o)swal and Ulenswal according to one list and Brithos, Akem, Noloswal, Frowal, Arolanit and another one according to the other list.
The Fronelans remained distinct from the Seshnegi even after Hrestol for their first Holy Book is the Blood Witness written by the Apostle Tomaris, a follower of Hrestol (RM p16).
Also the founder of the Jrusteli was Serozos (RM p11), the person who first spoke to Makan. This creed subsumed the Seshnegi church almost completely and the Loskalmi to a lesser extent. The chart's impression that the Northern and Southern Churches still existed separately is IMO misleading.
--Peter Metcalfe
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