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> or c) a cockup was made? I can't see why Aldrya should be
> a defiant cult.
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IIRC the Aldryami are descended from Aldrya and Shanasse, could one
of these be a "God(des)" and one a "Great Spirit"? (Even if they are
not previously described that way, as the same distinctions were not
made at the time of CoP...) so that although it is listed as "Aldrya
tradition" it might actually be Shanasse, (or maybe "The Spirit of
the Forest" or "The Spirit of the 'Great Tree'") that the 'Lesser'
Aldryami are worshipping, rather than the Goddess Aldrya herself?
(I don't recall anything claiming that elves were a shamanistic
culture anywhere previously?)