I intended the story to explain the "epidemic" spread of Yelmalio in Far
Point. As you say, it wouldn't be true in the temples that didn't help the
lunars spread the cult in Tarsh.
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>At 10:19 AM 9/27/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>>Thanks to Gian, Oliver, Peter, Nick and TI for comments. I've tried to
>>synthesise the various points (with a slightly pro-lunar touch to boot).
>>Is this satisfactory?
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>>After the dragonkill, most of the yelmalions were killed and the cult
>>remained active only in the peripheral Sun Dome Temples. The cult lost
>>vitality, either because Yelmalio withdrew from the world or because of
>>the loss of organisation and the isolation of each temple, or both. The
>>temples could not or would not work together anymore. In many temples the
>>god came to be worshipped under a plethora of local names, all with the
>>title of "yelmalio" or "brightness of Yelm". Some even went back to
>relics
>>of the first age, when Yelmalio was known as Daysenerus.
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>>Few of the surviving Sun Dome Temples embraced the growing Lunar Empire.
>>Those that did were not strong enough to provide a path for the
>>recalcitrant Elmal-worshippers of the south into the embrace of the
>>Goddess, as the cult of Doburdun helped the worshippers of the rebel
>storm
>>to find peace with Her.
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>>Only with the revelation of Monrogh could the cult of Yelmalio be
>>revitalised and grow strong again. Only after Monrogh could the
>brightness
>>of Yelm shine upon the southern barbarians in its full glory. Many of the
>>Sun Dome Temples that never lost their Light did not hear or accept
>>Monrogh's revelation, claiming that it is not of the One Sun, but a
>>bastard of Many Suns.
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