> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroWars/message/12573
>
> Um, Wulf, it was you who wrote:
>
> ">Second question, if the first answer is everyone - what about
those
> >who are called to the 'unusual' deities, notably Chalana Arroy and
> >Nandan (Vingans, we know, have a close association with Ernalda,
but
> >I can't remember a similar connection 'twixt Orlanth & Nandan)? A
> >Chalana Arroy cultist must never have killed, I believe, surely
> >taking part in a battle would involve a bit of killing, or do you
> >just have to watch?"
>
> And Greg wrote:
>
> "The experience is individualized. Future Chalana Arroy cultists,
for
> instance, heal the foe instead of killing it. Future Vingan women go
> through the Ernaldan experience but often have to fight something. "
>
>
> There's nothing in Greg's words here to say that future Chalana
Arroy cultists
> must never ever have killed anything. He's talking about initiation
quests for
> a start, not about everday life.
The subject of this thread is 'Initiation'. The discussion was about
how a male Heortling could take part in the standard Heortling
Initiation rites without killing someone (given that the Initiation
would result in their 'becoming' a Chalana Arroy cultist as a result
of the quest. Killing someone ON THE QUEST that MAKES you a Chalana
Arroy cultist would be a bit hard to atone for. Your point is,
therefore, irrelevant. It's not my fault is a year-old message gets
dredged up and the actual point of it gets ignored.
Wulf