Heortlings mostly initiate

From: Benedict Adamson <yahoo_at_...>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:06:53 +0100


Roderick and Ellen Robertson wrote:

...
> The Heortlings do not see a natural progression from Community Worshipper ->
> Initiate -> Devotee (-> Disciple) nor see it as as age based. Most people
> (in Heortling society) initiate to their gods and leave it at that (Note
> that Kallyr is only an initiate in both Vinga Dar and Rigsdal). Devotion is
> a special level of worship above and beyond the norm (in most people's
> eyes).

...

The rules as they are wrote have implications about this: devotees don't become Chiefs or Kings/Queens. A Chief/King/Queen must initiate to Dar/Orendana. See TR pg. 68-70, which says devotees 'rarely' join other cults, and that such a person would be 'wasting' (from the point of view of the electorate who want an effective leader) 30-50% of their time on their devotions. An initiate would be 'wasting' only 10-20% of their time.

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