Jane reminds us:
> There is a difference between:
> 1) Having a ring structure such that Orlanth is not the leader
(your
> original question)
> 2) having a standard structure with Orlanth as the leader, but this
> place being taken by someone whose primary allegiance is to some
other
> deity. (As previously discussed, this is a bad idea, but becomes
quite
> common once the Lunars invade and supress Orlanth).
> 3) having a clan which has more than the standard number of
initiates of
> some deity other than Orlanth (Humakt, say), but whose ring
structure is
> non-the-less standard.
For what it is worth, it has always been my conception of the Isolting and the Goodswords that they fit into category (3). Mad- Malan was an initiate of Humakt and Orlanth Allfather. And so on.
Jeff
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