> Amigos,
>
> YGWV.
>
> > From: "Jors" <g_merigo_at_t...>
>
> asked about
>
> > Subject: Hon Eel, Elf quest, Maize
>
>
> Here is some story/background information about those issues.
>
> Alanthor the Destroyer
> Raider and Plunderer
> Alanthor was an enemy spirit who was enlisted to the service of the
Empire.
> HonEel conquered him in the Gods War to rescue Dakkasinoda, the
Corn God who
> had been killed and taken away by Alanthor. HonEel dragged him to
the Moon in
> psychic chains. Now Alanthor can be summoned and sent against the
enemies of
> the Empire who deserve to have their crops fail and their people
starve.
> Worshippers are people who wish harm on others, but want to channel
it in a
> socially responsible manner. The cult is counted as one of the Old
Gods.
> Although he receives propitiatory worship from many people, his
dedicated
> worshippers use ecstatic worship to gain his magic. The cult is
small and
> specialized, with virtually no dedicated worshippers save those who
are
> working
> towards bigger things. Worshippers wear a bronze slave collar
inscribed with
> runes and with a length of chain hanging off with a link for each
sacrificial
> battle he has won, or enemy god he has killed during his work.
>
> HonEel
> Maize Warrior
> HonEel was born in Doblian during the Seleric years. She
orchestrated the
> liberation of her homeland from the nomads and boldly presented
herself before
> the Emperor at Moonson?s reinstallation in Glamour. She proved that
she was
> his daughter and returned Doblian to his suzerainty. Her imperial
blood gave
> her some great powers, but her own immortal energy and
transformative
> consciousness made her great.
> She performed too many deeds to name here. Some of the best known
are that she
> turned the Sylilan Telmori to be full wolves, incapable of turning
into
> humans.
> She went to the Sky and discovered maize and introduced it to the
Empire, and
> watered her crop with the blood of her foes to replant the trampled
fields.
> HonEel masterminded the colonization of the lowlands of Oraya.
Triumphant
> HonEel conquered the enemy kingdom of Tarsh where she integrated
the Lunar Way
> into the native Earth Goddess?s worship, seduced the king of Tarsh
and bore a
> child by him. Thus the expanded the Empire in the west with
Doblian, east with
> Oraya and south with Tarsh. Her mortal body died at the Nights of
Horror with
> most of the nobles and heroes of the Empire but her soul lived on
and is now a
> goddess.
> HonEel is a woman?s goddess with strong worship in Oraya and
wherever maize is
> counted as a blessing. Most of her worship is found in eastern
First
> Blessed and
> Oraya. She is also worshipped in Tarsh as the founder of the ruling
> Dynasty, in
> Doblian as its Liberator, and by dancers and courtesans across the
Empire.
>
> Subcults of HonEel
> Dakkasinoda and Dakkahoneel
> God or Goddess of Maize
> HonEel once journeyed into the Other Side and engaged an elf-lover,
> Sinoda, who
> had been murdered by Alanthor. Her twin children, maize beings, are
worshipped
> both together and separately. Her son Dakkasinoda and her daughter
Dakkahoneel
> are the dying and reborn immortal beings who are present in the
seeds
> that grow
> into maize. They, the Bearers of Life, require human blood to live.
The
> Emperor
> once tried to stop the bloody maize rites, but the corn wouldn?t
grow. So he
> licensed the Dakkasinoda subcult of HonEel to be the only
sanctioned
> lunar cult
> that practices human sacrifice.
>
> HonEel the Dancer
> HonEel was famously sexual. She freed Doblian from the horse
barbarians
> by using
> her beauty and dance to instigate fighting between the warlords.
Her sensual
> conquests only began there. While conquering Oraya she married the
Sun
> and bore
> him twins. In Tarsh, HonEel seduced the king and left him an heir.
She even
> seduced her father, Takenegi, and established the BashaEel dynasty,
including
> the infamous ?silver privates? in Silver Shadow. She is worshipped
by
> courtesans for her seductive beauty and entrancing dance. However,
HonEel?s
> inevitable blood thirst can interfere with love, and so most
courtesans now
> worship the much safer Senthera instead.
>
> HonEel the Triumphant
> HonEel led the settlement of the Redlands, establishing the Satrapy
of Oraya.
> This cult is primarily worshipped in Oraya where she is the goddess
of
> Rule and
> Triumph. No Satrap can sit on the Throne of Ears without her
blessing.
>
> These are excerpts from *Under the Red Moon.*
>
> YGWV.
>
> - Greg
thanks Greg and cheers from Gianfranco (giangero) this time I am the
narrator and he plays ;O)
Jors