It is also worth keeping mind that the Darkness lasted a long time. According to one story, more than fifty generations spanned the time between the destruction of the Vingkotlings in the Sword and Helm Saga and the birth of Heort. During all that time (and more), sacrificing to the gods would have been a waste of increasingly scarce resources.
> > Furthermore in the west, Worlath (and other gods) were
> > worshipped by the pagans of the Seshnegi and the
> > Akemi.
> I am not sure this is so.
Personally, I think that Worlath is simply a Malkioni name for Orlanth and is not a different god. I read that as saying that the Malkioni claim that the pagans of the Seshnegi and the Akemi worshipped Orlanth.
> The Arkati generally didn't try to change the Orlanth religion.
Many
> Orlanthi of Ralios were suspicious, if not hostile, to the
Arkatings
> because of Arkat's betrayal of their ancestors and his theft of
the
> Unbreakable Sword (which has subsequently disappeared). Sure,
some
> darkness Orlanth pracices seeped in in places, but this has not
> changed the core religion.
Similar to the suspicion and hostility the Dragon Pass Orlanthi had towards the Arkatings.:)
> Finally, the EWF had its influence too. They really damaged the
> worshippers of Orlanth in Dragon Pass, but even there so
> traditionalists hid out successfully (especially in Hendrikiland).
The
> EWF were resisted actively by the Orlanthi in Ralios, who did not
fall
> for that "dragon inside" New Age stuff...
Heck the Orlanthi of Ralios got the "best of both worlds" - they actively resisted the EWF, yet the presence of the EWF kept the GLers from being able to take aggressive action against the Ralian Orlanthi. Additionally, I suspect a lot of Heortling traditionalists ended up in Ralios - part of that ongoing back and forth influx between the Ralian Orlanthi and the Dragon Pass Orlanthi.
Jeff
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