>
> > (Seriously, if it's the Great Darkness, shouldn't LM
> > magic stop, too? And
> > Issaries? Both of them go into the underworld with
> > Orlanth, no?)
>
> I think so.... and CA, too. I *think* the logic was
> that any deity whose magic is *dependent* on Orlanth,
> and derives solely from him, stops working. But I'm
> not at all sure, and sorry, at gone midnight, I'm not
> going to pull out OiD and check the list.
It's "Orlanth, Ernalda, [and] their subcults", plus Valind (OiD p43).
Later discussions on this list revealed that, for these purposes,
Vinga counts as a subcult of Orlanth. Valind's a bit more of a puzzle,
IMO.
> That's the problem with that : he isn't "dead" at all.
> Ever. Possibly we have to go with the idea that
> "Orlanth is dead" is shorthand for "Orlanth is not
> contactable by his worshippers, many of whom conclude
> that he is dead", but that wouldn't fit on the cover?
I think 'Orlanth is dead' is what the Lunars and their supporters were saying, and what many Heortlings feared was the case - not necessarily a description of what *actually* happened. It's a phrase you'd hear quite a bit, not a description of events.
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