> I think that you can find small enclosed Zzaburite
> schools/monasteries elsewhere than the west. I don't know why, but my
> recent readings about Zzabur and his actions encourage me to think
> about him as a wise Elminster/Olorin rather than a cruel Pan Tangian.
> His followers, apart from the supreme Brithini, should not sound so
> bad...
I don't know. I think the Brithini as a whole are extremely pragmatic (within the framework of the Law). Cruelty and kindness are not distinctions that they make too often, I think, and never to outsiders. Remember, for the Brithini, one wrong action can compromise immortality, so I think they tend to err on the side of doing too little, not making exceptiones, etc. Any "niceness ' would be circumscribed with taboos. But that's just my opinion, and non-Brithini Zzaburites don't have these problems (some wish they did, some don't).
Peter Larsen
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