Re: Lunar attitudes to Malkioni and vice-versa

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From: simonh_at_...
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 08:58:30 -0000

> Ian asked:
>
> > What is the attitude of the lunars to the Malkioni, and vice-
versa.
> > The lack of major clashes seems to suggest tolerance, but is this
the
> > case?

In Fronela, the Lunars are seperated from the main centre of Malkioni power by the Kingdom of War. They're also blocked from much contact with Ralios by mountain ranges, so major clashes seem unlikely to happen for at least a while for purely geographic reasons.

> Some Malkioni would see the Lunar Way as a monstrous heresy rather
>than a purely pagan religion -- they trace the lineage of the Lunar
>Empire through the Carmanians and back to 2nd Age Loskalm, a
>Malkioni nation. (Similar to the way some mediaeval Christians
>classified Islam as a Christian heresy rather than a religion in its
>own right). Others would write it off as "pagan moon worship".

How closely in the Lunar Empire associated, in western minds, with the Bright Empire? If any such identificaton exists, it can only be extremely negative.

Simon Hibbs