> Bryan Thexton
>
> >They always
> >struck me as a little odd, given the otherwise very standardized
> >nature of the Yelmelian cult, or for that matter most solar cults.
>
> Yelmalio is not a standardized cult. The cultic description for
> him is really valid only for Sun County while Dragon Pass will
> have a lot more Heortling elements (and Balazar different
> altogether).
>
> >Does anyone know if there is a mythic background to why all
> >yelmelians get these random gifts and geas?
>
> Not really a mythic reason.
> I don't think the Yelmalions think it's a case as you act like
> _this_, you get _that_. Instead they view the "random" nature
> of the gift/geases as being what Yelmalio deciding what is best
> for the initiate. Obeying the geas and receiving the gift are both
> meant to help him become a better Yelmalion.
> Yelmalio is actually an old cult. In Prax, it's been there since
> the Second Age.
And has had plenty of time and changes of faction in charge to debase the "proper" rituals, a consequence of which could well be a level of randomness creeping into the results of the gifting and geases. Though the cult will of course insit that it is Yelmalio's Will.
Adam
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