> Orlanth and Ernalda promise that they will go out and get back any
> initiates that are lost to the world. This includes recovering the souls
> devoured by dragons, negated and cancelled by chaos, or diffused and
> distributed in the Underworld.
> I imagine that, amidst her other secret negotiations with the Sky Dragon,
> Kallyr negotiated the release of many Orlanthi souls in return for
> replacing them with more powerful Lunar ones.
A true 'messiah' then. This fills in a big gap in Orlanthi cosmography. What about apostates, kinslayers, evil-doers and consorters with chaos? Are these lost forever in their own self-created hells (because no one can make you do anything), are they to be given a chance to learn from their mistakes (reincarnated with a heavy wyrd perhaps), or might they one day rejoin the ancestors through the compassion of Ernalda and the heroquesting of clan descendants?
John
Ravens gnawing men's necks
blood spurting in the fierce fray.
Hacked flesh, battle madness,
blades in bodies, acts of war.
The wind roars!
Open your arms, let it hurl against your faces,
hair and eyes streaming! You have breath,
voice, limb and power.
Do what you must.
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