Jeff said:
> Come on. That's over a thousand years for the Heortlings to honor a
> contract requiring them to allow godless foreigners (and not very
useful
> godless foreigners) to perform godless rites in the Hendreiki (and
later
> Volsaxi) tribal center. Even assuming such an agreement existed, I
> doubt it would have survived the Tax Revolt. Remember, Arkat is a
bad
> guy to the Heortlings - the Volsaxi start with a Hate Arkat rating
of
> 17. I really doubt any agreement with him that was not obviously
> necessary (or capable of self-preservation) would have survived.
Again,
> I think the much easier explanation is that the St. Caspodi shrine
dates
> to after 1621. Not before.
>
Umm, Saint Gerlant was an enemy of Arkat not a friend (okay they
started off friends but they didn't end up as friends). I agree your
explanation makes more sense. It's just not as interesting (to me
anyway).
Oliver