>Makes sense to me. Where specialist cults exist and
>there's no advantage to the less dedicated version,
>might as well go straight there. Vinga Dar, though,
>for a lot of female leaders.
That's something I don't understand, why Vinga Dar when you've got Orendana? I can see Kallyr choosing Vinga Dar because she's already Vinga but I can't see an Ernaldan choosing to join Vinga unless a particular clan is excessively patriarchal in it's choice of leaders. And if so does that mean there are clans where a man has to join Nandan Orendana to lead it?
>Maybe - as herders? I'd expect Elmali clans to have a
>lower proportion of women who want to follow male
>lifestyles anyway (at least, want it enough to buck
>social convention).
Not according to the writeup. Redaldan's don't herd horses, they treat them as people. It's not a male lifestyle but a sharing of Elmal's love of horses.
Of course this could be the "My Little Pony" interpretation of the cult.
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