Re: Carmanian Darkness Cults

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_RdF2F1UsG5qsgqtuUSOt9u8P88MdN5b8bhnEqsx5loBz1nALEHwioAmHu-pAYi5GlS76i2->
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:02:57 -0700


YGWV Benedict Adamson wrote:

> Which darkness cults, if any, do the Magi permit Carmanians to worship?

None.

> Which of those do they permit non viziers to worship?

None.

> I know of only
> one, Saint Abbassar, which has a peripheral role.

Exceptions always exist.

> None of the sample
> deities in the Carmanian Pantheon Keyword in ILH-1 are darkness
deities.

The key point to remember is that the Carmanians know the world is divided into light and darkness, and that darkness is evil. So they forbid the worship of darkness.

> Are there any popular Carmanian darkness cults?

Carmanian? Officially, no.

> I can find no references
> to any. And where did those darkness cults originate? The difficulty
> seems to me that, when the Carmanian religion formed, all darkness
> cults would have been co-opted into the Spolite religion and therefore
> anathema to the Carmanians.

Exactly. Which is why there are no official Carmanian darkness cult.

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