Re: Lanksti Orlanthi

From: jorganos <joe_at_MJTQy8qEqWjxPZlZDsWKRz9JaWxm7Q1LlO4OBSFdXcQrphCuapMq67diyUNrH8rh3gMzA3jF>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:00:26 -0000

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> David Dunham wrote:
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> > >Where did the Lanksti Orlanthi come from? Sources seem to vary on
> > >this. Are they Vingkotlings? Did they come from Talastar? Or perhaps
> > >they migrated northward from Slontos?
> >
> > My belief is that the Orlanthi of Ralios are natives who were
> > converted by Dawn Age missionaries from the First Council.
> >
> That is correct. For most of them, anyway. Some came all the way
> from Dragon pass, as missionaries.

IIRC there was also a group of settlers that came across Kartolin Pass after the missionaries had arrived. This led to conflict between native people (of beastfolk origin) and new colonists claiming their ancient lands, and started one of the first wars of the Second Council.

Those settlers coming through Dorastor could have been Pelorian Orlanthi of any origin, including some Vingkotling roots.

The inhabitants of the Upper Tanier Valley remained apart from the Korioni-dominated folk closer to Lake Felster.

For our freeform "Rise of Ralios" we assumed that they were not among the supporters of Arkat (which gave way to the nice, YGWW approach that the Orlanthi rescuee in the (second) Lightbringers Quest was to be Nysalor after the first rescuee, one of the Arkats, proved to be not quite what they wanted - but that's no different from how Harmast fared...).