>
> I find it very interesting to see just how inextricably the alyanixes have
> been worked into the Orlanthi fabric. I have trouble thinking of them
> without the sheep-kitties as well.
>
Success!
> However, there might be some dog-lovers. Somewhere. I suppose. (spit)
>
Saird.
>
> > And I don't think Voriof would have a canine form either.
>
Me either, for two reasons:
1. It would be like pre-exploration Europeans imagining a kangaroo
2. Voriof isn't a dog
> There may potentially be such a thing as an Orlanthi sheepdog, but I think
> this would either have to be a specific Protector as Greg has suggested, or
> some specific dog god, or possibly a shape of Heler (if your purpose was to
> keep the idea that this dog were another shape of an established god).
>
Although I doubt it.
There is a very deep clash between alynxes (aided by Orlanth) and dogs--it i
a key to Harmast's story, in fact.
> >
> I'd suspect such Orlanthi would simply have a different sheep protector. It
> wouldn't be Voriof. I just can't think of who it might be though. I
> suppose there might be some move to supplant them via Lunar cultural
> engineering. Tarsh, perhaps?
>
Read up on Saird, dog land. .
> There are at least two Voriof subcults of Heler that I am aware of, at
> least among the Wenelians. The Ram is more consistently worshiped as a herd
> defender/war god (but pretty much everything in Wenelia can be a military
> deity, I fear).
Such is the rule in the Rule of Might world.
Voriof's the ram, the lamb, and the Shepherd. He's not the alynx though
Correct, that's Yinkin or his kin.
It is a clear differentiation between them.
> I just realized that the Black Oaks have dogs. However, they are war dogs.
> Possibly sheep dogs too.
>
What more proof does anyone ever need of how corrupt they are?
--
Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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