> hcarteau :
>
> > /// Yep, they're the atelli nation. Basically, everyone worships Heler in
> some aspects, especially the farmers, so everybody still gets to eat, and
Vorlan is some weirdo from afar.
>
> Yeh but don't confuse anything that people may have written for fan
> publications with the way things *actually* are.
/// Well, they actually are that way in my Glorantha. There's a (relatively)
powerful atelli nation in NE Wenelia living around the Azure Lake. There's a lot
of Blue plants and animals (esp. sheep) around. Heler is THE Great God there.
There's about 30.000 of them.
>
> There are some weird and completely undetailed shepherd clans in Maniria.
> There *may* be some _tiny_ specialised rainmaker clans, vending their
> services to Esrolia. There's an important temple, and a pretty decentralised
> group of weirdo priests, ranging far and wide. The clans religiously support
> this temple, and cater for the needs of its attendants.
/// This is an interesting description, it gives the atelli some color and
taste. Not what I thought first, but I'll keep it mind !
> There are some of the Old Manirian Helerings, remnants of the ancient ones,
> that I know very little about, not even an inkling about their numbers. Their
> ancestors sailed in the clouds...
/// Some of the Atelli can and do sail in the clouds. There's a "cloudport" in
their (little) capital city. The mundane and magical costs of running cloud
ships is so huge they only have very few (otherwise it'd completely destablize
the whole region). But it does make for interesting potential adventures. Oh
yes, they're also supposed to be elf-killers but I never guessed why.
> Vorlan is a completely unofficial fan creation.
/// Well, it's completely official in my Glorantha. So's Hurrlanth by the way.
It's the God worshipped by Greymane and his hordes. I love warping the
well-known cults, making them something else, until the PC realize what it's
about.
> ... but the vagueness of the source materials concerning Holy Country and
> Maniria is a spur for the imagination :)
/// Absolutely. That's why we're talking on this list isn't it ?
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