> The School of Ronos Allwinds is a school (not a theistic cult) that teaches
> Hespheranes Philosophy (which is a form of wizardry). They often use their
> wizardry to augment divine or spirit magic (or vice versa).
>
you can have shamans and sorcerors who serve the Living God.
/// OK, that's good to know.
> Belintar does not provide rune affinities or that sort of thing (nobody tries
> to evoke their "inner Belintar" - unlike say with Orlanth or Ernalda). He is
> a powerful guardian being who can do amazing things FOR his worshipers but
> provides no rune affinities or feats.
/// That's interesting. So when you invoke the name of Belintar, HE might answer personally and grant the boon you seek by "Divine Intervention". Perhaps there are no limits about what He can do, as long as it's in the Holy Country or the Holy Realm, its magical shadow.
I see such magics as only possible for important occasions, with lengthy rituals and lots of community support. You don't invoke Belintar's name to Bladesharp your spear before a fight, but a General might invoke him, with the whole army's support, so that he helps them to be victorious. The Building Wall is an exemple.
The different sects of Belintar each have found a way to evoke Him more or less efficiently and with more or less guaranteed success. They also know relatively well the risks of any ceremony.
There seem to be no contradiction between being an initiate / devotee / practitionner / adept of other religions AND a member of a Belintar sect at the same time. So you have esvulari watchers, volcano caladralander clan chiefs or shamen of the mirrorsea who also are loyal Belintar cultists and ask for His miracles.
> There are plenty of gods and spirits *associated* with Belintar that his
> priests can worship and get magic from. But these beings are not Belintar -
> they are his allies, friends or servants.
/// Such as Vogarth and the other "silver age heroes" he called back ? I can't
remember any other.
/// A final question. Now Belintar is gone, He does not perform any "Divine Interventions" anymore. What are his priests left with ? I guess many just left his cults ; only the most loyal, such as Sinomen, are still around and looking for him. And their magics are much reduced. Unless Belintar, knowing what was to happen to him, left behind spare "power cells" for his faithful. Said "power cells" are reachable by understanding Belintar's Book.
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