>> If it were to be written up today, the Uz Cult would be
>> much different in appearance, namely being based on the Pelorian Blue
>> Moon Story (as present in Troll Facts #3) and removing the spell from
>> Artmal (It's not that Artmal doesn't provide a runespell to his mother
>> The basis of the cult in secrets and assassination would be unchanged.
> I think that is a very big stretch. Troll Facts #3 was known > at the time of the Annilla writeup.
It was published at the same time but the material in Troll Facts #3 looks to me stylistically composed later than the Annilla cult writeup. Many of the cults in the Troll Cults Book (ie Annilla, Arkat, Basko, Mee Vorala) have a rather unpolished air, namely being a recital of available information with a cult tacked onto it which has little resemblance to the mythology. OTOH Cults like Himile, Moorgarki, Xentha, Subere and Aranea work as cults for the unsophisticated Uz.
> And I don't think the story in Troll Facts #3 would be > considered a particularly good representation of the Pelorian Blue > Moon story any more.
I don't see nothing wrong with it. The only factual change I would make is replace Artmal with Shargash in the text. Or Zorak Zoran. A better criticism might be one of style in that the tale doesn't sound right in the mouth of an Anonymous Uz.
--Peter Metcalfe
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