I had a slight expansion on the Asella and Torkal for
IWs which had Asella's worshippers not just as waiting
for the menfolk to return but also as the jewelry
makers. There is also a miner keyword there though
given the Exiles acceptance of slavery I saw the miner
as an engineer and overseer, not a digger.
Dragon Pass is littered with gods bones so probably
has a range of deposits. But note, when I last checked
with Greg for Kerofinela, there is no iron in Dragon
Pass.
- Darran <darransims_at_x2USCZy7-jO0o5HvJtX8xIW25HvRMg6J9fWvYCjohktNx6XoCkW8BlG1y1KtCcHAF5Fd4kEN8R0yK6sOr0aL6yc.yahoo.invalid> wrote: >
Greetings and Salutations
> 2003-02-24-1710.
>
> I did raise this point up back in September 2001 as
> you can see at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroWars/message/8076
>
> and I have stuck some of the responses below.
>
> From: "KYER, JEFFREY" <jeff.kyer_at_c...>
> Date: Wed Sep 26, 2001 2:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [HeroWars] Miners & Mine workers
>
> No there isn't and I'd commented on this before.
> However most of the
> 'mining' among the Heorltings seems to be taken from
> small pockets or
> deposits known only to the local smith who uses
> them. Mostali also may
> be sitting on many of the good deposits.
>
> There was an okay mining cult in UW #1 as I recall
> but no mining
> keyword. The cult was of a son and daughter of
> Asrelia and Gustbran,
> IIRC. The men did the mining and the women ran the
> extraction and
> appeasement side.
>
> Mining seems to be a thread that keeps showing up
> here. Maybe Issaries
> could do a spotlight on mining practices among
> various non-Mostali.
>
> Were I in need of such a cult, I'd look at something
> along the lines of
> a shared subcult or minor cult between Gustbran and
> Asrelia. Or a local
> godling. Most deposits are the site of major battles
> and perhaps that
> generates some sort of magical entitty that would
> have to be
> propitiated.
>
> Jeff
>
> Darran wrote:
> >
> > Greetings and Salutations
> > 2001-09-26-0110.
> >
> > I was wondering why there wasn't an occupation for
> miners, someone has
> > to
> > get the metal for the redsmiths to work?
> > On top of that, what god/aspect would they
> worship?
> > Mostal seems okay but not very Heortling-like.
> Asrelia the goddess of
> > the
> > Earth's Wealth seems more apropriate but comes
> across as strictly
> > female
> > worshipped goddess not one for big, burly miners
> (at least to me
> > anyway).
> > Thoughts anyone?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > DARRAN SIMS.
>
> From: "Mark Galeotti" <hia15_at_h...>
> Date: Wed Sep 26, 2001 8:06 am
> Subject: Re: Miners & Mine workers
>
> In Unspoken Word 1, Simon Bray came up with the
> linked cults of
> Asella (grand-daughter of Asrelia, who fell in love
> with Gustbran)
> and Torkal (her son), as mining deities -
> essentially Asella's magic
> is about finding the best place to mine, blessing
> the mineshaft,
> appeasing the earth, while Torkal is the burly
> miner.
>
> Mark
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