From: Andrew Joelson (joelsona@cpdmfg.cig.mot.com)
Date: Mon 28 Apr 1997 - 21:42:33 EEST
> 2. What's the deal with Yanafir Tarnils? There seem to be several
> versions of him floating around.
There is a cult of Yanafal Tar'nils, and a YT sub-cult of the
Seven Mothers. The two are not the same. The YT cult is mostly com-
posed of officers in the Red Army. It revolves around things like
'how to command a regiment', 'care and feeding of troopers', and 'how
to make a man out of a brainless peasant in 90 days'.
The Seven Mothers sub-cult is much more Humaktish; it provides
most of the Rune Lords (sic) for the 7M cult. Dueling, individual skill
at arms, Truth & Honor, etc. Most Humakti who 'turn their swords' (go
over to the Lunars & start using a curved sword) end up here. This cult
is good for producing champions & captains of the temple guard.
I am minded of something I heard once (but I cannot recall where);
Humakt produces warriors & Yelmalio (Sun Dome) produces soldiers. The
same thing applies for 7M/YT and heartland YT.
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Andrew Joelson joelsona@cpdmfg.cig.mot.com -|-
aka Rupert von Harl; Cults of Seven Mothers, Yanifal Tarnils and Humakt |
"Contradiction? No, I always did tend to kill chaos creatures anyway" /
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