Ralian Secret Societies

From: Peter Metcalfe (metcalph@voyager.co.nz)
Date: Wed 18 Feb 1998 - 18:32:36 EET


Jose Ramos:

> Peter proposes a limited scale for Arkati secret societies. I
>have to disagree. If you take half seriously the population figures in
>Genertela, CotHW, it will be necessary to go beyond the two masters
>sect, even if these are widespread too.

What do you mean "two masters sect"? I said that "Some Masters will
group themselves into a larger order to control a city or somesuch".
How does that get transformed into "all Arkari sects have only two
masters at the most"?

>Safelstran cities are rife with secret societies of all kinds. It has
>reached a level where belonging to one or several societies is just
>the way of life.

It is? I seriously doubt that the majority of Safelstrans are members
of a secret society. I strongly dislike the idea that a Safelstran
can entertain the notion of joining two or more secret societies.

>Religious Societies
>Political Societies
>Arkati Societies

Is there any meaningful reason why we should keep these distinct? I
can't for the life of me figure out why a Religious Society must have
a strong leadership, or why a Political Society must be purely mundane
affairs seeking political power for its own sake, and why Arkati are
somehow special in this scheme?

- --Peter Metcalfe

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