From: rlfenner@netcom.ca
Date: Thu 15 Jul 1999 - 09:30:12 EEST
Philip Hibbs wrote:
>Can anyone think of any myths that link Xiola Umbar and the
>Orlanth pantheon?
Hi
Actually I don't think that Xiola looks that favourably upon Orlanth.
He is the cause of a great deal of pain and suffering for people that
had nothing to do with his argument with Yelm. IMO Xiola's
philosophy about protecting the innocent, and all that people and
trolls suffered because of Orlanth's actions would preclude a
favourable inclination.
With that said, Orlanth fought chaos which may earn some
redemption for him. At best, I think Xiola neutral to Orlanth. The
Kygor Litor Priestess will likely be harder on the character.
I think your PC is going to need to show some extenuating
circumstances to his current condition (ie - show that he/she is
innocent, and didn't do things as an Orlanthi that she is dead set
against). Fighting off some chaos threat to the troll enclave would
help, maybe protecting some helpless group (at some personal
risk). Perhaps going through a variant of the ritual of rebirth after
performing some quest for the Priestess?
As for linked myths, you could probably come up with a myth
involving them at "I Fought, We Won"....
Richard Fenner
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