From: Alexandre Lanciani (alexanl@tin.it)
Date: Fri 14 Apr 2000 - 12:14:04 EEST
Martin:
[The Emperor]
> Due to his demigod status, he is not
> worshipped on a widespread level.
I thought that to become an Imperial Citizen you had to become at least a
BTW, I liked the idea of the Emperor as the focus of the people's love for
lay member of the Emperor Cult. Now that this widespread Emperor Cult
doesn't exist anymore, is Citizenship just a mundane status?
his mother. I guess that now the Body of the Goddess takes care of that, or
am I wrong?
> He has never been a human and is not an avatar (though he does
> contain parts
> of Yelm). When he dies, he is reborn in the Empire whole. The
> Egi act as a
> kind of recharge and reform system, a holding pattern that brings the
> Emperors various soul parts back together and energises the mix.
> The length
> of time this takes depends on the damage he took. When the Egi were
> clobbered by Sheng, it changed the way he was reformed, so that
> his Mask was
> different every time, which was more Lunar and suited his purposes and is
> part of his transformation powers.
So the Emperor is all the members of the Egi at the same time? Who are the
members of the Egi? I thought that the Emperor was a normal child of the
Goddess, before her full apotheosis, who was deified later. On the contrary
you seem to imply that the Emperor is a magical creation of the Goddess,
sort of an embodiment for the Egi. Is this right?
> He can also create Proxies. This is done through his cult. His small
> devotee group are given part of his power. There are many
> Proxies possible.
> Argenteus has a Golden Proxy to deal with the Raibanth crowd. He
> also has a
> war Proxy called the Iron Proxy to deal with warfare and all that
> other nasty
> stuff. Note, that when he gives Proxy status to someone he _loses_ those
> skills until the Proxy is revoked in a ritual or through death. This can
> cause trouble. Too many Proxies also weakens the Emperor seriously.
Are members of the Presidium (if it still exists) eligible/bred to become
proxies? Say, Bellex Maximus looks like the perfect Iron Proxy.
Thanks Martin and Nick for the useful ideas - I hope I understood them!
Regards,
Alex.
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