Re: [HeroWars] Speaking of....[Re: Idea on gifts and geases]

Bryan Thexton

>They always
>struck me as a little odd, given the otherwise very standardized
>nature of the Yelmelian cult, or for that matter most solar cults.

Yelmalio is not a standardized cult. The cultic description for him is really valid only for Sun County while Dragon Pass will have a lot more Heortling elements (and Balazar different altogether).

>Does anyone know if there is a mythic background to why all
>yelmelians get these random gifts and geas?

Not really a mythic reason. The geases are a form of asceticism, a withdrawal from the world, and the gift is the resulting benefit. I don't think the Yelmalions think it's a case as you act like _this_, you get _that_. Instead they view the "random" nature of the gift/geases as being what Yelmalio deciding what is best for the initiate. Obeying the geas and receiving the gift are both meant to help him become a better Yelmalion.

>- Perhaps it really is all standardized but the young cult doesn't
>have the initiatory (etc) quests mapped out well enough to understand
>what to do where to get predictable results?

Yelmalio is actually an old cult. In Prax, it's been there since the Second Age.

--Peter Metcalfe             Received on Wed 05 Sep 2001 - 01:04:50 EEST