From: Mark S. c/o Tom Yates (marks@slough)
Date: Wed 12 May 1993 - 00:13:07 EEST
On Humakti
Paul Reilly's description of regional Humakti "types" was
quite interesting. In my Fronela there are no true worshipers of
Humakt. Humakt's worship has been appropriated by the cult of
Humct, which the player character's have learned was founded by a
rogue Brithini ambassador who fell in with the Gbajists of the
broken council. Humakt's place in Fronelan Orlanthi society is
filled by Valkyries. This is, of course, a non-canonical local
variant, but it makes for some interesting sub-plots! It also
saves me the trouble of figuring out how to make a dishonorable
version of Humakt for the Kingdom of War, and it "explains" why
Humakt would send his "son" and unbreakable sword against Gbaji.
Islam and Loskalm
Graeme Lindsell presents are very strong case for those
Loskalmi who are in the "interventionists/imperialists" camp. I
do think, however, that all Loskalmi leaders will fall in that
camp. The peace of the Syndics ban was a very prosperous time
for Loskalm. The lesson's of their history also teach that
expansionism leads to catastrophe. Still, Graeme's arguments
carry the day after the humanitarian disaster of the fall of
Perfe.
I'm not as sure that Loskalm would inevitably beat the Kingdom of War. One could use most of Graeme's arguments to demonstrate that the Lunars will never be kicked out of Sartar. Also, war is a messy business, it's not very predictable. The Kingdom of War will also get a lot of help from the barbarians, even those that don't fight as mercenaries might still take advantage of an unsettled situation to increase their raids. Game designers also like to milk the cheap drama of ruining perfectly good campaigns by causing the implausible demise of strong, stable nations, see MegaTraveler, or Rary the Traitor.
>The Brithini and Rokari don't revere Hrestol).
I'm not certain, but I'm not sure if this is true for the Rokari. I think the Linealists acknowledge Hrestol, but have a "different" interpretation of his teaching. Inquisitors claimed to follow Christ, after all. Let me see, ahh, here is a quote from GOG that could clear up the matter "We Malkioni belong to many different castes and sects, but all of us recognize the divinity (sic?) of a saint, no matter what sect he attained his sainthood through."
Volcano Gods
I believe there was a long form write up of the Lodril cult
in a back issue of White Wolf magazine.
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