malkioni sects

Date view Thread view Subject view Author view

From: Close friend of Little Elvis (WALLMAN@VAX2.Winona.MSUS.EDU)
Date: Thu 21 Apr 1994 - 08:39:20 EEST


I griped:

>> Yes, but here is my gripe about Malkioni sects. Some comparisons:
>>[...]
>> MALKIONI PEASANT: Why are the Galvosti evil?
>> MALKIONI WIZARD: Their wizards tap non-Malkioni. These wizards make
>> up less than 5% of population, you probably will never meet one, and
>> they don't really tap our people, but they are EVIL! PURE EVIL!

Joerg replys:

>You phrased this extremely lamely. About like this:

>ORLANTHI FARMER: Why are the illuminates evil?

>ORLANTHI PRIEST: They don't hurry to kill chaos. These illuminates make
>up less than 5% of the Empire's population, so you'll probably never
>meet one, and they won't really iluminate you, but they are EVIL! PURE
>EVIL!

>You'd get a less than enthusiastic response.

>Whereas:

>ROKARI SERF: Why is the Hrestoli sect evil?

>ROKARI WIZARD: They don't know their station in life, and their souls
>won't reach solace because of the terrible sins of envy and ambition.
>Never fall in the traps of their glib oratory, only the man who knows
>his station in this world will know his station in Solace!

I'll respond because of the lame comment ;-). I gave two concrete examples (Yelmalio vs. Uz and Orlanthi vs. Lunar) of how Gloranthan religions almost always have vivid (and sometimes even visible) mythological reasons for being enemies. I still say Malkioni sects pale in comparison.

Your Orlanthi vs. Illumination example is true, but since all Red Moon worshippers are illuminated, the proof for the Storm Voice's argument against illuminates is hanging in the sky (where only Orlanth should be).

Your Rokari vs. Hrestoli example is a good example of how the Malkioni sect conflicts are based on words. I would give a less than enthusiastic response to a sermon on my "station in life". Who was it that suggested monotheism is a scam? Maybe I should join their sect.

Your mention of some things makes it sound like you have more source material than me. Your mention of upcoming Malkioni stuff sounds great. So I promise to stop whining. 

Ed							Praxians do it
Wallman@vax2.winona.msus.edu				on their Altecameli

---------------------
Date view Thread view Subject view Author view

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri 10 Oct 2003 - 01:33:52 EEST