Hrestoli Theology

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From: David Cake (davidc@cs.uwa.edu.au)
Date: Mon 13 Jun 1994 - 12:04:39 EEST

        For a synergy between the current discussions about the beginnings of Malkionism, and the earlier discussions about the differences in various Malkioni creeds, how does this appeal (God-Learner version): In the beginning, the Brithini who inhabited the Kingdom of Logic did everything perfectly and lived for ever. Then Chaos came. Because Chaos was not part of the world, some of the Brithini had to behave in ways that where not perfect in order to fight it, and became flawed and no longer lived forever (the spell forbidden by Urostio is cast). The Brithini say that all who are not Brithini are flawed. Then came the prophet Hrestol - he claimed that there is a way to return to the perfection of the Kingdom of Logic, by striving for personal perfection, and sometimes this even leads to Immortality again (or rather, skilled wizards can learn to cast the immortality spell). 

	How do people feel about this basic scenario?
	Of course the various schisms would interpret things differently.
The Hrestoli feel that we strive for individual perfection, the Rokari for perfection as a society, the Galvosti feel that we strive for perfection as a race (ie wipe out the imperfect humans), etc. Essentially the various Malkioni churches are striving to be like the Brithini. However they also feel that the Brithini, by not being willing to give their all to fight chaos, and save the world, are guilty of moral weakness, so the Brithini are not given any great reverence.

        Any comments? I quite like the idea of a Malkioni version of the myth of the Fall from Grace, but one that is quite different from the earthly version. 

	Cheers
		Dave Cake

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