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From: Argrath@aol.com
Date: Sat 09 Jul 1994 - 04:53:44 EEST

Joerg on my Heortland piece in the Orlanthi national character thing: I wrote this before (long before) I ever heard of the Aeolian church (and I still haven't seen it...). As for being Southern, my reference to the "War of Northern Aggression" in X-RQ-ID: 4820 might have been a bit of a give-away. Also known as the War between the States. Also known as the American Civil War.

      I see a great variety in Orlanthi culture. They're not all Arkansas Hillbillies, all whoop and holler. They also include people like upstate New York (and New England) Yankees, some of whom don't talk to ANYBODY. They're not all Babblin' Bjorni by any means, but you can always spot the southern Orlanthi in a crowd of Skanthi, and the friction always remains.

>I think that the Temple of Black Arkat mentioned on p.24 in
>Troll Cults is located closer to Kitori lands, and that it is
>seen as a remnant of the troll dominance rather than a
>state-bearing organ among the Hendriki.

As somebody else said, floor wax/dessert topping. I don't doubt that the TBA is popular in the Kitori tribe, but Malkionism (for all intents and purposes) came to present-day Heortland with Arkat. And nobody denies that Arkat became a troll. I can't imagine an Aeolian church without a prominent role for Arkat. He is for Heortlander Malkioni what Bodhidharma is for Chinese Buddhists.

"What is the meaning of Bodhidharma coming from the west?" "The cypress tree in the garden."

     --Zen koan

Generally speaking, I agree with what Joerg had to say about Heortland. Wish I'd known that stuff when I was roleplaying the king of that land... <deep sigh> Pretty soon we'll have enough for an encyclopedia article. We have major exports, sports, economics, history, cat breeds, weapons, geology, folklore... Anybody want to flesh out architecture or dance (damn hard to research)?

Joerg specifically asks, re: my comment--
>> The Hendreiki Lightbringers' Circle is not very important ...
>Do you have evidence for this?

To paraphrase MOB at the RQ Con, I took it from the same source that Greg Stafford uses--I made it up. But see below, where I agree with you.

I said:
>> the [Hendreiki] king has western-style advisors and servants,
>> such as seneschal, constable, butler, and marshall.

And Joerg replied:
>Certainly true. Include Malkioni bishops. However, the
>companions of Orlanthi kings have _very_ similar roles, and
>you'll find a deity for each of these in Orlanth's court.

I hadn't known that yet. Cool idea. Can I be the trickster bishop?

Bryan J. Maloney on Gods and free will: Bloody brilliant (especially the naturalist perspective).

Guy Hoyle:

     Another note on Anne Bonney was that she had a lesbian affair with a fellow pirate (which makes at least two lesbians on the list).

     The number of women who fought disguised as men will never be known. Quite a few were discovered through being killed or wounded on battlefields in every war since the Civil, er, the War for Southern Independence. How many were undiscovered? Do we dare to extrapolate backwards into history? Probably not, if we're writing history, but definitely yes if we're doing hist. fict., and absolutely if we're doing fantasy.

     Thanks for the compliments for Codex #2. I haven't seen mine yet...

--Martin

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