From: Peter Metcalfe, CAPE Canty (CHEN190@csc.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: Tue 04 Oct 1994 - 12:54:08 EET
MOB
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I wrote something five days ago about porthomeka, but the post got eaten by a krashtkid. It was about Rhigos and one of MOB's contributions (which for modesty? MOB didn't mention in the current thread) was the factoids about the Wild parties (and worse) of the Demiverge of Rhigos.
I am quite prepared to synthesize this with Crim's suggestion that the Porthomekans are Westerners by saying that the Demiverge really only rules an enclave within Rhigos. The majority of the Porthomekans are quite industrious farmers and very puritan in personal morals. The palace of the Demiverge then exists as a type of Sun City for South Africa and is mainly filled with taverns, brothels, packrat fighting dens and other places for lowlifes. The churchman daily preach against the wickedness of the Demiverge. But the farmers have to pay a tax on their goods to the Demiverge in return for rights to live here.
This isn't to say they haven't burrowed Caladralander customs because they're rednecks. I can easily imagine the focus of their worship being at an eternal flame to better commune with the creative aspect of the Invisible God.
-Peter Metcalfe
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