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Eh? Lords of Terror is exactly what you said Gods of Dorastor was going to be!

Lords of Terror (being a reworking of Cults of Terror) was published

It's forever when you're dead. It's brief when you're alive although some Hrestoli might have longer states.

Considering the Praxians activity for the following years is: 1608 - Aggar Garrison 1609 - Dorastor Raid 1610 - Aggar Raid 1611 - Home Civil. It seems to me that the army that raided into Balazar in 1607, then march to Aggar for a raid on Dorastor. The mysterious Seven Problems from Dorastor took place in 1608, one of which was Wowander's infamous Stag Do. So my feeling is that someone placed an order for Praxian mercenaries who raided Balazar on their way to Aggar and Dorastor. But the money ran out and so they plundered Aggar before making their way home. With this in mind, I don't think the Tarsh Gap is plausible. If they are in Tarsh marching to Aggar, then a detour to Balazar for Wild Bunch Hijinks does not make sense. Likewise Gonn Orta's pass kinda rules itself out for being a bit too far of the beaten track. That leaves in my mind Wyrm's High Pass, which requires as you note a good reason for the Trolls to allow Praxians to pass through. The Trolls do have some friendly relations with the Praxians which makes this somewhat possible (Trade at Adari for Mushroom Drinks, Storm Bull and Zorak Zoran being friendly, Trolls hiring Storm Bulls for a raid on the Muchrooms Trollpak p209, the Bestiary indicates Morokanth are found in and around Dagori Inkarth p14 for example).

Another model for Rokar might be Pelagius, he of the Good Works. He was shocked at the laxity and decadence of the Early Christians and taught the necessity of Good Works for Salvation. He was opposed by Augustine of Hippo who won - in the West. The Eastern Church didn't get execrized about this question because both Pelagius and Augustine wrote in Latin which they couldn't be arsed learning.

Recently had the stray thought that the Great Talar of the West is none other than Meriatan.

Blood, Blood and more Blood! From Fod-Ariam's map in White Bear and Red Moon, I think the defeated White Moonies fled and established Heretic's Country. When Sheng returns, I think he defeated Phargentes the Emperor at the Battle of MolariSor. He doesn't rule much longer (he defeats Can Shu and Kralorela according to the Crytpic Verses of the Yellow Calender) but doesn't make any effort against Prax before his defeat (I think he was aiming for Dragon Pass).

If you want to play people who do not worship the Gods - play a Malkioni. If you want to play people who believe the Gods do not exist - another game world might be better suited.

Nobody mentioned "Only Fools and Horses" yet?

Even the small ones can be nasty. A while ago somebody broke into a zoo to steal a squirrel monkey as a pet. The rest of the pack (twelve or so) drove him off with bites and scratches during which he sustained a broken leg.

IMO the Rokari (wizards) do not have a desired outcome but are a reactionary creed intent on avoiding highly undeseriable outcomes (such as the Doom of the God Learners). They may consider many things within the Kingdom to be just bad but accept there's little that can be done about them. That is why they place such a great stress on acquisition of Rightness and entrance into Solace. It's the One Big Thing that they can do that Matters.

Yes, they did. We even have a name for one of them, Rodard of Neleswal (Guide p352). They were part of the official structure but they existed, were tolerated and even used from time to time. Basically they were the Bad Batches, Suicide Squads and Dirty Dozens for the God Learners.

It appears on the map in RQG p121. on the river leading to the Monkey Ruins. No mention has been made of it before in the Guide or the HQG books so there is a possibility that it was built between 1621-1625. Broyan remains in Whitewall defending the Volsaxi against the Holy Country and was never posted to the Marcher Barony. The tradetalk material is noncanonical. They are distinct peoples who were often if not always opposed to each other - Most of the Aeolians supported Rikard the Tiger-hearted. Owain is never King of Heortland. Heortland was ruled by Governors until 1592 (the last being Zerhrestol). Orngerin was appointed Governor in 1603 and may have become King (there is a trend in the Holy Country Sixths for the governors to become Kings at that time) until 1617 Rikard did not persecute the Aeolians. They were his supporters. Early in Belintar's reign, I imagine. He slacked off on showy public works after the construction of the City of Wonders. Belintar's cult is so far unknown (and abandoned now). I am not aware of any integration among the bits of the Holy Country that we do know well (Esrolia) so think integrated worship is unlikely (but could be wrong). There is no Saint Orlanth among the Aeolians. Their nobles and warriors worship Orlanth much like their brethren in the north. The head wizard of the Aeolian is a Watcher, not a Bishop (although I assume he would still have a See).

Guilmarn the Fat: Ummm. Never mind.

Be thankful that the God Learners didn't create a combat version called Janissaries.

Ancestors aren't cult spirits, they're management

I think Kangharl simply fled after the collapse of the rebellion. There's little wisdom in relying on the legal protections of tribal law when one is aware they are on the Lunar List of Painful Shit to Be Done To.

She did a crown test into Snakepipe Hollow (given in Wyrms Footprints) which convinced the Tribe to support her.

I recall they refined it a bit later on. Instead of travelling to the border, they would designated some plot of land outside the city boundaries to be enemy territory and so chucked their spear on that instead.

One should also consider the heralds often have to do their duties with peoples that do not share their values or language. The Spartans threw two Persian emissaries down a well (ie those wierd looking holes in the 300) although the killers later recognized it was a crime.

The connections existed in the Golden Age. Govmeranen has the same runes as Yelm for example.

No. Illumination is associated with the Infinity Rune and Nysalor's tradition (which is derived from Yelm) approaches it through the Fire (or Light Rune). It could be used for chaotic means It's from the Cult of Nysalor writeup in Cults of Terror. Dragons teaches Illumination (Infinity Rune through the Dragon Rune). Metsyla's illumination is different as he represents the old solar tradition.

Except that in the Strange Fragment from King of Sartar, the Waertagi show no awareness of this relationship as their dragonships ram Sofala.

Ferbrith is related to Brithos and is Makan during the second action. Yet Brithos wasn't colonized until the Late Storm Age. Hmmm.

The mythology of Malkion is IMO a construct (like the Trinity). Malkion appears differently in myths depending on when those myths took place (Golden Age etc) and some bright spark had the idea of interpreting him through the Five Actions*, which also had the effect of explaining away his unfortunate defeat and demise to his critics (Zzabur: Malkion was a loser who died. Malkioni: Yeah, but he *planned* it!) I don't think Malkion was ever the Invisible God although Makan was obviously the Invisible God understood through his life (and Irensavel the Invisible God understood through Hrestol's teachings etc). But there's plenty of details that don't fit and have not done so for a long time (Engr, Aerlit the Vadrudi etc) and the God Learners brushed them way by calling them apocrypha. *I know Zzabur makes this identification explicit in Zzabur Says (Revealed Mythologies) but IMO that document's spurious in that Zzabur portrays Malkion as his tragic friend whereas the real Zzabur wouldn't even bother mentioning him.