Patrick

Hmmmm, I kind of recall Uzuz never have trollkin - their problem is to bear Uzuz, rather than "mere" Uzko. Trollkin are born to Uzko (Dark Trolls) and other trollkins (often stillbofn, but they do have children). That's all, IMHO. The Curse was put on Kyger Lytor.

They are a Malkioni offspring, anyway - Syranthir came from the Loskalm region, fleeing God Learners, and was Hrestoli (and maybe even Irensavelist). Indeed, Carmanian religion fits well into the Henotheist & dualist approach of RW mazdeism. The question is: how much of it zlso applies to other Malkioni "churches"?

Coming back to the Malkioni... I find it useful to resort to RW equivalents to get a feeling for Glorantha. Looking for monotheists of antiquity (not Christianity and Islam), we have Judaism, Akenathon's short-lived attempt... but also religions of ancient Iran: Zurvanism, Mazdaism, Zoroastrism (and possibly later offsprings like Mithraism, Manicheism). I could probably easily mold the Abiding Book on the Avesta, Seshnelan kings on Achemenids, Zzaburi as Mages, and so on. In fact, that's quite tempting! And it brings the whole Persian-Iranian world into Glorantha :-) Does it make any sense?

I don't think the trollish half is certain, but people believe it. The "first half" is human, from the people who followed Aram in the first age.