Orestes
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2003, 12:48:31 PM » |
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Ok, from everything that I've seen so far, I really like the idea of Maldread being a god of rebellion and revolution. The reasoning for this is:
1) It can begin to blur the lines for this god between good and evil followers. While the god is generally evil, his deity can actually have some positive outcomes, as well. What I see here is that halflings may become devoted to Maldread, particularly many halflings in the Blackwheat movement.
2) Maldread would become a fierce opponent of Syth. It would also make him allied with Elenar, Aerie, possibly also Ballog. Especially the way that I see the order that the gods came into existence, Syth sprang forth from Ballog, but turned against his father because he tried to bring the world under his own power, which is ultimately controlled and therefore lawful, his own progeny with Diadria, however, turns against him in the exact same vein, sowing chaos and disorder wherever he turns, ekeing a living off of the places where Syth's controls cannot extend and plotting to overthrow all of Syth's tyrancy...
3) It offers good political positions for followers of Maldread in the world, because while many followers of Maldread would seek the overthrow of Torin Brand as the ruler of Thardferr, other, farther-seeing followers of Maldread would actually see Brand as the greatest agent fighting AGAINST the tyrancy of the Sythians, who they may see as the greatest threat of rulership...
In any case, they're just a few thoughts...
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