: Ummm... I was the one who said that fir'Bolg could
: worship somethng else, but I never said anything about
: Nyx.
SOMEone did, if memory serves (I didn't mean to imply you negatively, Discordia, if that was the effect) but apparently the fir'bolg are just as undefined as the dwarves, religiously.
: This is from GURPS Myth
Please keep in mind that not all of us have access to the GURPS book.
: The cathedral would have been to Wyrd. There's nothing
: wrong with having a temple devoted to one god in a
: religion with many gods, just look at the greeks.
Except that the number of gods is undefined, and the issue at hand was, I believe, whether or not the locale of Covenant was, or implied, monotheism. If so, then it's probably Wyrd.
: The Cathedral's in Covenant... not in the Cath Bruig
: Empire. The province was not part of the empire unitl
: Alric united them.
Not to sound like an ass here, but my dictionary defines "province" thus:
"1: a country or region brought under the control of the ancient Roman government
2 : an administrative district or division of a country"
Both cases imply relation to a larger form of government. The people of the Province also seem rather enamoured of the Empire, given their praises of it. Sure, they might not have been members of the Empire, but they sure seemed to be in love with it. If it was 1800 and the British Empire suddenly flew to pieces, sure I might take note, but if I wasn't a member it probably wouldn't break my heart. I certainly wouldn't think myself audacious enough to rebuild it ala Alric. However, if they were members, then by right Alric and the entire populace of the West had a birthright to the Empire, and Alric is justifiably a successor, not an imitation.
If nothing else, how did it get the name of the "Province" without having a superior power to be provincial to?
: Wyrd seems to be the god of preference in civilised
: society, but the dwarves, being technologically and
: rationally driven, could easily be atheists.
At the very least, I imagine they respect the power the gods do have, but they put a lot more faith in their own abilities. I like this idea.
-Lucan
