RulingNations@aol.com wrote: > I assume that gods and similar entities compete and cooperate in the > Dreaming? Yep. But of course they also do so on Celandra, although mostly indirectly. > Consider the two principles: 1) There's nothing particularly useful to > Dreaming entities on Celandra; 2) Dreaming entities regularly affect > Celandra. Taken together I think you'll see that they lead to situations > that we simply would not be able to relate to. Since so much of Qaiyore > is based on real history something needs to give. Perhaps I failed to mention this: not all, certainly not even the most, of the entities in the Dreaming affect / are affected by Celandra. Quite the opposite. There are only a relatively small amount of entities of the Dreaming which have any serious amount of interaction with Celandra. However, from the viewpoint of the religions / people on Celandra, those entities are all that matters. So, actually, I don't see any big problem with this setup. After all, even if something is not essential, does not mean it could not be important. Until a few decades ago, diamonds did not have any practical value - still they were perhaps even more valuable than today. I would argue that for some gods of the Dreaming, the followers on Celandra are like their 'hoard of diamonds': nothing they would actually need, but something they value, and which they can show off to their peers. > Personally I like the idea that there is something about human souls > that is useful to Dreaming entities. Possibly the Authority of a mortal > soul can be used to increase an entity's authority in the Dreaming? Of > course, there's no real need to define _what's_ useful, as long as we > consider that there's _something_ useful there. Well, that's a possibility. But I really would like to know the what, why and how, there. Just to see how they would effect the societies. E.g. how then would they actually gather that Authority? At the time of death? Can you imagine a flock of gods gathering around a big battle like a flock of carrion birds? Hmmm... actually that sounds kind of nice; but I don't think it fits Celandra. Any other ideas or opinions? Please feel free to contribute. > So what is the nature of the Ladies? Do they have divine aspects? What > are their servants and personalities like? Divine aspects sounds a bit too much like 'god of knowledge and thunder'. From my viewpoint, the Ladies are like any other entity of the Dreaming with their own ambitions and goals. Of course, to the Ka'Shari they have to project some kind of idealized front. But I'll leave that to Bob to decide. juuso ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
