Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
We already signed a contract with the Fire Dwarves guaranteeing us 35% of mine output. Really what we need is probably to fold them into our broader defensive interests (so that both we're patrolling their village and their fighting types are part of our patrols.)
ReplyDeleteI don't know that we need to have their fighting types as part of our patrols, since a) presumably they want to have all their folks working the mines for full efficiency, b) I think we would want to field them as a full unit rather than distribute them piecemeal amongst our regular patrols.
ReplyDeleteFair enough on patrols. I'm honestly more interested in integrating them further into our organizational structure by whatever means than I am in using them for the specific task of patrolling.
ReplyDeleteBringing a representative into the Clan Ring.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea. Once we get our merc & bear temple situation sorted we should take stock of who all is on the clan ring & whatnot again.
ReplyDeleteThe Rarog's disposition to you seems to be favorable to a longer-term alliance.
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