[Dragaera] Crack among the killed gods?

[Mark Landin]

On 2/1/07, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote:
> Steve Rapaport wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 02/02/07, *Jon Lincicum* <lincicum at comcast.net
> > <mailto:lincicum at comcast.net>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >     From: "Steve Rapaport" <steve.rapaport at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:steve.rapaport at gmail.com>>
> >     > Is "The East" a different world or is it not?
> >     >
> >     > If a god is killed in "The East", can that god still manifest in
> >     Dragaera?
> >     >
> >     > Verra was, and can.  (Issola)
> >
> >     Verra was "killed" by an upstart Easterner acting on his own. No
> >     other gods were involved (well, except Bolk, but he's not
> >     vindictive, and doesn't interfere with the affairs of the faerie).
> >
> >     > Tri'nagore was, and can't (Sethra Lavode).
> >
> >     Tri'nagore was killed in direct conflict with all the plans of the
> >     other Lords of Judgment who supported Zerika's claim to the
> >     throne, and was not only killed by Morrolan, but was also banished
> >     from Dragaera by the other gods afterwards.
> >
> >
> > Well, no -- the Lords of Judgement, in the end, sentenced Tri'nagore
> > to the results that Morrolan had already imposed on him:  Inability to
> > manifest in Dragaera. And that was precisely the terms they used if I
> > remember right.  Check and see.
> >
> > So by that reasoning, Tri'nagore couldn't manifest in Dragaera even
> > before he was tried by the LoJ.  And it's still inconsistent with Verra.
>
> Sethra Lavode, chapter 101:
>
> [cite]
>
> "Well," said Barlen, "what do we do with him?" [meaning Tri'nagore]
> "Nothing," said Trout.
> "How, nothing?" said Barlen.
> "He is unable to manifest on that world," said Trout, "That is sufficient."
>
> [/cite]
>
> "That world." Does this mean *all* of Dragaera, or perhaps just the
> place where his worshipers were (in the east)?
>
> And that would be your answer. A god can only manifest where he has
> worshipers. Since Tri'nagore's were all in the east, getting killed
> there ends his ability to manifest on the entire world, whereas Verra
> had worshipers both in Fenario, and also in the Empire, therefore
> getting killed in Fenario does not impact her ability to manifest in the
> Empire.

So a God's ability to interact with our mortal planes is governed by
geopolitical boundaries? That sounds especially .... contrived. If the
Empire moved it's borders 100 miles into Fenario, could Verra then
substantiate on that new territory that perhaps she could not have
before? Or do altars / temples / worshippers have a certain "sphere of
influence", such that if an invading Imperial army invaded Fenario,
and there were Verra worshippers and/or altars travelling with that
army, Verra could return to Fenario in that way?