Re: LEGENDS North Island Holy Books

From: krumm@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Jens-Michael Krumm)

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 10:08:51 +0000

In article <2hhme6$hd4@donal.dorsai.org>, lipton@dorsai.dorsai.org
(Robert Bryan Lipton) writes:
|> Does anyone out there have a copy of the Shanah Holy Book (Religion
|> #4) in the North Island Campaign?

This one was posted some time ago by Dean Johnson. Thanx to him for
typing it in....
			JENS

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#595 The Warrior's Way

Sallahman the Prophet of Shanah
...The people of the Suntag Plains had been listless in their faith. Tribalism
and disrespect for God's will had replaced strength and pride in the step of
the people.  For this reason, Shanah, the One True God, reached out to
Sallahman to be his Prophetand lead the people to the path of Glory in His
name.
...Sallahman cared little for uniting the races of barbarians in the West, but
instead moved to lead one or the other group in mass mobilizations of their
citizens into hordes of the FAITH.  Placing top importance on struggle as a
means of attaining favor, Sallahman put Knight and Warrior on the forefront of
the worship of Shanah and his fierce code of courage.
...Often found in the lead of a charge against a village that turned away from
God's Way, Sallahman would order the slaughter of all the infidels and the
adoption of their children to be raised in the Arm of God so that the disgrace
of their line can be removed by their struggles in the Name of God.  All other
religions feared his wrath and responded with increased violence against the
Path...
...finally setting an ambush, the Pope Corin trapped the Knights of Sallahman
in the Pass of Devotion and with his Crusading Host slew all 300 of them.
Sallahman himself was slain by the Pope using an Elven made ancient longbow
and a vile purple arrow singing with arcane power.  As he fell mortally
wounded and Shanah's Call was heard in his soul, Sallahman proclaimed: "For as
long as there is a sword and flame, Shanah shall rule."

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  The religion is structured around great leaders of the faith where the value
of tactics and personal combat are placed on an equal footing with the
priestly levels.  The title First Sword is given to the victorious priest who
wins the Conclave (Special comparison not needing attendance) each year of any
priest with at least 20 levels of faith.  Each year the importance of tactics
or personal combat is stressed randomly.
   The First Sword duties include:
1. May create one spell a year to be given to the Priesthood.  He must explain
   the spell  to all the faith.  The spell must be a battle or duel spell and
   conform to the philosophy of the Faith.
2. Mat create a Troop training type which is restricted  to Priest-Knights the
   cost of which must be a basic a basic cost of between 300-350 but will have
   a fixed price of only 275.  This troop type must have in its name: Shanah.
   He must by Special Action teach it to any other priest of the faith on
   demand to a maximum of 2 per month and a grand total of 8 other priests
   from different positions must be taught.  He must send  out a message to
   all members of the Faith explaining the Troop Type and must provide the
   information on demand to any new member of the Faith who is a
   Priest/Knight.
3. May after laying siege to any sanctuary of any other religion for one full
   month, declare a "Holy War" and the entire army of the First Sword which
   has laid siege for the time will be given the status of "Blessed of Shanah"
   unless they already have special status and all troops will be increased 3
   levels.  The declaration must be done by Special Action and requires a
   message to be sent to all the world on the attack.  The sanctuary must then
   be attacked on a conquer and enslave military order (#2) with Guilds to be
   destroyed.  The First Sword may do this once a year and must OWN and LEAD
   (Slot 9), the Legion in the attack.

References

LEGENDS North Island Holy Books
lipton@dorsai.dorsai.org (Robert Bryan Lipton)
Tue, 18 Jan 1994 22:04:54 +0000