Gods of Taladas

[Nael]

Just posting this because Im diggin up stuff on the gods of Taladas, but did anyone else notice the Minor blurb under the writeup for Hiddukel that way back when he traded his followers to Chemosh? yes boys girls and inbetweens, Hith of Taladas, particularly the Hith of THenol is actually Chemosh not Hiddukel! he traded his whorshippers!!!!! Insider tradeing on a scale with MARTHA STEWART THE DEMIGODDES OF DREAD! :eek:

as a reference page 122 of HoOts last paragraph under History of the church!

[Carteeg_Struve]

Chemosh: I'll trade you two churches for a temple and forty paritioners.
Hiddukal: Deal.
(SAGA cards exchanged)

[Nael]

it si a rather tidy explanation, considering the THenolite death cults, the tons of undead, and such, that Hith (Hiddie) would cut a deal and literaly sell the souls of his followers, in order to aquire favors in Ansalon.

[Sephzero]

Of course, in the end after we've seen how things fare. Who in the end got the worst end of the deal?

Certainly it doesn't mean that Hiddukel has given up on Taladas. Just decides to divert some things away for the time being.

[arittler]

too funny. i'll have to look at that...

[OldschoolDL]

could always run on the premise that evil deities will employ Undead, its just that Chemosh has dominion over that particular excercise. So he has the most power with it.

[KnightErrantJR]

I imagine that some of the dealing might have had to do with the idea that Hiddukel snuck into Taladas trying to set up a base of power before the Queen of Darkness played her hand in the War of the Lance. Being that the Thenolites were so fond of undead, and that Chemosh is the master of the Undead, its likely that the deal was somewhat forced by Chemosh having knowlage of Hiddukel acting before the Queen's plan was fully ready to go, and Hiddukel being willing to deal to keep from having Takhisis' evil eyes fall fully on him, since he didn't quite manage to make Taladas the hotbed of Hith worship that he had set out to. Then again, Sargonnas and the League of Minotaurs really didn't make that any easier on him, nor did Mishakal and her "mystery cult" of Mislaxa that showed up earlier in Taladas than it did in Ansalon.

[Machin]

Not having read the trilogy yet, I'm wondering, what kind of world is Taladas? is there any real civilisation, or some scattered tribe. Is there elves, if so, Silvanesti, Qualinesti, Kagonesti, or another kind of Elves? Is Taladas a world where the gods of good prevail for a change.. because I don't know for you.. but the only time in the history of Krynn where the Balance has been maintained, is when the first Cataclysm has happened, ever since that, the gods of Evil are in full power, and the gods of good only manage to survive... In the Age of Mortal, we hear about Chemosh, Sargonas, Hiddukel, Morgion... even Zeboim... but I have'nt even heard of any God of good(maybe in Lord of the Rose..)

In Taladas, are the gods more present than in Ansolon, or they've just showed up when they returned to Krynn, is there an history to this continent, ancient wars or something ?

(Sorry if this post is'nt entirely under the theme of the thread, but it's kinda related, and I did'nt wanted to make a second thread who looked a lot like this one)

[Sephzero]

Taladas is a changing place with the latest trilogy that now takes place on it. Prior to then Taladas has always been somewhat a more wild and untamed land since the Cataclysm (First Destruction). While many of the noted races of DL exist there many of them have taken different forms as a result of the harsh and wild landscape they live in.

The minotaurs had forged a great empire for themselves in the land serving as the only great cradle of civilization to the continent now. Gods exist on Taladas, but not all are known as many are obscure in the manner which they show themselves. It is a much more distant feel to the Gods then the manifesting stuff you see on Ansalon.

You can find more about Taladas off this page from the DL-Nexus here (http://www.dl3e.com/taladas/).

[KnightErrantJR]

You have the Leauge of Minotaurs in the western edge of the continent, pretty civilized there, and their Thenolite neibors, also pretty standard organized (if evil and depraved) culture. A small band of Silvanesti refugees, and the most organized and orderly gnomes you'll ever likely meet in the middle of it all, but the rest is pretty wild and untamed.

[iltharanos]

Don't forget the island nation of Baltch in the far southeast composed of a ruling class of wizards and engineers, probably the most "civilized" land of eastern Taladas.

[KnightErrantJR]

Sorry about that . . . most of my Taladas campaigning had to do with the League, so while I remember them now, they didn't spring to mind at first.