On Mon, 4 May 1998, The Olesen's wrote:

> Suppose the regent wanted to sponsor both temples, would they cooperate?
>
> I guess that two temples devoted to Haelyn wouldn't
> But what about the Impregnible Heart of Haelyn and Ruonil's Celestial
> Spell?

Going back to Mr. Ruhland's post, for the gold and for the prestige, yes I
am sure that they could and would gladly cooperate. Rournil's temple
holdings are typcially rather small, and his priests are often found as
advisors in courts where Rournil is not honored as the chief god of the
regent. I could see them agreeing to work together. I could also see a
fair philosophy/political science/history team shaping up. Both gods
would have an intrest in the past and in poli sci, who won wars, why,
strategy, tactics, the impact of wars and expansionism on nature; as well
as philosphy, why war, who has won, what impact does political reality
play on the land and her people, which is more important, the expansion of
the realm or the maintenance of the land. I really think that they could
come up with enough common ground of intrest to do OK.

I think that with Rournil's priesthood you can gain a wide variety and
balance as far as intrests are concern. I think that Andurias' priesthood
would be focused very tightly on history, poli sci, contemporary history,
diplomacy, military history, and a few technical fields - physics,
mechanics in particular, and chemistry for the development of better
weapons. I think that if I were a regent opening a university I would
definitely want to invite a priest of Avani, or someone from Ariya trained
in philosophy and mathematics. I may even go so far as to offer the
temple of Avani a holding 0 in partial exchange for their services. Then
again, it all depends on how politically yucky things were at the moment.

Being that part of his holdings extend into Medoere, you may have a
problem with cooperation. The Celestial Spell is a bit aggressive, and
from what I remember, a little xenophobic as well. Medoere is a
theocracy, which can easily produce any number of fanatics at any point in
time. If I were your regent, I would keep a sharp eye out for that
fanaticism. Cooperating with neighbors from Ilien may not be so bad, but
bringing in a Khinasi heretic who cannot speak a decent language like
Annurean in a way that the rest of us can understand may be unforgivable.

Try not to interpret things in your frame of reference. Think about how
you would react if you never met someone from another country in your
life. People are basically scared to death of change. Foreign view
points are good for a university. The people won't understand, and may
even feal threatened, but to have a good representation of ideas, you have
to have the foreign view points - whether foreign people or foreign
religions.

Sorry for rambling.

Jonathan