18-11-2002 17:24									#1
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We haven't made up our religion yet. This thread can be used to post suggestions and myths about our gods. A discussion about religion already started in this thread.

	18-11-2002 23:34									#2
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I sure we can come up with many good gods; however, I propose that when Monotheism comes along our one true god be the Great Taco.

	19-11-2002 00:43									#3
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The Great Taco made me think. The eternal place above the sky (sometimes referred to as heaven) must be the Kitchen. Think of it: does not the food give us life and punish us if we do something bad with the spread of diseases? The Chef is the greatest god of all, the maker of all dishes (i.e. lifeforms).

	19-11-2002 04:34									#4
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Plotting:
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Our Religion should be part of our plotting scheme,
based upon the International Disinformation Project. (IDF)
Please read this thread for info: http://www.apolyton.net/forums/show...&threadid=68009


I suggest we hand out these three (unofficial) ubertitles to use in publicity. They represent divine powers, and they can be passed from person to person.

1. Rolemaster of the Realm. (RoR)
2. Grand-masker of Destiny Theatre. (GoDT)
3. Archbishop of the True Role (AoTR)


This is a way of giving the impression that we are NOT plotting against the others, but merely roleplaying and having fun.
(as we of course are having too)


Who wants a title???
(it's unofficial, so you can use your own imagination)

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Uh, can I pick no.2 since it was my idea?

	19-11-2002 05:03									#5
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I think this is time for me to repeat something that we had discussed as a team on the public boards:

We are role-playing the history of our civilization, not role-playing as role-players... this is not a meta-roleplay, it's a straight-up role-play of history...

As such, "Rolemaster" and other such references to meta-roleplay would be inappropriate... rather, he is the supreme leader of almighty Spain (at this stage of history, his Iberian Greatness, the Supreme Leader of Almighty Iberia)... or something along those lines.

Put most simply: We are Spaniards, not Thespians.

	19-11-2002 05:12									#6
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good show Arnelos

I completely aree

as soon as we hit Monotheism, we should be stern Catholics (and perhaps start an Inquisition)

but untill we discover that tech, what will we worship?

	19-11-2002 05:15									#7
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Ok, but when we are so close to RL it gets more serious than fun.
Not as much fun roleplay as with a bit of free imagination.
It gets funnier that way. (I'm a Discworld fan, etc. )
But ok, we will roleplay the Spaniards I suppose.
Hmm... how do we make fun roleplay then?

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Ok, inquisition... that's fun!

	19-11-2002 07:49									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos I think this is time for me to repeat something that we had discussed as a team on the public boards: We are role-playing the history of our civilization, not role-playing as role-players... this is not a meta-roleplay, it's a straight-up role-play of history... Put most simply: We are Spaniards, not Thespians.

what do you mean? don't the spanish worship the Great Taco to this very day?

as us clairvoyant, half-witted cactus-farmers go, the Great Taco is god. All Catholicism has is a little extra sour cream on it...

clairvoyant_ruby I foresee myself being burned at the stake
half-witted_ruby where do I sign up

	19-11-2002 08:45									#9
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Quiet pagan!

do you wish to burn at the stake, along with your tasty brothers?

The Good Lord is our only God (while the game hasnt started, im practicing for Medieval ages), and all who say otherwise will be sent into the depths of hell!

	19-11-2002 10:45									#10
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quote: Originally posted by ruby_maser what do you mean? don't the spanish worship the Great Taco to this very day? as us clairvoyant, half-witted cactus-farmers go, the Great Taco is god. All Catholicism has is a little extra sour cream on it... clairvoyant_ruby I foresee myself being burned at the stake half-witted_ruby where do I sign up

Um... me thinks you're confusing your Spanish with your Mexican there

But that brings up its own opportunities for fun...

Which of us are Castilians? Aragonians? Catalonians? Galicians (though they're actually Celtish by descent)? Basques (also Celtish)?

I think that all of us are likely either Castilian, Aragonian, or Catalonian (though someone can be Galician if they want ). We always have a pretext to go to war with the Celts (Glory of War) if we want, claiming that they're behind those pesky Basque uprisings and whatnot...

	20-11-2002 02:59									#11
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(Gastronome Neecap runs ahead to push some peasant bystanders aside)

It is I, Hernan de History Guy Calamari, Squid Salesman Extraordinair.

What I think we shoulda do to keep in with the roleplay is to adopt the real religion of Spain once we get Monotheism, that is if we want to keep to historic roleplaying.

	20-11-2002 03:09									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos We always have a pretext to go to war with the Celts (Glory of War) if we want, claiming that they're behind those pesky Basque uprisings and whatnot...

Are you sure Basques are Celtish? I thought their origin was a geographical mistery (the Basque language can't be related to any other language in Europe). Anyway I think we'll easily find another pretext to wipe out GoW of the map

	23-11-2002 21:39									#13
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Talking about religion...

In case we need to go to a war we can call it the "Reconquista" (any team or any AI playing muslims? ) and do it by the Glory of God.

	23-11-2002 22:23									#14
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Oliver-- Yes, by jove, wouldn't that be splendid? Santiago! And at them!

	24-11-2002 06:13									#15
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As our official High Priest, I must announce that the spirits have not yet seen fit to inform me of the origins of our world or of anything else. Until they do, any speculation about the nature of the world beyond is just that and should not be considered in any way accurate.

	27-11-2002 21:06									#16
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As you all know, I was not born here, nor do I know of what tribe I am of. But, lo these past several years I have treked along the beautiful blue sea, and traversed the great mountains, and have had the chance to speak to other tribes along the way. They have talked of a great group of gods. Zeus is the leader of these gods, and he is quite a tempermental. He came to lead them when he and his brothers and sisters, (Hera, Posiedon,Demeter, Hades, & Hestia), did overthrow their Father Cronus. It is believed that Cronus ate his children (except Zeus, Cronus was tricked by his wife, Rhea, into thinking a rock was Zeus) to prevent such an overthrow. Zeus did then get Cronus to drink a potion that caused him to cough up his other children, then Zeus lead his brothers and sisters in a war against Cronus and his siblings (the Titans), and Zeus did overthrow and take control of the Heavens.

Zeus then drew lots with his brothers Poseidon and Hades. Zeus won the draw and became the supreme ruler of the gods. He is lord of the sky, the rain god. His weapon is a thunderbolt which he hurls at those who displease him. He is married to Hera, his sister, but has had many affairs. Hera is Queen of the gods and god of marriage and married women. Poseidon is god of the sea, and the second most powerful of the gods. Hades is god of the underworld, and ruler of the dead. Hestia is goddess of the home. Hera is Zeus's wife. Demeter is goddess of the harvest and the earth, and lives on the earth, not the heavens.

All these gods live on Mount Olympus, in the heavens. They are joined by other gods there - Ares, the son of Zeus & Hera, is god of War; Athena is the daughter of Zeus (she sprang full grown in armor from his forehead, thus has no mother), she is goddess of the city, agriculture, and handicrafts and she only fights to protect the homeland; Apollo and his twin sister, Artemis, are children of Zeus and Leto, they are the sun and moon gods, respectively; Aphrodite, she may have sprung up in the sea from the castrated testicals of Uranus, she is the goddess of love; Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia, he is the messenger god; Hephaestus, he is the son of Zeus and Hera and the husband of Aphrodite, he is ugly and lame, he is the smith and armorer of the gods, and god of fire.

Now to creation. There first was Chaos, nothing but void. From Chaos came five "elements": Gaea, Mother Earth, Tartarus, the Underworld, deep within the Earth, Erebus, the Darkness of Tartarus, Eros, the Power of Love and Night, the Darkness. Gaea had a son Uranus, who she later had children with including Cronus, Zeus's father.

Very interesting tales of these gods and how they control the world we live in. They are amazing. I hope you all beleive my tales and join me in praising these gods, so that we are not smited from the earth.

And we should especially pray to mighty Poseidon who created the squid, that we love so much.

May the power of Poseidon and all the gods of Olympus be with His Grace, Togas, and all of us in Espana.

	27-11-2002 21:18									#17
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quote: Originally posted by jdjdjd And we should especially pray to mighty Poseidon who created the squid, that we love so much. May the power of Poseidon and all the gods of Olympus be with His Grace, Togas, and all of us in Espana.

Seize that man! He speakes against the words of our High Priest! I, for one, would never do such a thing...

	27-11-2002 23:56									#18
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Pppp... PAGAN!!!!!!!
Smite him, put him in chains! There is no way to know what the gods are before the spirits tell us!!!
But wait... ah, its the drunkard who said it! No need to worry, just a drunkard´s joke! HA!
*Wispering*Hey you, wanna another pot of wine? Yes, only one squid(squid being 1 GP), yes! Wanna another one?
*Speaking loud*
Wonder who is giving alchoolic sauce to this people!

	28-11-2002 01:14									#19
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Senor Jdjdjd!! Please, I beg you not to incriminate myself in your blasphemies by mention my company's products! I do not share your opinions on religion - your very dangerous opinions, nor do I seek to be punished for them! I do not believe that our glorious, wise High Priest would blame me for your mistakes, but all the same, I ask you to renounce any connection with my company!

(Unless, that is, you want to buy certain amounts of squid...)

Hernan de History Guy Calamari
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	28-11-2002 04:27									#20
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quote: Originally posted by F-PRO Seize that man! He speakes against the words of our High Priest! I, for one, would never do such a thing...

Hmm, Inqusition already???

Well, these inquisitors should have to work well to catch me,
and my tentacle friends in the Occultus Octopus Sect.

	28-11-2002 05:13									#21
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Octopus!! Blast! It's too similar to SQUID!! Don't you mean...Shrimp? Scallop? Fish? Carrot? The Occultus Carrot Sect?

	28-11-2002 08:48									#22
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Well, since no one in their right minds would eat an octopus when they have tasty squid in front of them, you have to do something with it, so I guess you might as well worship it. Though I don’t see what’s wrong with throwing it back into the sea...

	28-11-2002 09:13									#23
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Yeah, give the little guys a chance, Plague Rat. They taste, well, bad, and are thus unfit for braising in good Spanish wine, thus they serve no purpose. Heck, they don't even make good pets. I tried once, and when I left the room for one moment he ate my goldfish! I am not much of an octopus fan...but still, they are too close in resemblence to my squids! It may be...dangerous!

Hernan de History Guy Calamari
Squid Baron
Hater of Octopi

	28-11-2002 23:09									#24
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Well in my OOC first language, Squids and Octopussies have the same name: Blekksprut (Ink-squirter)
Nice name?

	28-11-2002 23:41									#25
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[OOC]I eat octopussies for breakfast! [OOC]

	29-11-2002 20:51									#26
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I have seen Poseidon's wrath in my travels, terrible storms with huge waves. Beware I say. Beware!