Talk:Andal

So you want to play an Andal ...

The Andals have not had a good time of it in the last 100 years since the fall of the Thorn King. Some of it is their own fault and some of it is simply the backlash of non-humans who have been persecuted for a very long time. You'll want to read the native races page to find the various nuggets of information as to how the non-human races have been treated to give you an idea as to what the potential backlash is. At the very least you can expect that most Andals have been kicked out of Raeyithia or enslaved in Midrvegr.

Many, but not all, Andals have kept their Thorn King religion as well as their pure-blood arrogance and that certainly leads to a lot of backlash on part of the non-humans. While the Thorn King is very loosely based on medieval Christianity it is important that we don't push that line to the point where players feel uncomfortable. It is my intention that anyone who is Christian can clearly look at how we are playing an understand this is a "fantasy monotheistic" religion not Christianity with a different name. It would probably behoove you to watch at least the first few episodes of the new TV Show: Cursed.

Some basic differences

1. The Thorn King is not the "son" of another god even tho he is a "sacred/sacrificial king" deity who died for the people and rose again. As is common with most sacrificial king legends, the Thorn King is believed to have died for "his people" after a horrible famine and plague.
2. The worship of Acrab is not the same as that of the Thorn King. However, he was accepted as a prophet of Acrab, and thus Andus avoided the wholesale conversion that affected the rest of the mainland.
3. There are 13 commandments, not 10. (I'll add the other three here after I speak to Ovadya.)
4. The thorn king religion actively demonizes, kills, enslaves, or forcibly converts all non-humans. There is no love and understanding of all life in the liturgy.