@Oshha
The Arthryn mess I think is due to differing perspectives.
OOC:
The people most vocal about it in the thread were the ones who had the most problems with either Monarchy or Wyrn in general as her role of Story Shaper. To either of those perspectives, what was done is heinous.
IC:
From Arthryn's perspective, the problem wasn't just that Monarchy went against Born Equal. Arthryn considered the Communal Mandate more important, and as such the only sin being punished was in putting the benefit of their close kin above the benefit of the community, because the community used their right to decide equally to decide to no longer be equal.
From Wyrn's perspective, she still believes she did the right thing, but using the wrong tool, because the Divine Royal Blood was demonstrably better at dealing with crisis afflicting the People, but enabling Bronwyn's selfish intent was bad.
From Bronwyn's perspective, she did wrong in doing this for the benefit of her family, and she acknowledges that. She does not consider the result wrong(as evidently Arthyrn let the royal line continue), but the motive was impure.
From the People's perspective, Arthryn was angry about unfair behavior and punished the offending gods and Cadion. However, as she allowed the Divine Blood blessing to be granted to the royal family, theres nothing actually wrong with it. This overall leaves the People:
-Terrified of divine smiting
-Believing that the Royal Family was the right thing to do, since its still there.
-Believing that being selfish gets you smited.
-Believing, as a result of the above three elements, that the royal family must rule through Arthryn's
express blessing and thus the Temple must be built right the fuck now.
-Believing that Arthryn's teachings had gone to the side in recent times, with all the war and heroes and barbarians and that they should reinforce traditional values(with the minor problem that due to Stone Age connectivity, theres like 5 different sets of traditional values)
Is this a reasonably proximate summary?
