I can't remember which sourcebook I read it from, so while I go trawling through the ones I have, have this from the wiki:
Perhaps Halétha really is the Goddess of the Forest of Shadows, rather than simply the Goddess that protects from the forest. Perhaps the forest itself needs protecting. Then again, Paranoth isn't even sure the Forest isn't evil, he's just saying it's not entirely clear that it is, so who knows.
I don't think Emperors mind affairs as long as things are made clear. Lots of marriages are arranged and not done out of love, so I don't think it's extraordinary for the Empire to have had several Emperors and Empresses with known affairs. This is also putting aside the possibility of polyamory.
That passage is saying that Henrich won election but wasn't crowned, it doesn't say that the GT crowned himself.
[] Other: While this seems like the kind of thing that ultimately gets left to mortal choice, it certainly couldn't hurt for Heidi and yourself to pray to your oldest friend for guidance/His opinion in His shrine, in the presence of His coin.
I think it is more that rumors are inevitable, and Heidi is more than capable of dealing with them and Mathilde trusts Heidi to not try to throw her under the buss (out of self preservation if nothing else).
I don't think a "ask npc to make the decision" is going to fly here.
Boney's generally resisted write-ins like this, on the basis that the thread would vote to seek Ranald's guidance for everything.
Stone and Steel is definitely the better of the two books IMO, and for a lot of cultural stuff I personally like it more because it creates a distinct identity for the Dwarfs and their culture that's a lot more flavourful than beer, beards and fury. Grudgelore is the more recent of the two and I have used details from it, like the scales or the whole beard belt thing, but as something implied to be of a holdover from more archaic traditions of my whole "Zorn was a really bad time for regular Dwarfs" idea.
Difference of a 20 year old just out of school doing her first job, and someone in her forties at the top of her career, trusted and consulted by monarchs and seneschals for her expertice on foreign policy.
Gotta admit, this would be one hell of a loop. This path has my vote
My meaning wasn't "ask an npc" it was "regardless of what the thread decides, the fluff should probably include a prayer session, most likely followed by a cat studiously ignoring the question"
