That's why it's important that in the Empire the important rivers have gods, so the diplomat can go and talk to their cult, and the cult's priest goes to their god.
It's only in exceptional cases where you need people to talk directly to a strange spirit, and that's where
Having the Emperor/Elector Counts get the Cults involved with something valuable to do in the deployment of the Waystones and so inside the tent rather than criticising from outside may be valuable on its own.
And you probably wouldn't go with the Sigmarities, more likely you'd go with the Cult of Verena or Shallya (Waystones as preventative medicine), etc.
And priests of the major cult aren't required, they're one option amongst many for talking to the cults of the river gods.
Fundamentally, negotiating with the cults of the river gods doesn't need to be our problem. Keeping those gods/spirits content is something the leadership of the provinces their rivers flow through already need to do to avoid boats on them losing the ability to float. Managing the relationship with those cults should be part of business as usual for them, just as it would be for all the local influential cults, not something Mathilde needs to invent. We should just be able to go to an Elector Count who goes to their piety advisor who goes to the relevant high priest.
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