RP conflict - Malacath

Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:30 pm

You may think, how is it possible to have an RP conflict? I myself do not know, but I am unsure about how Malacath who react to this (yes, I know how stupid this sounds, but considering that my TES RP is how I fill my free time - when not reading or eating, that is - I don't think it is)



Many of you will already know my Character, Lugk Agumbuk, and his wife, Borgakh the Steel-Heart (I go on and on about them all the time), but foe all of you who don't, essentially the story is as follows:



Lugk is an author. Fairly passive, a family man really. When he isn't writing, he is earning a small income chopping wood. Borgakh, on the other hand, is a warrior at heart, and a great one at that. She owns her own shop in the morning, and has a hobby of hunting. She is a tough and dominant partner.



Now, Lugk is a worshipper of Mara, but not of Malacath because he feels that he would for-shame him with his passiveness. He is passive, but no mean weak - he once smashed through metal helmet and skull with just his fists (but that was in self-defence). This is a contrast to Borgakh who is a devout Malacath worshipper who is trying to convert her husband.



Would he for-shame Malacath if he worshipped him?

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Sophh
 
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Post » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:02 am

I think that Orcs, at least 4E Skyrim Orcs, aren't so much aggressive as very defensive. And Orc doesn't have to go beating everything up per se, but he should be able to do so if needs be. Writing a book does sound more like something a wise woman would do, if she decided that the written was worth it. That might not be how they do it in Orsinium though and in Morrowind, that role seemed to be taken by male Orcs too.*



However, Malacath isn't likely to come down and say anything if Lugk is doing it wrong unless:


a.) He's particularly interested in Lugk and wants him to be a "better" Orc.


b.) If Lugk is becoming what Malacath regards as a poor role model for Orcs.




*Orcish society isn't discussed in much detail in TESIII. However, at each Malacath shrine, there is generally a warrior, a barbarian, an agent and a healer. I assume that the healers played a similar role to the wise women in TESV and shamans in TESII.

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Emily Jones
 
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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:52 pm

Thank you. Time to take a pilgramage to his Shrine :goodjob:

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Emily Jeffs
 
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Post » Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:29 pm

itd be more shameful to not to I would think.

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