#wearing symbols of kord and melora in the streets of rexxentrum.

[sky-scribbles]

There’s an interesting moment in Campaign 2, when the Nein are meeting with Ludinus to discuss the peace talks, when Ludinus remarks on Fjord wearing a ‘ curious symbol of Melora on your person’. And Fjord, who, like Travis, has fjorgotten that the Wildmother isn’t an Empire-approved deity, simply replies that he’s ‘new to Melora’s light and guidance’. Ludinus doesn’t make any further comment on it, and later Matt reminds Travis that Melora’s not legal in the Empire, but Ludinus ‘didn’t call you on it... he seemed unfazed.’

And I am fascinated by this and unsure what to make of it. I’m guessing that since the persecution of certain faiths in the Empire predates the Assembly, Ludinus has no skin in that game; he despises all the gods equally, so what’s the point of arresting some random half-orc who’s trying to help arrange peace talks (something Ludinus wants) when he’s got a much bigger plan for getting rid of all worship altogether.

I don’t have a main point here - I’m mostly just curious as to whether anyone else has any thoughts about this moment and what it might show about what’s happening in Ludinus’s head. Is he invested at all in the Empire’s system of outlawing certain gods? Does it benefit him? Did he just think it would be funny to watch what happened when Fjord tried to walk around Rexxentrum with a Wildmother symbol on his cloak? What the fuck is up with that???