... ummmm, little nods to another Abrahamic religion that the original author of the source texts embraced.
You mean said religion is not infallible? Surely you jest. ;)
I loved both of those stories, but it has been some time since I read them.
"Your holiness" wasn't a reference to any real world religion per se (it evokes the Dalai Lama as much as the Pope for me, when I hear it). The holy varies culturally and even individually so I do find it a plausible (and also satisfyingly jarring) title for priest!Mairon. I thought possibly it was too extreme a title at the chronological point of the story, since I don't see him as having a completely firm hold on things in Númenor just yet. Today I've been pondering keeping it as "your reverence" in this ficlet, and later on in the sequence it will conspicuously become "your holiness." >=D
Thanks much for commenting! I know you (and the DM) are swamped.
p.s. Love the snippet. I now hear Aidan Gillen whenever your Mairon speaks, and I CLEARLY hear that voice here!
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You mean said religion is not infallible? Surely you jest. ;)
I loved both of those stories, but it has been some time since I read them.
"Your holiness" wasn't a reference to any real world religion per se (it evokes the Dalai Lama as much as the Pope for me, when I hear it). The holy varies culturally and even individually so I do find it a plausible (and also satisfyingly jarring) title for priest!Mairon. I thought possibly it was too extreme a title at the chronological point of the story, since I don't see him as having a completely firm hold on things in Númenor just yet. Today I've been pondering keeping it as "your reverence" in this ficlet, and later on in the sequence it will conspicuously become "your holiness." >=D
Thanks much for commenting! I know you (and the DM) are swamped.
p.s. Love the snippet. I now hear Aidan Gillen whenever your Mairon speaks, and I CLEARLY hear that voice here!
Score! Voicecasting success.