yatol

For in Behren, unlike Honce-the-Bear, the yatol priests were the god-chosen leaders of every aspect of the lives of their subjects, the only shepherds of an obedient flock, while the Abellicans had to share their power with the King.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

Even the namesake of the Church, St. Abelle, was a warrior, a gemstone wizard who single-handedly — so say the ballads — tore down the front walls of a great fortress, a yatol stronghold.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

Even the namesake of the Church, St. Abelle, was a warrior, a gemstone wizard who single-handedly — so say the ballads — tore down the front walls of a great fortress, a yatol stronghold.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

Nothing less than a revolution to expel the Behrenese from the steppes of To-gai, to drive the invaders back to the desert sands of their own homeland, and to rid To-gai of the ever-deepening ties to the yatol religion.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

Furthermore, the Abellican Church and the yatol priests of the southern kingdom had never been on friendly terms.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

“Freeing my own people from the trap of lies that is yatol will perhaps prove my most difficult task,” Brynn explained, her tone somber and melancholy.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

“Many of my people have grown up knowing only the yatol prayers — they do not remember the old ways.”

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

Nothing less than a revolution to expel the Behrenese from the steppes of To-gai, to drive the invaders back to the desert sands of their own homeland, and to rid To-gai of the ever-deepening ties to the yatol religion.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

For in Behren, unlike Honce-the-Bear, the yatol priests were the god-chosen leaders of every aspect of the lives of their subjects, the only shepherds of an obedient flock, while the Abellicans had to share their power with the King.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

She went on, then, speaking of the yatols and the former chieftains of the To-gai-ru, the proud men and women who led the nomadic steppe people in ways, spiritual and physical, older than either the yatol or the Abellican religions.

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001