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>The civilisation gets -0.02 Militarism.
>The civilisation gets -5 Cohesion and Happiness.
A compromise is suggested, in an effort to maintain the status quo and avoid any unnecessary conflict. The son should be allowed to lead alongside the mother – he should take the place of his father and together, Sitrun and Gapil should rule over the Croglatol.
Begrudgingly, the stone men accept this decision and Sitrun's silence is taken as endorsement. The truth is that she has far less influence over her son that she did over Tradul. To her lover, she was everything, the divine made flesh. He would do anything for her. To her son, she is little more than the womb that he came from, a strange woman with such an odd mind that she was unable to raise him and had her handmaidens perform that duty instead. For that reason, Gapil has more in common with the Rodac than the cult of Sitrun, and he is susceptible to the influence of the tribe that his father led.
It is the Sitrunic who are displeased with this decision. The favourite daughter of An is the queen of their colony and it is she and she alone who should rule over them, in their eyes. However, the fact that Sitrun still rules over the Croglatol in such capacity is enough to keep them from being outraged. Not only that, but they are still free to spread their word to all who will listen. Thanks to their newfound influence, the stone men have become more resistant to indoctrination, but the Sitrunic still grow more numerous with every passing season. By the time the next autumnal feast comes around, they make up more than half of the chiefdom.
>The civilisation gets +5 Cohesion and Happiness.
Throughout the last year, Glotradan has been hard at work. Ever since the Sitrunic were elevated above the other tribes of the Croglatol, the influence of the high priestess has been almost non-existent. But with the instalment of Gapil as the new chieftain to rule alongside Sitrun, the crone has been given an opening – her one and only chance to try and protect her people from the waif before she succumbs to her old age and passes away.
She's too frail to be there for the great harvest feast, but she has sent someone else on her behalf, someone who she has swayed to her cause – Shabal Tul. The grizzled old Vuvovic warrior, seen by most as the leader of the blood-drinking soldiery in all but name, comes to the festival with an accusation. He declares that Sitrun is trying to purge the Croglatovic of the worship of Il and that she will never be satisfied until every last man, woman and child in the Grascan worships An and An alone.
There is some truth in this claim. The Sitrunic way is a fusion of old Protavic cunning and mercantilism, and Rodac strength and diligence, coupled with absolute devotion to the Allmother and her blessed daughter. They do not practise any of the old Vuvovic customs that the Anamilivic inherited – no scarification, no blood rituals and no worship of the Great Father.