[@Lovejoy] Aleksander is interesting.  Another old one -- T'sarae fell before Omestris, didn't it?  Since they didn't fight, and just...surrendered?  Actually, that makes it really interesting that a T'saraen priest survived -- Ziotea will need to ask him about that.  *adds it to the list of questions she wants to explore when Love has time*

It's interesting that he didn't clash so much with the less militant (or less religious) branches of the church during the centuries of peace before the conflict with Lanostre.  And several hundred...more than two?  If T'sarae fell first, and that was two hundred years ago or so, Omestris can't have fallen before that.

ALSO HOLY CRUD MAGNUS?!  NO!  NOOOO.  besides, he can't become a bishop ; he's not an Inquisitor!  ...Actually that's a thought -- we know Ziotea left him physically damaged to some extent.  Think she damaged his skill with ether any?  *thoughtful*  That'd be even more insulting than being physically crippled, I think.

Is Aleksander still the head of the Inquisition, or was he just the commander of the forces in the field?  It looks to me like the latter...might explain why he didn't clash so much in the centuries before.

Four bishops.  Four.  hmmm.  Antonin isn't one, is he?  There goes that theory.  Do bishops need skill at command, strategy, and tactics, or just fighting prowess (martial and etheric)?

I suspect a lot of "ice pirates" are Muradan.  It seems to fit.  I'm not sure what you mean by keeping no gods leaving them unbound by the rules of the world.  I mean, it's not like the folk in the slums all do much worshipping either.

...Oh my gosh, Chrome, worshipping very definitely has [i]two[/i] Ps.  Shipping, worshipping.  IT'S NOT WRONG STOP UNDERLINING IT!  *flail*