Hey.
So I’ve noticed a few NPCS in the game using holy magic in the form of what seems like the Light, but the tooltips for their casting usually denote that it is a ‘Light of the Loa.’ Princess Talanji in particular uses lots of these spells and it got me thinking, are they using the Light as other priests and paladins do? Does the Light simply answer the call of someone who believes in a just cause, even if it’s primal gods?
Yep. That is how the Light works. They don’t follow the Naaru, or the traditional Holy Light, but through Rezan they call upon de light (lowercase L) by gaining his blessing.
Hell, you could just believe in a rock really hard and as long as you’re genuine you’d still get to use the Light.
prefer it that way tbh.
it’s not as bad as being sworn to ‘entity of the light’ aka a floating mass of crystals that knows its calmer than u.
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As said above, it’s through Rezan, and the way they wield the Light.
Talanji herself is a Priestess of Rezan.
In hearthstone, Shirvalah is the Legendary Paladin card, i remember this was discussed before, although it’s possible that Shirvalah -may- have some connection to Light or something.
Was (in ten chars)
It should be mentioned that most, expect a few with a really strong connection. Lost their light powers after the death of Rezan.
yesno. Talanji has also been hard at work helping the normies restore it. Many will still not be up to par, but it’s coming along.
I interpret it as being the Light, wielded through the teachings of Rezan. I’ve put a bit of effort into trying to figure out what allows prelates and priests of Rezan to wield the Light in a similar fashion to your typical paladins and priests.
We know that in order to wield the Light, paladins and priests must have a great deal of faith in themselves, an unshakeable belief that they’re doing the right thing. The Draenei acquire this from the teachings of the Naaru, the Church of the Holy Light gets it from following the Three Virtues, and so on. Through their devotion to these beliefs, these groups are able to wield the Light.
But what could the word of Rezan, the Loa of Kings, possibly have in common with the teachings of the Naaru or the Three Virtues?
My headcanon is that Rezan teaches his followers to have faith in themselves, as much as they have faith in him. Each of his prelates is a little king that wields great authority, that was bestowed upon them by Rezan himself. They are the scions of the King of Kings, and their supremacy is beyond all question. It’s this pride, this arrogance and absolute certainty in their own god-given authority that allows them to wield the Light.
Of course, this faith was shaken by the fact that the god that granted them this authority got killed. But the most stubborn and egotistical priests and prelates might still wield Rezan’s power.
I doubt we’ll get an official explanation for it, so that’s what I’ll stick with for now.
If Rezan’s teachings enable one to wield the Light, it makes sense he could bully around Bwonsamdi the way he did.
I believe that was simply because of being royal loa with more power at the time more than that he was about the light.
i will start a case study of worshipping pebbus, the loa of small rocks - of whom is just a small pebble to prove that anyone can wield the light with enough belief.
Why worship a pebble when you could worship me, the holiest of all beings?
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