I discovered a similarity between the spelling of the Greyhawk God, St. Cuthbert, and that of a real priest who lived in Northhumberland.
Born on Farne Island 634 A.D.
Lived and died 687 A.D.
Most information I have gathered has been from the writting of Bede. Author of the "The Life and Miracles of St.Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindensfarne "(721 A.D.)
St. Cuthbert greatly influenced the people of Northumberland by converting them from Celtic Christianity into becoming a Roman Catholic state.
The story goes that as a boy he witnessed the Bishop Aidan carried to heaven by angels.
He later healed himself of a boil in his knee.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia St Cuthbert was a soldier in the Northumberland military.
After a great battle between the Northumberland armies and the ones of the Mericians at Winwidfield, St. Cuthbert was famed as a healer and diviner.
In death it was said that his body never decayed and was there named
"St. Cuthbert the Uncorrupt".
I have been developing an adventure based on the trapped Avatar of St.Cuthbert reffrenced in the Ashes.
The plot follows a true story that St. Cuthbert's body was moved many times to avoid capture.
In my Camp, Players must recover the artifact "St. Cuthberts Cross/Body", which was stolen from the Shield Lands during the Greyhawk Wars.
I am tempted but continue to struggle with tryng to fit this individual into Greyhawk setting however .
Yes, and St. Cuthbert is described in GH materials as being an ascended mortal, though from lands far away from the Flanaess and probably Oerth itself.
St. Cuthbert is one of the few examples of Gary blatantly lifting something from the real world. He normally makes the honest effort to customize/personalize such things. A practice sadly not followed by many other D&D authors...
The only way for the non-professional to produce as close to canon as possible is by exploiting the intersection between the two worlds, Oerth and Earth. Do not forget that the mace of St. Cuthbert, some time ago, was in a museum in London (see Dragon #100).
Not to mention, obviously every logical extension of canon is immediately canon itself.
So, the union of a logical extension of canon with an element from the intersection of Oerth and Earth is canon (or at least very very close to canon).
Go ahead and produce canon lad!
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Not to mention, obviously every logical extension of canon is immediately canon itself.
So, the union of a logical extension of canon with an element from the intersection of Oerth and Earth is canon (or at least very very close to canon).
I like the word "arguably." I think it looks especially good in that first sentence.
I fully agree with the thrust of the second sentence. _________________ GVD
Not to mention, obviously every logical extension of canon is immediately canon itself.
So, the union of a logical extension of canon with an element from the intersection of Oerth and Earth is canon (or at least very very close to canon).
I like the word "arguably." I think it looks especially good in that first sentence.
I fully agree with the thrust of the second sentence.
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I think it looks especially good in that first sentence.