[Ellestra]

tiam said:

i tokk the Seguleh to be chivalrous (?) not attacking women.

Abyss and Ellestra- yes i know but you must understand that i reognise that Mael wasnt forgotten but his aspect was a bit more common than the warrens. Sailors and marines pay homage to Mael alot making him still sort of active. Just not dominant. Also mael chose to lose his preemeinence. Krul however did have on worshipper. In darujhisatn in GOTM Crokus notes that the last monk of Krul died many generations ago. So i agree my coimment was a bit flippent but there are circumstances involved

They don't consider women to be a match for them. If that's chivalry for you...

Some Elder Gods are more prayed to then others but they never completely go away. They cannot die. Even if they are forgotten they still exist in some form - like K'rul before GotM or Edgewalker.
Of course believers make them more influential and powerful but they don?t need to have them. Unlike those gods Mael saved they don?t disappear when their name is forgotten.
It makes them also less interested in believers ? look at Mael ? he didn?t answer prayers or do much until he really, really had to.

[Abyss]

Re: Seguleh - Iirc, Envy didn't get into the specific of 'why'. She just said they won't attack women except in self-defence.

Which is sort of contradicted by her suggestion at the beginning that they attacked her, but i suspect her charming personality had something to do with that...
"Oh, lovely, and here i was just looking for new servants..."
"Lady, we are on a mission."
"Yes, of course, now you draw me a bath and you two go pick up dinner and then i want a foot-massage..."

Also ref'ing MoI, many Elder Gods apparently died in the Fall. But it's clear some survived in different ways. Nightchill basically became human, Mael too, Draconus was/is technically dead, and Krul was 'inactive'. If Edgy was an EG, his forced binding to Shadow kept him around.

Mael's 'ignorance' of his worshippers may have left the door open for the Silgars and Rels of the world to abuse his power. Assuming he's still alive and sane as of the 'modern' books.

Back to the Seguleh, as with the Tenescrowri, they obviously don't have a problem with killing women, they just don't INITIATE attacking them. Practical chivalry at best.

- Abyss, will hold the door open in self-defence.