New (old) Mod: Caelum, Towers of Silence

[VedalkenBear]

Hello, guys. I am going to be changing the mod I was writing (Caelis Immolatum) to something that should be more interesting.

Caelum: Towers of Silence.

(I'd _really_ appreciate any help KO could be here.)

More or less, I am planning to make a _very_ Zoroastrian Caelum, which ironically meshes in some ways with the mod I was already making.

The 'big draw' of this mod will be that every commander (recruitable, at least) will be able to change forms between two shapes; one that represents asha and another that represents drej. (These are Zoroastrian terms that are generally translated as 'law' and 'chaos'.) The Spentas will remain as coded (they're taken almost verbatim from Zoroastrianism), but I plan on diversifying the yazatas. Furthermore, I will be constructing Amesha counterparts for the drej commanders to summon.

Following from my previous mod, I probably will make it MA and quite matriarchal (the Seraphines running everything). It will also be very Fire-oriented (apparently Zoroastrianism uses Fire as a focal point for meditation etc.). This will lead to the 'fire/air' combination that originally started me on the path to my first path.

The name 'Towers of Silence' comes from the Zoroastrianism method of dealing with the dead. They place the bodies in towers for nature (generally scavengers) to strip clean to the bone, and then put them in what amounts to ossuaries. The significance that that can attach to Caelum should be obvious.

An alternative to the 'dualist' commanders is to make the drej commanders heretics (which is rather underestimating their relationship with Mazdaists).

What I am looking for at this point is commentary, first and foremost, from anyone more knowledgeable than myself on Zoroastrianism. I definitely don't want to inadvertently offend people. Also, anyone who wants to weigh in on various design aspects listed here would also be appreciated.