Review of Dominions 3 at Gameology

[the Vanishag]

Originally Posted by MaxWilson

Isn't EA Ermor's "Prophet of the White Shroud" a Jesus equivalent?

-Max

I said something like that in my paper - though he's even more of a Lazarus figure (with a touch of John the Baptist thrown in), as he's not the god, he's the prophet of the coming god, that is, your pretender.

In formal, academic terms:
"The aforementioned nation of Ermor starts off as a Romanesque nation recently converted to a monotheistic mystery cult that promises eternal life. The game describes it thus “Old syncretistic faiths and spirit worship were banned by a Prophet dressed in white shrouds.”(21) The similarity of this Prophet and his holy shroud to Lazarus and the Shroud of Turin, respectively, are further parallels between Ermor's “New Faith” (Early Era Ermor) and the Christianization of Rome."

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[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by the Vanishag

I said something like that in my paper - though he's even more of a Lazarus figure (with a touch of John the Baptist thrown in), as he's not the god, he's the prophet of the coming god, that is, your pretender.

Yeah, I saw that, although I don't see a Lazarus parallel since Lazarus wasn't any kind of spokesman at all (even though he was an effective piece of evidence). You could view Jesus as his Father's prophet, if you wanted to put things in Dom3 terms, or as his own prophet when he foretells of his own future coming in glory (Luke 9:26, or 3 Nephi 28:7-8).

-Max