Okay, I must say that reading through old #Glorantha / #RuneQuest#ttrpg material is certainly good for lots of interesting plot ideas, among other things.
Such as:
"The main cult of an expanding empire is planning to marry one of its priestesses to the city god of a remote city-state in order to tie that city closer to the empire!"
I hadn't come across that type of plot before, but it certainly has lots of potential for adventures...
"A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, a first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethras, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring him back to life before his city falls apart.
Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without him, the metropolis’ steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot.
@juergen_hubert It's mainly a spin on classic political marriage stories with the added spice that there are actual manifest gods involved.
What you aren't seeing these days very much is TTRPG writers who have much of a grasp of politics or any interest in it beyond their extremely narrow scope of vision, so you don't see those stories coming up very much.
That premise is so open; are your characters in favor of the marriage or against it? Are their patrons? Has someone simply paid them to care? Do they have a personal investment in one outcome or another? Is there a third-party that wants to influence the outcome positively or negatively?
In order for this to be an interesting plot any and all of these positions need to be defensible within the narrative for someone to want sensibly. There just aren't a lot of people involved in the hobby who want to do stories that open. Which is a shame.
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