Posted by The_Meehan on May 29, 2002 at 21:19:58:
In Reply to: Hermits and Waywards posted by orpheus on May 23, 2002 at 11:29:07:
: if hermits and waywards were mistakes (re:storyteller's guide) do the heralds still make them? or are they rare and all in those first few months?
Yes. No, but they were probably more common.
: also, WHEN where hermits and waywards first made? how long before the first real hunters?
We still don't know *exactly* when the First Hunters appeared; only that Doctor119 had been imbued for "a few months" as of October 11, 1999, and that he believes that the Imbued were "recent". Later information has revealed that the Imbuing was probably in direct response to the Sixth Maelstrom/The Week of Nightmares, for which the common estimate is late July 1999.
As for when Hermits and Waywards first appeared; my guess would be early, but I don't believe they were necessarily the first creeds to appear. It is possible, for instance, that there were earlier creeds created (with a lesser connection) and that the Heralds were overly encouraged.
Of the two creeds, I'd guess that Hermits were the earlier, as they seem to have the strongest, most direct connection to the Heralds.
But where Hermits and Wayward fall in the creation order, I have no clue.