My campaign is getting close to 1621 (Spoilers ahead!) so I need to figure out something about the campaign that absolutely baffles me every time I read through it--the stuff around Minaryth's Belts. I have a LOT of questions:
1) What are these belts? Where did they come from? Why does the LM cult happen to have a series of apparently unrelated belts that act as a roadmap to the never-before performed quest that will save Sartar? Why does Minaryth think they are all about the same quest? I mean, if I grab 7 random articles of clothing (or even books), I wouldn't expect them to form a hero quest, so why is Minaryth so sure these belts have any connection at all? Or did Minaryth have these belts woven just to provide a handy portable copy of the info he's found, and if so, why did he have them made into belts instead of just writing them down on parchment?
2) If Minaryth has these belts, why does he need to send the PCs to the Orlmarth tula and Boldhome to examine the imagers there? What additional information do those two scenes provide that's not in the belts?
3) 11L, p. 114 says that the the Picture Door has details from the 5th belt. Is that a typo for the 4th belt? Because the 5th belt doesn't match the description Minaryth gives just 2 paragraphs later or his explanation of the 5th belt on page 116.
4) And what the hell do all the symbols on the belts actually mean? If I give these images to my PCs, which seems to be the point of having them, I will get minutely cross-examined by the PCs who will want Minaryth to explain, in detail, everything he sees in those symbols. If I don't give the PCs these images, what's the point of having the belts at all? Why not just have Minaryth say "here's the stuff I've figured out"? Bands 1, 2, and 6 don't make any obvious sense at all.