We'll start off with saying that Kyna isn't going to find very many leads (at first), but hopefully what we set up here will give you some direction.
1&2. So, first off, Kyna will need to expand her reach beyond the blue glow itself. In the ruins - especially the New Oslo ones - there were other colors, as well. They were depicted similarly to what is on the shrines around New Amsterdam. Through that, she might be able to determine that blue isn't the only color in play here. That will help expand her reach and give her more chances to find evidence!
We suggest that Kyna begins to draw some conclusions about the figures that were there. King Herald was depicted at New Oslo's gate, but his historicity is up for debate (and we're fine with Kyna knowing this!). On the other hand, St. Olaf is also pictured. It's possible that she's already done this work, and that's fine.
The tricky part is where she'll be moving from there. A lot of these stories will ring true to the experiences of the Displaced, but she can also see how the Displaced are becoming mythological in their own rights at the moment. How do people explain the unexplained? The issue here is that Kyna will begin to see stories that align with what she knows, but she'll need to be able to get her hands on manuscripts. A lot of these fell into private collections, and are not easy to find transcribed. Being able to see images may be a better clue than text, she'll just need to figure out how to get there!
3. The stories are, nominally, the same with some wiggle room to be expected of different universes. For example, King Herald's story is similar to the Wikipedia entry. But it's through digging deeper that she may be able to find further clues and how these people may have been treated on the "ground level" and away from centralized religion and kings.
4. Not immediately. However, by digging into more regional religions, she may be able to find some clues. This is where we're going to toss some medieval historian jargon at you. While the Pope during the medieval period had a lot of control over how noblemen and women experienced religion, people outside of that reach (typically peasants) were another story altogether. In more extreme cases, this led to things like the Cathars rising up within remote communities. In less extreme cases, it would lead to a woman within the town having various remedies and superstitions. Much of it would be vague, unnamed, and not immediately traceable.
For this, how this would be perceived would probably be more readily found within these peasant communities. That doesn't mean that there weren't important figures that likely received notoriety because of their relation to the glowing glowy stuff—it's more that any practice of faith or religion like Ball's would be more on a community level (and therefore difficult to unearth thanks to the dearth of records coming out of peasantry).
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We'll start off with saying that Kyna isn't going to find very many leads (at first), but hopefully what we set up here will give you some direction.
1&2. So, first off, Kyna will need to expand her reach beyond the blue glow itself. In the ruins - especially the New Oslo ones - there were other colors, as well. They were depicted similarly to what is on the shrines around New Amsterdam. Through that, she might be able to determine that blue isn't the only color in play here. That will help expand her reach and give her more chances to find evidence!
We suggest that Kyna begins to draw some conclusions about the figures that were there. King Herald was depicted at New Oslo's gate, but his historicity is up for debate (and we're fine with Kyna knowing this!). On the other hand, St. Olaf is also pictured. It's possible that she's already done this work, and that's fine.
The tricky part is where she'll be moving from there. A lot of these stories will ring true to the experiences of the Displaced, but she can also see how the Displaced are becoming mythological in their own rights at the moment. How do people explain the unexplained? The issue here is that Kyna will begin to see stories that align with what she knows, but she'll need to be able to get her hands on manuscripts. A lot of these fell into private collections, and are not easy to find transcribed. Being able to see images may be a better clue than text, she'll just need to figure out how to get there!
3. The stories are, nominally, the same with some wiggle room to be expected of different universes. For example, King Herald's story is similar to the Wikipedia entry. But it's through digging deeper that she may be able to find further clues and how these people may have been treated on the "ground level" and away from centralized religion and kings.
4. Not immediately. However, by digging into more regional religions, she may be able to find some clues. This is where we're going to toss some medieval historian jargon at you. While the Pope during the medieval period had a lot of control over how noblemen and women experienced religion, people outside of that reach (typically peasants) were another story altogether. In more extreme cases, this led to things like the Cathars rising up within remote communities. In less extreme cases, it would lead to a woman within the town having various remedies and superstitions. Much of it would be vague, unnamed, and not immediately traceable.
For this, how this would be perceived would probably be more readily found within these peasant communities. That doesn't mean that there weren't important figures that likely received notoriety because of their relation to the glowing glowy stuff—it's more that any practice of faith or religion like Ball's would be more on a community level (and therefore difficult to unearth thanks to the dearth of records coming out of peasantry).
Here's a decent overview on popular religion in medieval Europe: Popular Religion in the Middle Ages: 1000-1300. + A decent article, as well.