>The cover of Tales 14 shows a scrawny Morokanth martial artist attack a
>mounted tusk rider lancer having a smallish Ball of Tails on his belt.
>Herdmen certainly don't provide any prolonged backside appendage.
Cutting out >the other (very Tusk Rider) possibility, what would a
"tail" of a female herd >man look like?
The left hand of a herd man substitutes for the "tail" in
this ritual and other, similar, rituals. So get your mind out of the
gutter, Joerg. This is a _family_ Digest.
>Why would a Morokanth attack somebody for a ball of tails?
- because the morocanth wants to free the bound animal
spirits back into Eiritha's cycle, thus getting brownie points with
the priestesses.
- because the morocanth is evil, and wants the ball of
tails for his own, so _he_ can use the bound spirits.
- because the tusk rider has some herd man hands, too, or
if he doesn't, anyone who'd make a normal ball of tails wouldn't
stick at collecting herd man hands, too.