RE: Donadar and Humakt

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:49:39 +0100

> > You did realise that every Humakti Thousand is supposed to
> have a Piper?
> > Or so it says in the writeup.
>
> First, find a thousand Humakti....

The word "thousand" is not often taken literally, I gather. ISTR you can manage all the required ranks from about 32 people.

> For that many soldiers, most armies have an entire regimental band.

True. When they do formation dancing as well as fighting, anyway. (Are my Orlanthi roots showing here?)

I believe the piper was intended as a signalling mechanism rather than a musical one. Maybe not very Donadar, then.