Re: Humaki

From: nichughes2001 <nick.hughes_at_...>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:25:42 -0000

> oops, I sent the whole digest back last time - sorry
>
> anyway,
>
>
> >"Do Of course there are, but 85% of Orlanthi society is made up of
> >regular people who farm/herd/whatever and only pick up their
weapons
> >on ford practice day. For those people the prospect of taking on a
> >Humakti in a fight is not an appealing one.you want to make it
impossible
> for anyone to >oppress his fellow-man? Then make sure that no one
shall
> possess power."
>
> but that is what clan / tribal champions are for isn't it? Go to
uncle
> Stoutsword Foebane and ask him to persue the case on your behalf..
>

If the issue is between clans yes, within a clan less so.

Surely the clan champion is only going to get involved on behalf of the clan chief, so why is the clan chief intervening in a court case on your behalf? There are repercussions for this sort of thing, if the Humakti is sheathed then he is probably sworn to the clan chief who will not want his champions killing one another. Even if the chief can find a way round that they might want to ponder the blatant bias of the person running the court taking sides with the litigant - and how offended the Humakti's warband might be (cut-price rates to hostile clans when raiding you next perhaps)

>>if you have a problem with a powerful

> Humakti then appeal to the cheif or one of his champions..
>

If you get the clan chief involved it will most likely be as a juror, not as a supporter. If you have a warrior in your own family then they could stand in for you but then you are running the risk of losing yet another family member. Nobody is saying you could not do this, its just that appealing to the honour of the Humakti is more likely to work and is a damn sight safer.

--
Nic