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> What we have is a version of the Orlanth-Ernalda-Elmal triad with
> Viggo-Unn-Valmar. For 20 years, Unn and Valmar have been the functional
> equivalent of the married couple, while Viggo wandered. Yet I think Unn
> has chosen to stay married to Viggo, rather than to divorce and
> remarry, say, Valmar. I've been thinking about the motivations of the
> various characters -- why did Valmar never marry, instead choosing to
> raise the children of his bloodline rather than the children of his
> body? -- and how their choices and roles lock together to take what's
> essentially a tragic premise and produce something that's worked, with
> some sadness, perhaps, but without lasting bitterness.
Wouldn't that be adultery? I believe Orlanthi look down on adultery? (that it actually brings bad fortune on the clan until it's fixed).
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