Re: Digest Number 2092

From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_...>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 13:57:21 -0000

> Light Castle:
> > That's interesting. I hadn't realized Broyan, being the
> > traditionalist he is, had limited his claim to the Hendreiki.
> > How are they defined? (in his eyes) Who does he include?
>
> High King of the Hendr(e)iki used to mean High King over the four
> tribes of Heortland, to wit Volsaxar, Jondalaring, Hurlant and
> Esvulari. I suppose that Broyan has all of these people on his "to
do"
> list once Orlanth is properly reestablished.

I am of the belief that the kingship rites of the Hendreiki have no geographical scope. The king is the leader and protector of "all who seek freedom from tyrants" and so on. Remember, the Hendreiki were formed from the rebels and bandits who followed Hendreik the Free, the unconquered rebel.

Thus Broyan's Hendreiki might include the Volsaxi, the Sartarite rebels, and any Heortlanders who refuse to accept the usurper Tiger-  or the Lunar puppet Tiger-Bane. As you correctly observed, his kingdom is a people, not a land.

Jeff