> There's one problem with this, though. Aren't the Larnsti
completely
> tied to the land? They can't leave it, ever? If the Hendreiki way
> (quite reasonably) includes the idea of not being attached to the
place
> because you might have to leave, you have a bit of a conflict with
their
> sacred protectors of rulership and all being completely tied to the
> land. It doesn't seem to fit. I suppose you can say the Larnsti
aren't
> Hendreiki really, having given up some part of their freedom to be
> closer to their god. It does seem weird that the one who is King
of a
> People, not a Land, is tied to a brotherhood that is tied only to
the
> land, and not to a people.
>
> Maybe it's one of those sacred mysteries.
Maybe. Maybe it had more to do with the Heortland Plateau being
outside of the lands of the High King of the Heortlings or other
claimed lands where the Larnsti would have to obey the laws of other
folk.
Jeff