>
> > But I've always found that families endure somehow even if the
clan
> > is destroyed -- by the 1621's I think there's a LOT of refugee
> > bloodlines out there.
>
> From a recent reading of King of Sartar, I think that there are lots
> of refugees out there (in some recent sessions in Benedict's game we
> have dealt with some of the issues of refugees and their acceptance
> into the clan), but I suspect that there are few refugee bloodlines
> as they are just too big. Plenty of refugee families though, and
> frequently missing their main breadwinner...
>
> regards,
> Charles
I don't think the nuclear family as we know it today really exists
amongst the heortlings. A bloodline _is_ the family -- but you are
probably right, they are reduced to small remament groups of
survivors. Below a certainly number of people, its not possible to
function as a family unit. Life is just too harsh.
(We adoped the Nala Bin into our clan as cottars - KODP)
Jeff