Gareth Martin wrote:
>
> > Thunder Rebels does mention that steads are abandoned and the wyter
> > moved ever so often. Probably to places where there's more wood.
>
> What would happen if you "lost" a wyter? A whole stead was wiped out
> (by
> disease, say) and then abandoned?
> Would the the clan have an imperative to take action?
>
The wyter would still remain. The population is only part of its strength. The terrain is only part of its strength. As long as the regalia (in a stead this would be the hearth-stone or the roof-tree) is intact, its still there.
Abandoned steads are often considered haunted. A stead which was exterminated might be left to rot ito nothingness with its wyter still present. A wyter might not recognize someone from outside its community as a friend -- especially in a situation like that... and when the place finally rots away, the wyter goes home.
Clans can be reborn if their regalia is intact -- as was proven in King of Sartar with Argrath's old Clan. I don't see any reason why steads could not be the same. This would be particularly true if the stead in question is mythically significant (We must have a Bluejay Stead for only there can we meet the Sweet Grass Woman).
Jeff
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