RE: the fyrd

From: bernuetz.oliver_at_...
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 16:07:53 -0400


I'd said :  

 >I'm not sure how fearsome the fyrd wyter would be once most of the fyrd is
>wiped out since its strength is
>dependent on the number of supporters it has. It may have been fearsome
but
>it'd be a shadow of itself with
>most of the fyrd dead.
 

Peter Larsen replied

 > No doubt, but I still think there's a great story in it. Maybe a  > Vingan would come up with a "fyrdwoman ritual," or maybe the wyter doesn't
 > loose its power until Sacred Time. Or, if you prefer, everyone could die.  > That's OK, too,  

Actually the poignancy of encountering the once mighty fyrd wyter would make for a great plot line too.
"Why I once was the greatest wyter you've ever seen!" Do wyters wear shawls and cough a lot?  

Oliver

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