Horned helmets

From: Stewart Stansfield <stu_stansfield_at_8DfHzJ1NvnzO7a_EXRLnXmWDWpuL_ATIlt6AxpYVt3FV8T5Vm7ZFQVq1xMuYk>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 22:38:23 -0000


Greg: (all omitted)
>>> when I first started forming these cultures I had the education of
>>> a self-taught 18 year old, which means, incomplete and full of
>>> erroneous assumptions. A lot of those assumptions are, nonetheless 
>>> now built in.

Benedict:
>> It's not a bug, it's a feature. (omitted) >> Of course Heortlings wear horned helmets. They're vikings!

Joerg:
> In that case, they would not have worn horned helmets... But they also
> lack the boats and seas that make the Vikings at least somewhat
> distinct from the Goths. (And not very much distinct from Saxons,
> Vandals or other migration era Germanic tribes which returned to sea
> shores after leaving the Baltic Sea area).

The above (with omitted lines put back in) pretty much sums up my utter disdain of Gloranthan message lists at times.

Stu.            

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