Re: Secret History of the Beast Riders?

From: Andrew Larsen <aelarsen_at_...>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:17:56 -0500

I'm not sure the Praxians have a concept of illegitimate/bastard children. Given their simple social structure and the fact that men can take slave concubines, I think any child a man admits is his would be legitimate. And the most important form of property, the herds, belongs to women anyway, which would remove a lot of the pressure to regulate a man's legitimate bloodline.

Andrew E. Larsen

On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:27 AM, Tim <tim_at_...> wrote:

> > it is more fun if sometimes the best man for to be Khan cannot be
> > Khan.
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> And the opposite case, the impovrished nomad, who'se only asset is his descent from Waha! (and his unshakeable belief that he will one day become a Khan) - Presumbaly this was the case for Argrath White Bull
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> > The Shamans are the guys who really make all the decisions anyway (or > at least, that's what the Respected Elders like everyone to thing)
> >
> The Shaman are (presumably) the final arbiters of who is or isn't descended from Waha! (Can you see the dissenting Shaman trying to persuade the ancestors to reveal an illegitimate birth in the prosepctive Khan's line?)
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