steads to hamlets

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From: Benedict Adamson <badamson_at_lhr-sys.dhl.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:45:07 +0100

> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:57:42 +0100 (BST)
> From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
> Subject: Re: Marriage

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> > I don't think a stead would usually have a large number of bloodlines,
> > the most would be the clan chief's where specialists such as
> > lawspeakers and weaponthanes live irrespective of bloodline.
>
> Agreed. These are probably bordering on becoming villages, in some
> cases. (OK, hamlets, then...)

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Following one of your suggestions, you might be interested to know that the mountainous Fire Bull clan in my campaign don't live in steads. They live in fortified villages, which they call buries, rather than use the 'v' word. In winter, the buries are cut off from each other, so the bury is a legal entity reflecting their de facto independence. The clan doesn't refer to them as sub clans, though.