Re: Heortling justice & shield walls

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From: David Dunham <dunham_at_pensee.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:30:15 -0800

Frank Rafaelsen wrote:
>The murderer is from a very powerful clan, so the player-characters
>are opposed to starting a blood feud with the other clan before other
>options have been examined. How would they go about to get his bloodline
>to court?
>
>It seems like a very time-consuming process if they have to drag both
>clan-chiefs and both bloodlines before the tribal king at the quarterly
>moot. Any suggestions on how heortling justice would handle such a case?

That sounds like just what you need to do.

Jerome Blondel asked:

>do the Heortlings use shield-walls?

They do in King of Dragon Pass, though you could certainly interpret that work somewhat metaphorically (i.e. a shield wall is a bunch of guys lined up, rather than a precision-trained unit).

David Dunham dunham_at_pensee.com
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