David Weihe wrote
Thanks for your reply. I think i somewhat mixed the concepts of clan and kin.
>Of course, normally you and your family are expected to try to stop
>Hannibal Uroxi before he kills your guests, not wait until it happens
>and try to make a profit from the difference in bloodprices.
Well... I hadn't thought about it but now that you mention it... If i'm a rich widow and my guest is a poor stickpicker, maybe i could make a big profit.
>If a guest does some wrong, the guilt for his offense is transferred to
>the host, who is responsible for any fines or weregelds (ignore the
>redundancy here). If the host wants to demand repayment of any fine,
>later, that is a sub-judicial matter between the two people.
Does it mean that if the guest refuses to repay, the host is no longer obligated to him and may feud with him?
>We can also ignore that Alakorings ARE Heortlings, here.
Sure, let's ignore it :-)
Jerome
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #401
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