I've got two questions about how resurrection interacts with Heortling law.
This might have been discussed on the list before, but I don't remember, so
sorry if I'm dredging up something old.
- A and B are both Heortlings from different clans (and to keep it simple,
let's say they're both Orlanthi). They fight, and A kills B. Normally,
this would allow B's relatives to demand compensation or start a blood feud.
But then C resurrects B. Leaving aside complications like possible Relife
sickness, loss of abilities, and whatnot, how does the resurrection affect
the legal situation that A is in? Has C's resurrection eliminated the claim
of B's family to compensation? Has the damage been downgraded from death to
injury? Or does C's family still have a right to pursue a feud with A and
his family? Does B himself have the right to demand compensation or start a
feud?
- N and M are brothers, or cousins, or otherwise close relatives. N is an
Uroxi, while M is (for covenience) an Orlanthi. They fight some bad
people/things, and N frenzies during the fight. At the end of the fight, M
tries to calm M down, but N attacks and kills M. N has committed
kinslaying, and has presumably acquired significant ritual stain. But C
intervenes and resurrects M. How does the resurrection affect N's legal and
religious status? Is N still guilty of kinslaying, is he still stained, and
is the community still wounded by the unresolvable crime? Or has C's action
healed the situation? Is this a 'near miss' for everyone involved (an
incident to be learned from but without lasting repercussions), or is there
still a problem within the family and the community?
Andrew E. Larsen
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