At 7:15 PM +0000 5/14/02, nichughes2001 wrote:
> > nothing wrong with bias if dealing with a group outside of the clan
>e.g. a
>> Humakti warband..
>
>Other than the obvious fact that the warband might have more and
>better warriors than the clan chief and might take umbrage at a
>kangaroo court? OK so if the clan chief is far more powerful and
>fancies throwing his weight around obviously he can, this has little
>to do with the niceties of Heortling law however.
On the other hand, the warband relies on the tribes and clans
for support, right? So the warband will be equally unwilling to
needlessly antagonize clans. Which does not, I hasten to add, mean
that Humakti can be pushed around -- just that they have plenty of
reasons to "play nice" with past and future employers.
Peter Larsen