I guess I'm confused about the Humakti. I really like Dougie's
analogy to cops, imperfect as it may be. But Greg implies that they
are far far beyond the pale relative to cops/military types. Any
modern day analogies? And why do Heortlings put up with these
psychopaths? There can't be too many of them, why not just kill
them? Geez, the poor Heortlings already have to accept those
obnoxious tricksters, they also have to tolerate psychopathic
killers? Unless the Humakti are amazingly useful in battle, which
maybe I'm not "getting", I don't see their purpose.
Greg also wrote: "They are often men who have been resurrected".
Huh? Doesn't Humakht hate this?
"One of my points in HQ is the contrast between everyday life and the
epic proportions of the Hero Wars."
Good point. Some of our funnest roleplaying was as extremely young
elves (getting trained by my semi-retired Yelmalian) who were
terrified by the sight of more than one trollkin. But still, it was
within the context of "big things". There has to be some chance that
your cattle raid will screw up the world.