Re: A Humakti Clan

From: markmohrfield <markmohrfield_at_...> <markmohrfield_at_...>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:17:29 -0000


Me
> They're (Vingans) just tomboys,
> > whereas the Humakti are death obssesed wierdos.
>

John Hughes
> I think both cults deserve a wider range of characterisation than
either of
> the above. :)

My description of the two cults was a generalization, I never meant that all Vingans or all Humakti behave that way.

>The Vinga write-up in Storm Tribe spends half a page (171)
> detailing the problems Vingans continually face with acceptance.
Vingans are
> often seen as weirdos too, even if the Goddess herself is loved. YG
may of
> course vary.
>

Even so there are bound to be levels of "weirdoness". Heortlings have an example of people with Vingan-like behavior in everyday life; the men. The average Humakti, on the other hand, will often behave like no normal person in Heortling society.

> Humakti, who consider both
> kinship and gender as non-essentials, are among the few fighting
cultists
> who treat vingans as full and equal warriors, without the
resistance and
> constant testing so evident in the myths."
>

But do the Humakti consider anyone to be their equal as warriors?

                                             Mark Mohrfield

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