>Of Course "Fall of the House of Malan" shows us that the Lismelder
>originated with the Malani anyway so both could be true!
I think the Lismelder *as a tribe* have as many Humakti as anyone, and more than most. I'm not sure that they have a single clan that is dominated by Humakti though. Apart from anything else, I'm not sure which one it would be. The Greydogs and the Good Sword both have historically strong ties to Humakt, but the Poss actually live closer to the marsh, so I can't see them being lacking in Humakti. (Although their Humakti aren't nearly as good as ours, and are prone to falling over in the marsh, getting mud over their kinky black leather uniforms and bending their swords.) Thus I think the Lismelder clans tend to average 30-50 Humakti each, who are supported by an otherwise fairly normal clan.
Whereas the Malani have long had a single warrior clan ruling over them. I'd expect the Isolting to contain most of the tribe Humakti, with most of the rest being attached to the royal bodyguard anyway. In other words, both tribes might contain 300 or so Humakti, but in the Lismelder they are evenly spread between the clans, while in the Malani they're mainly in the one clan.
Cheers,
Graham
-- Graham Robinson graham_at_... Albion Software Engineering Ltd.
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