My original question was not how the Humakti could escape the personal consequences of his actions, but how he could prevent those consequences from affecting his kin. If an Orlanthi kills someone on a cattle raid, for instance, he and his kin are expected to pay the weregild, and if they can't or don't then he and his kin are legitimate targets in revenge attacks as the feud escalates. If a Humakti (in an Orlanthi clan) kills someone then his family are not included in any judgement as he has severed himself from them - He can still be asked to pay the weregild and/or be targeted by angry relatives of the deceased. So my question was, when you find out you've accidently killed the Chief's eldest son can you join Humakt to protect your immediate family from any reprisals? Just as with a Lunar theif escaping Lunar or Dara Happan justice by joining Danfive Xaron this is not intended to be an "easy option" (and the Humakti honour may still demand that weregild must be paid in such situations - you can't just run to the temple and rely on the Cult squashing any feuding relatives who come looking for you).
Maybe that's where many of the Humakti mercenaries come from. Warriors who are paying back the cult (with interest) for the advances made to pay weregild they owe others
> Therefore how can humakti escape them using the power of death?
> They may be able to attone for them in some
> way, but I think that's a seperate issue.
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