Peter Larsen:
> All of these deal with Humakt's relation to the Storm Tribe -- is
> it necessarily an aspect of all versions of Humakt? ...
> Maybe non-Orlanthi Humakti don't sever their
> connection to their families. Maybe they immediately replace loyalty to a
> family with loyalty to a lord, temple, community, whatever on initiation
--
> showing their extreme abstract dedication to a group or cause rather than
> individuals.
Good point. I think IMG at least, Severance is an essential aspect of Humakt and it has to be there in some form. If not severance from kin (the most dramatic kind to an Orlanthi) then from some other central tie in the local society. After I wrote the above I saw Nils Weinander's take on this:
> Humakti should be scary. Heortlings fear Humakti
> because they are not bound by kinship. I think Esrolians fear Humakti
> because they are not bound as husband-protectors.
Andrew
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