Tim Ellis wrote:
> 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
I don't think this would work, because what you did before you were severed still falls on your clan. This is an example of when the clan might outlaw someone for the good of all (even with attendant conflicts with justice.) Once outlawed, the clan has taken its ultimate action against you, and so the other clan should accept that.
Now someone outlawed in that fashion might make a prime candidate for Humakt...
Gerald
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