Re: Re: Tattooing.

From: donald_at_...
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:57:43 GMT

In message <1fd401c4bd1c$91917720$e6150a0a_at_SOLOVAY> "Andrew Solovay" writes:
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>Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...> wrote:
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>> And presumably that means that if you're outlawed by your clan, the
>> tattoos are removed (properly - ouch!)?
>
>I think "defaced" rather than "removed". A knife-cut straight across each
>tatoo ought to do it, yes?

Or a Gagarth rune carved over the clan one. The message being that this person is so evil the clan has renounced him.

All this presumes the clan has the opportunity and desire to mark the offender as an outlaw. They'll be plenty of occassions where this is not true.

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/