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>From: "Jeff Richard" <richaje_at_...>
>Reply-To: HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com
>To: HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Orlanthi warbands
>Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:33:18 -0000
>
>Here is some information on the Orlmarthing warband I sent Stu a
>little while back:
>
>The Orlmarth Clan is a medium-sized Heortling clan, numbering about
>960 people. Of these, 506 are adults (231 men and 275 women), 366
>are children, and 88 are old, weak, holy, or otherwise unsuitable
>for the fyrd, the clan militia. The clan fyrd amounts to about 190
>people (160 men, 30 women). The clan warband is made up of the clan
>warriors and numbers perhaps 75 (60 men, 15 women), including the
>chieftain, his weaponthanes, and those men and Vingans trying to
>make a name for themselves.
>
>The clan supports 10 weaponsthanes � full-time elite warriors who
>live in the Warrior's Hall (next to the Chieftain's Hall) on
>permanent guard and military duty. They are the best fighters in
>the clan and can fight from horseback. They stand in the forefront
>of battle, leading other warriors and taking risks for the clan. In
>return, the clan feeds, clothes, and houses them, gives them arms
>and armor, and gifts them with arm-rings and battle-trained horses.
>
>The chief maintains another 10 to 15 huscarls � warriors who also
>reside in the warriors' halls and fight for the chief. They are
>largely younger men seeking to make names for themselves. Other clan
>thanes and nobles maintain huscarls as well. Out of 10
>weaponsthanes, we've got 7 men, 3 women (two Vingans and one
>Redaylda Rigsdal worshipper). Of the male weaponsthanes, 5 worship
>Orlanth, 2 worship Humakt.
>
>The clan as a whole has about 50 men and 15 women with the warrior
>keyword (including weaponsthanes). The women are all of the clan's
>Vinga worshippers, plus one or two oddities. The men are nearly all
>Orlanth worshippers, plus two Humakti. Finovan and Helemakt are
>probably the most common Orlanth warband subcult (although Vingkot is
>their patron god).
>
>Jeff
>
>
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