Jeff,
hopefully this will not read obnoxiously - I am putting forward my reading of the text.
> > - be named after a still living leader,
> Named after a common ancestor
page 26 - the spakeman is the ancestor and he is alive. Also, a
bloodline may have as few as 30 adults - not enough to be a permanent
descent line. Finally, mention of bloodlines splitting off.
Hmm... on further reading it does appear that there is a shrine to the founder and it seems unlikely to me that there would be a shrine to a living person. Food for thought.
> > - be a legal rather than a magical entity (i.e. no wyter though
a
> Legal AND magical entity. They are about the smallest level one can
> get an _effective_ wyter at.
page 64 - a Heortling usually contributes to 3 wyters, none of which
is the bloodline though one could be a stead (as it's a functional
farming organisation).
> Clans can be very short lived.
page 21 "the largest permanent Heortling organisation" and 22 - "the
fundamental, enduring unit of Heortling society"
regards,
Charles
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