>"ian_hammond_cooper" <ian_hammond_cooper_at_...> writes:
>
>>4) How do you raid someone far away without fighting every clan
>>between you and them.
>>
>>Negotiate with everyone in between, or try to sneak past them.
>
>Or simply push your way through. I'd imagine that if a group of armed
>and dangerous-looking men came onto the tula, but assured you they
>were just passing through and meant no harm to your clan, there
>wouldn't necessarily be a fight. Things would be very tense but
>polite, everybody's hands would stay a few centimetres away from their
>weapons, and the local fyrd would follow a few paces behind the
>raiders until they were safely off their land.
But if you force your way through it's a fairly safe bet that kids on fast horses will be sent to all the neighbours that you're on good terms with letting them know to get the fryd together.
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