Alex
> > Rather than use terms like "throwbacks" (which I don't think really
make
> > sense when talking about the Heortlings - throwbacks to when?), I
prefer
> > to think that the Volsaxi are a Hendreiki tribe that have
"consciously"
> > rejected sorcery, the Pharaoh and the Andrinic reforms. This can
be
> > described as "traditionalist" - but I'm sure if we compared 12th
century
> > post-Dragonkill Volsaxi to our early 17th century Volsaxi, we'd
find
> > plenty of changes.
> ... or more narrowly one might say to that sort of period. But yes,
I'm
> sure you're right, and in that sense 'traditionalist' is more
appropriate.
> Esp. in the Rolf Harris sense (with no apologies whatsoever to John
H.
> <eg>): "Here's an old english folk song I've just written".
Except, I don't think that the Volsaxi are some sort of cultural
equivalent to Cato the Younger or the Amish, wearing long out-of-date
fashions or peppering their speech with anachronisms. They reject
certain "modern" influences on Hendreiki society - sorcery, the Pharaoh,
and the Andrinic reforms - and strongly embrace some very old Orlanthi
cults (e.g., Vingkot) and reject some more popular Orlanthi cults (e.g.,
Alakoring Rex). I view the Volsaxi as having a strong institution of
Orlanth priests, with traditionally-identified resources and lands set
aside for their support. The priests are the glue that help hold the
much larger Volsaxi tribe together.
Jeff
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