>> Not the Sartarite fyrds, anyway, and the Volsaxi ones are in
>> their own lands so it doesn't apply. What, if anything, have
>> they got? And bearing this in mind, would we agree that what
>> Sartarite clans send is the warband, not the fyrd? Even if
>> this means half the members of the fyrd joining the warband?
>
>Sounds right to me. Though the sartarite clans may have two
>"warbands" going - one at WW, and one back on the clan lands. It
>would take a good lot of convincing to get a clan to let *every*
>warrior in the clan run off to far-away lands.
Except that Orlanth was always doing that in the myths. Which is why the cults of Vinga, Elmal and Rigsdal arise. Of course with a lot of Vingans at WW it does beg the question who does stay at home?
I've assumed there are weaponthanes from cults like Starkval and Elmal who remain with the fyrd even when the warband is elsewhere. Also the majority of the fyrd stays home, few clans can afford to have a high proportion of their menfolk away for seasons.
>The question would be one of "which warband gets the old and
>powerful wyter, and which has to make due with a new and not
>as experienced one?"
Something else for the clan to argue over.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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