>> IIRC it was on the basis that Lanbril is not a part of the Heortling
>> pantheon. Which makes sense, you don't get criminal gangs in a
>> rural tribal culture.
>
>You do get gangs of robbers along trade routes, even in forests. The
>region around Whitewall has (or at least used to have) regular Kitori and
>troll caravans, so I find a persisting organisation raiding these quite
>natural.
Which in Orlanthi culture would be followers of Gargath not Lanbril.
>> I would agree in normal times WW doesn't have enough people to
>> support a gang but once the clans gather to defend it in 1620
>> there will be a horde of support people - merchants, servants
>> and so on. Along with them will come thieves and other dubious
>> characters. With the leadership concentrating on defending the
>> city they won't have much time for dealing with a crimewave
>> and sometimes they will want someone to do dubious jobs for
>> them.
>
>When Hardrard the Green made Whitewall once more the seat of the Volsaxi
>King, there was sufficient population in Whitewall to allow a permanent
>presence there.
>
>"Criminal activity" against fellow Volsaxi (but from different clans)
>may be in keeping with Heortling mores... It isn't the core of their
>operation, anyway. And it is quite possible that the same gang operates
>in Smithstone.
An offshoot of a gang based in Smithstone makes a lot of sense.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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