>> When I wrote the story that follows from I didn't envisage the stead
>> as being backward. They don't have cows because they're poor and the
>> land is unsuitable for cattle or plowing.
>
>Yes... as I said, Kallyr may be just a bit biased, and her informant
>certainly is. Still, to some extent she's right. They have poor land
>- why haven't they taken some better land? Losers.
I'm surprised Kallyr thinks like that. I would have expected her to be more in touch with ordinary people. They aren't any poorer than the typical cottar, i.e. 70-80% of the population. Certainly they aren't all stickpickers which is the Sartarite definition of a loser. The contrast is between their lifestyle and that of the carls and weaponthanes who make up most PCs.
>> It becomes an issue because there isn't a separate loom house
>> so the main hall has "women's space" and "men's space" with
>> the inevitable question - is a Vingan a man or a woman?
>
>And the assumptions they make, while reasonable, differ from reality
>in several practical areas.
They are mythically true - for them.
> It's all good fun.
Indeed.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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