Well we do have examples of 'Vadrudi' cults in Gagarth and Valind. Both are violent, outsiders to society, but I don't know that a lack of society equals a lack of culture. In my game people often refer to exessively violent or outlawed Orlanthi as 'vadrudi' as a generic term of dissapproval.
Vadrus is an example of the perils of Umath's Law that 'Violence is always an option', untempered by Ernalda's 'There is always another way'. I would note how in Orlanthi society myths like the Making of the Storm Tribe, or How Peace Was Made show Orlanth being guided by Ernalda. I expect that when young men retort that 'violence is always an option' the women chide him for 'acting like a vadrudi' and tell the story of 'how peace was made'.
But within vadrudi bands I expect that there is an order, born from the principle of 'might is right' where the holmgang decides everything from ownership of plunder to a woman, leadership belongs to the strong, and few become elders for somebody will usually kill them and take their wealth when they become too weak.
Ian Cooper
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