One thing that I've been wondering about... If I recall correctly, that scenario mentions the possibility of heroquesting to save the unlucky couple. I wonder if there really is some kind of way to make their particular coupling alright through a heroquest without really changing the fabric of Orlanthi society. Maybe there is some myth that would make it okay.
On a (probably) unrelated note, I wonder what a Humakti's severing means, incest-wise. If one is severed from his clan but then resheathed, could he potentially marry someone from it? What about one's actual bloodline? I imagine it could be used as a loophole, but would still be very iffy.
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> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, David Scott <sciencefish_at_...> wrote:
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> > You said Praxians.
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> So I did, and so did others. I don't think Praxians are biologically all
> that different from other humans on Glorantha, so I used a published
> example.
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> > On 19 Feb 2012, at 22:35, Guy Hoyle wrote:
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> > > Yet we've had a scenario where a Sartarite clan suffered because two of
> > the
> > > members accidentally committed incest, so that notion is found in at
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> > > some cultures.
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> > Which scenario is this?
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> "Final Days at Skullpoint", in *Gathering Thunder*. There's a quote on
> p.33: "Incest -- knowing or not -- is taboo in most cultures, including all
> Orlanthi. Its spiritual cnsequences are horrific..." I think it's safe to
> assume that "most cultures" includes Praxian.
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> > Orlanth is himself "inbred", his grandmother Gata is mother to his
> > parents, Kero Finn and Umath. There's clearly a mythical precedent where
> > you can marry your sibling and birth a god. You could have a scenario where
> > a brother and sister unknowingly marry and produce a child destined to be a
> > hero.
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> See the quote above about the results of unknowing incest.
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> As other commentators have suggested that the major Praxian tribes are
> numerous enough that inbreeding is not a consideration, I'm satisfied to
> leave it at that.
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> Guy (Hoyle)
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