Festival of Halina: Adventurers Gone Wild! (Orsal Judging)

[Bront]

"We're more patriarchail. The father splits the holdings, but often the eldest son is expected to take over in his place. It is generaly only in Nobility though where it is enforced as stringantly as anything else. Those that do not produce a male heir are often forced to either find a new wife, discarding the old one, or find a good son to marry his daughter, which is usually a second or younger son, who by marriage becomes the first son."

"Perhaps that's the problem. Your culture sounds much more matriarchal."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"No, not really. The Chief is always male, and he leads the clan to battle, but the Holdmistress is female and she owns the clan's home. Also, the Sae'rin are primarily female. So there is a clear demarcation of gender roles in leadership."

 

[Bront]

"The men of war, the women of peace, so to speak. Though I'm sure there are exceptions to both."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Yes, there are many women warriors, even those who command large groups of spears, and both male and female blacksmiths and artisans, and the Clan Chief leads the people in more than just the fighting, so that generalisation doesn't quite hold. Basically, men do not hold land when it comes down to it, and women do not have command over all the spears when it comes down to it, but they learn to work together in harmony."

 

[Bront]

"Have you ever sat back to watch the stars?" Carsis asks.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Sometimes, when I was a little girl...the skies were very clear back home, and we could see so many of the constellations sparkling in the sky..."

 

[Bront]

"I wonder, if your constilations are the same as ours? I would think they are the same stars..." Carsis offers Lasair a spot on a blanket. "Shall we compair?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Lasair remains standing for the moment--it's easier to point that way.*

"Well the stars look the same here. See, up there is Maeve, the Warrior-Queen, and over there is the Crimson Drake."

 

[Bront]

"One of my favorites was over there, the Seven Sisters. I think I see your Drake, though it looks like it's part of the Golden Chariot."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Golden chariot? What's that? It looks like you're pointing to either the Crimson Drake or perhaps the three winged Sirens."