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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saba Taru" data-source="post: 2244117" data-attributes="member: 2902">Spot on for ubi sunt. It's their form of nostalgia. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Flyting is a sort of "insult" contest. It's a chance for people to show off using words that promote the clever use of phrases incorporated into eloquence and boasting. The more cleverly you "insult" someone, the higher the audience's opinion of you. These people valued brains as much as brawn and courage. Look at Beowulf's flyting contest with Unferth for a reference that's off the top of my head. Kennings are easier to explain. They're (<a href="http://www.dictionary.com/" target="_blank">www.dictionary.com</a>): A figurative, usually compound expression used in place of a name or noun, especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry; for example, storm of swords is a kenning for battle. Other examples might include: Gold-friend = kingwhale-road = seapillow-goddess = womansea-hart = boatand some people even see Beowulf's name as a kenning (bee-enemy = bear). I pulled up some other examples doing a simple google search on kenning if you need more examples. They're fun and unexpected. I've used both flytings and kennings in an OLD campaign on mine to hilarious effect, so they do work, assuming your players are into that sort of thing or are willing to learn them. I love using this sort of thing in my games. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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