Arcane Topic Warning: Part the Second

[Kuruharan]

Yep. Time for me to institute a return policy. I haven't seen my copy of War of the Jewels in ages. (To be honest, I'm not even sure where it is.)

Anyway...

Petty-Dwarf-Hunts were the precursor to the noble art of fox hunting.

A fair point. However, there is usually not much eating on a fox.

The point about the fox actually causes me to wonder something else. I think it might depend on what state Elven society had reached at that particular time. If they were more settled and had a more regular source of food, then they would probably be more likely to just kill the Petty-Dwarves because they felt like it. Again, taking foxes as an example, the whole point in hunting them is to protect the livestock, which is the source of food. Now the Petty-Dwarves were not exactly poaching on the source of food...but if the Elves were of the wandering type...or were bored...

That is, running around upright with clothes on does not necessarily mean you've got a soul

Which is extremely curious because one of the things mentioned in the Sil as a quality of sentience is "wrought with hands" and the Petty-Dwarves obviously made whatever they were wearing.

I also wonder exactly what the Petty-Dwarves used to attack the Elves. Mim had treasuries of "axes and other gear." Admittedly, these could be from post Elf-poaching days...but still.