Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Eodwine won't ask for additional punishments.

I thought as much.. and I think Athanar thought the same - but he can't be 100% sure...

I guess my thought of why the place was burned down was resentment about Sorn, and the burning was adding insult to injury. But just as much, there was stuff left there and nobody guarding it, and looting occurred. Whoever looted (and left the dead body in the meat locker) burned the place to hide the evidence.

So let's think about this. Those farmers who lived in the proximity of Sorn were badly treated by him (and Sorn operated in accordance / in cahoots with our three lords anyway). Maybe Sorn was the worst or maybe he had the most independent-minded / hot-headed people living around him and they decided enough was enough and some of them burnt the place down? After it was burnt down they looted what they thought they were due - and maybe some others were drawn in as well to make gains from there.

The question then becomes IMO how the other farmers living nearer our three lords would have reacted to that? Is it like a local "Arab spring" when they tell themselves "yeah, we need to rise up against these guys as well, let's just prepare first" or is it more like "well things need to change, but not in that manner", or "cool, but we don't dare trying that", or something else altogether?

Am I right in thinking that it is something like less than a half-year or about half year when Sorn's place was burnt down? It was summer or late summer when Eodwine came, right? And we have been writing about crispy autumn days and of need to get supplies for the winter - but it sure isn't winter yet. Right?

Whether Scyld had something to do with that is for Firefoot to say.

Agreed. And then what she thinks will also make a real difference as to how the plot would be... so Firefoot, do you have any strong opinions and if yes, which are they?