Re: MR-Banter: Fran

[Gary Bryers <gbryers@conterra.com>]

Poster: Gary Bryers <gbryers@conterra.com>

edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com wrote:
> 
> Poster: edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com
> 
> > With all this talk about assassins, banishments and outlawing, wouldn't it
> > be better to outlaw Hurricanes in Atlantia?  Fran has certainly ruined an
> > event much more than assassins could.
> 
> I believe that hurricanes are already banished by Corpora, assuming
> 1) they didn't occur in Europe during the Period
> 2) they refuse to attempt attire that would be appropriate before 1650
> 3) Any encounters that St. Brendan, Cristobal Colon, et al. may have
>    had with hurricanes still don't put them in the scope of the Society
> 4) The Laurel Kings have rather more power than King Cnut had.
> 
> Are all of my assumptions correct?
> 
> -- Alfredo
> 
> Alfredo el Bufon
> Elvegast, Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia
> edh@ascc01.ascc.lucent.com
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Actually, I don't think they banned Hurricanes, but by the time a
hurricane submits its name to the herald where it will land, and that
name gets submitted to Kingdom, then passed along to the College of
Arms, I think the threat would have long passed...
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