We finally have an interesting and intelligent question and who chimes
in but good old Jeff!
Oh brother....
Paul, first welcome! And second your questions were great so keep asking
them! :)
Shells
-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Jeff C Goodhall
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:15 AM
To: feistfans-l
Subject: Re: Hello + Spoilers for Kelewan and Empire Trilogy + a few
questions
SPPOLIER
who cares, the planet doesnt exist anymore.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Hughes <mailto:[email protected]>
To: feistfans-l <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:14 AM
Subject: Re: Hello + Spoilers for Kelewan and Empire Trilogy + a
few questions
Spoliers
Hello again,
I find Midkemia fascinating and I have a tendency to really get
into the worlds of authors that I am reading.
I don't have many questions about Midkemia because the books and
the websites are so comprehensive. So
I have to ask about Kelewan and the Tsurani.
I am just trying to get my head around the size of the clans and
houses in Tsurani in terms of military strength
and numbers of houses in the clans.
Before Mara took over the minwanabi estates, she had roughly
2000 to 2500 soldiers as far as I can see. However
even the Anasati had more than her according to the books
themselves. Mara was able to take the warchief's position
from the guy who was the Lord of the Chekowara, so even though
the Anasati had more: Mara still had a significant
amount of men to call upon.
I guess this is more a question for Raymond more than anyone
else, but how many houses would have had a
stronger military than Mara when she had that many soldiers. You
have the 5 great houses who obviously had
to have more, but how many houses who were not 'great' like the
Anasati would have had more. Maybe only
the Shinzawai?
The other question I have is if the Hadama are a minor clan but
have 70 houses - how many would the Minwanabi
clan have?
Lastly there must be a lot of smaller houses, but what would be
their average military strength? They surely could
not all be packing more than a thousand men and perhaps only
half that if they keep getting destroyed like the
tuscai were.
Anyway hope this is not too detailed a question and I suppose I
am asking so that I can see if my own *figuring out*
is any good.
Paul
On 16/01/2012 21:19, Marius Jensen wrote:
Yes, feel free to ask here if you are curious about
something not on the site etc.
Keep in mind that if there are potential spoilers, put
in some spoiler space and all that jazz though :)
Oh, right, welcome!
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Paul Hughes
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear People,
I am new to this list and would like to say
hello. One question I have, is that if you cannot find the information
on a website or FAQ, is it considered ok to ask questions about the
books and about the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. Especially Kelewan,
since there is so much more information on Midkemia up on the web.
Paul
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Regards
Marius Jensen
