[HeroWars] Re: Tattoos

>--- In HeroWars@y..., "Tim Ellis" <tim@t...> wrote:
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>> Neatly sidestepping the Orlanthi, there are other cultures
>> where the Tattoos seem to still be connected with magic...
>
>And stepping back, clan membership is magical! I believe that the
>clan tattoo is the magical connection to the clan wyter that allows
>the member to benefit from clan and wyter abilities and the wyter to
>get and channel ritual support.
>
>Similarly, the other tattoos denote and channel religious
>connections, affinities etc.

        The tattoo should be part of that connection (hence the suggestion that Lokamayaton hid his tattoos is a suggestion that he is ashamed on and rejects his clan and society) but I don't think it's the whole thing. Just because you hold a Black Oak down and abrade him with steel wool doesn't mean that he's no longer a Black Oak.... It's a badge, a mark, an advertisement as much as a magical talisman.

Peter Larsen

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