Various stuff

Current character count: 380 and going on. And this without having typed up some of the guilds yet. Go me!

Some names are just listed with very little info, I'll have to work on those yet. Also, some of the local farmers and families of lesser nobility, who've sworn fealty to Lord Orchald aren't on the Big List. I've still not decided whether or not they should be counted as inhabitants of Halabor, since they don't actually live in the town.
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On other news, the frigging heat wave doesn't show any indication to go the hell away. It's really annoying.

A female pope - truth or legend?

I've watched an interesting documentary about the supposed Pope Joan on the German TV-channel Phoenix.

The topic is nothing new for me as read a book about Pope Joan - and a rather rainbow-press-inspired, smutty one at that - many years ago, when I used to be a rather conservative Catholic. Of course, I reacted with righteous anger and threw the book away. *g*

Now, the makers of the documentary didn't take any sides in the centuries-old debate about the existence or nonexistence of a female pope. They rather ivestigated the archetype of a young girl who takes on a male disguise, so that she can do men's work. (Éowyn anyone?)

Nonetheless, it was interesting to hear the different theologians and historians explain their opinions about the social and psychological background of such an act, regardless whether Pope Joan ever existed or not. I enjoyed the program very much.