Service of the Sword question

TheWanderer wrote:
> Why didn't Abigail Hearns have armsmen?
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At that time (during Service Of The Sword) mere steadholder daughters
didn't 'require' armsmen. As of the beginning of _The Shadow of
Saganami_, the Grayson Steadholders realized that since their daughters
could inherit their Steadhold, then Steadholder Daughters had to have
armsmen like their brothers.

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Leo Sorel wrote:
> She wasn't a Steadholder, a Steadholders Heir, or a Diplomat.
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> Most grayson's off planet would not have an armsman.
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> "TheWanderer" <usenet.RemoveThis@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Why didn't Abigail Hearns have armsmen?
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>> TheWanderer
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Technically she was a Steadholder's Heir (after her brother) but the
rules hadn't been changed to require her to have an armsman.


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Paul Howard <ppaulshoward.RemoveThis@insightbb.com> wrote in
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> TheWanderer wrote:
>> Why didn't Abigail Hearns have armsmen?
>>
>>
> At that time (during Service Of The Sword) mere steadholder
> daughters didn't 'require' armsmen. As of the beginning of
> _The Shadow of Saganami_, the Grayson Steadholders realized
> that since their daughters could inherit their Steadhold,
> then Steadholder Daughters had to have armsmen like their
> brothers.
>

Ah! It was set BEFORE Faith's birth! I was confused because
"Let's Go To Prague" was set after Honor's return from Hades.


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TheWanderer wrote:
> Paul Howard <ppaulshoward DeleteThis @insightbb.com> wrote in
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>> TheWanderer wrote:
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>>> Why didn't Abigail Hearns have armsmen?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> At that time (during Service Of The Sword) mere steadholder
>> daughters didn't 'require' armsmen. As of the beginning of
>> _The Shadow of Saganami_, the Grayson Steadholders realized
>> that since their daughters could inherit their Steadhold,
>> then Steadholder Daughters had to have armsmen like their
>> brothers.
>>
>>
>
> Ah! It was set BEFORE Faith's birth! I was confused because
> "Let's Go To Prague" was set after Honor's return from Hades.
>
>
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Not really, at the time of "Service Of The Sword" Abigail was one of her
father's heirs (after the oldest of her brothers) but the Steadholders
had forgotten to require that their daughters have armsmen. Might want
to re-read the opening chapters of _The Shadow of Saganami_. We met
Abigail again and she is 'musing' over the new requirement.

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Paul Howard <ppaulshoward.DeleteThis@insightbb.com> wrote in
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> TheWanderer wrote:
>> Paul Howard <ppaulshoward.DeleteThis@insightbb.com> wrote in
>> news:I6KdnQg8-OfBa3jbnZ2dnUVZ_s-pnZ2d@insightbb.com:
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>>> TheWanderer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why didn't Abigail Hearns have armsmen?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> At that time (during Service Of The Sword) mere
>>> steadholder daughters didn't 'require' armsmen. As of
>>> the beginning of _The Shadow of Saganami_, the Grayson
>>> Steadholders realized that since their daughters could
>>> inherit their Steadhold, then Steadholder Daughters had
>>> to have armsmen like their brothers.
>>>
>>>
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>> Ah! It was set BEFORE Faith's birth! I was confused
>> because "Let's Go To Prague" was set after Honor's return
>> from Hades.
>>
>>
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> Not really, at the time of "Service Of The Sword" Abigail
> was one of her father's heirs (after the oldest of her
> brothers) but the Steadholders had forgotten to require
> that their daughters have armsmen. Might want to re-read
> the opening chapters of _The Shadow of Saganami_. We met
> Abigail again and she is 'musing' over the new requirement.
>

And there it is, sitting right there on the shelf!

Well, let's be about it, then.

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