» Tue May 15, 2012 1:43 am
My female character would love her husband. She would understand why women would be attracted to him. However, she will give the "other woman" a warning to stay away from him.
If the warning is not heeded, the "other woman" had better not value her eyes, because my female character would attempt to claw them out.
I remember an old movie called, The Vikings.
In it was a scene depecting one version of the Viking Fidelity Test.
It has been a while, but I think it went something like this:
The husband drinks a few horns of mead/ale, and his wife' head is placed in a round stock like device, with her braids stretched out.
Then, from a distance, he throws axes at the womans braids, if he severes them, she is innocent, if he hits her skull with an axe, I guess she was guilty.
Regardless of the outcome, everyone celebrates with a few more rounds and plenty of back-slapping.
In preparation for Skyrim, I read a bit about Viking culture, and Icelandic customs. Divorce was an option.
One source indicates the female could call witnesses to her threshold, and stand next to her bed, declaring a divorce.
There were still arrangements to attend, just like a divorce today, to include child support, and division of funds and property, etc.
Most of the rules were designed to support maintaining family life.