Talk:Nightblood/@comment-27.32.165.248-20170519074345/@comment-120.151.33.24-20170829003117

Regarding law and order.

We see the grounder with one eye (that was shot by finn), was referred to as a snake, (thief), and cast out from his own village for theft (but no banished from the lands). We also see the Icenation price was banished. (Something the sky people once did to murphy.)

So its clear, that at some stage, they did have to create some basic rules to follow.

Without resources for prisons, and prison guards, you still need punishment, otherwise there is no law and order. There would be widespread theft, and killing. Armies would not follow leadership either, and society would collapse (or fail to be established)

So basic punishments became:

- cast out for theft

- banishment (kill order for breaking)

- and blood for blood. (death to anyone that kills another).

This might sound barbaric, but the 100 did follow similar rules by casting out murphy, and they did do the whole blood for blood by nearly hanging murphy, well you know all those details i guess...

The grounders and the skypeople do have alot in common. For a society trying to rebuild / survive, this is the only system the could have really worked.

Blood for blood, as barbaric as it sounds, is something our society does today. In some countries, we do have the death penalty. For countries that dont have the death penalty, the citizens have to work harder, in order to pay more for taxes, to keep the murderers locked up, fed, and cared for.