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Linden/Linton

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#1
ripvanwormer
Nov 17, 2006 21:32:21 The House of Linden is the oldest Flaemish family in Glantri. In 858 AC, non-wizardly nobles were exiled from the country after the Light of Rad, presumedly even those who belonged to the oldest Flaemish families.

In Darokin today, there is a trading house called Linton. I wondered what happened to the exiled Glantrian nobles, and whether they made new lives for themselves in Darokin. Could it be that some decided to get as far from Glantri as possible, making their way to Athenos, where the copper-class workers pronounced their name with a local accent. Eager to put their Glantrian past and politics in general behind them, they started a shipping company which eventually became known as Linton House.
#2
Cthulhudrew
Nov 17, 2006 22:12:36 Nice connection! I like it a lot!
#3
johnbiles
Nov 18, 2006 4:48:27 It fits the Darokinian theme of 'land of leftovers' well.
#4
culture20
Nov 20, 2006 18:57:38 But if they were Flaemish, wouldn't they have been wizardly?
#5
ripvanwormer
Nov 21, 2006 1:48:45
But if they were Flaemish, wouldn't they have been wizardly?

Not everybody has the potential to be a wizard, as the Alphatians know too well. Every family is going to have some Squibs in it, if I can slip in a Harry Potter reference.
#6
Cthulhudrew
Nov 21, 2006 20:25:21 Along those lines, we know that not all Flaemish stayed in Braejr as well- Kerhy Matrongle famously went to the Ierendi Isles and married Black Toes back in 637 AC. Since the widespread immigration movement to the Highlands didn't begin until around the 720s or so, it's pretty safe to assume Kerhy was a Flaem. Whether she was a magic-user or not isn't clear from the text, but she at least wasn't quite powerful enough to bear magic-using and magocratic-minded children, as- though the Matrongle line rules Ierendi for quite some time- they don't establish a magocracy like Glantri does (and the Honor Islanders, notably, don't seem to be all that threatened by them, as they might if they were "true" magic-using Flaems).

[EDIT- All of which is my long-winded way of saying, "yes, it's certainly within the realm of possibility that the Lindens may have been Flaems."]
#7
havard
Nov 22, 2006 7:40:26 I definately buy the Linden/Linton connection! It's almost as if the designers thought about it but forgot to mention it in the gaz...

It helps fleshing out things alot too

Håvard

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 ripvanwormer Nov 17, 2006 21:32:21	The House of Linden is the oldest Flaemish family in Glantri. In 858 AC, non-wizardly nobles were exiled from the country after the Light of Rad, presumedly even those who belonged to the oldest Flaemish families. In Darokin today, there is a trading house called Linton. I wondered what happened to the exiled Glantrian nobles, and whether they made new lives for themselves in Darokin. Could it be that some decided to get as far from Glantri as possible, making their way to Athenos, where the copper-class workers pronounced their name with a local accent. Eager to put their Glantrian past and politics in general behind them, they started a shipping company which eventually became known as Linton House.
#2 Cthulhudrew Nov 17, 2006 22:12:36	Nice connection! I like it a lot!
#3 johnbiles Nov 18, 2006 4:48:27	It fits the Darokinian theme of 'land of leftovers' well.
#4 culture20 Nov 20, 2006 18:57:38	But if they were Flaemish, wouldn't they have been wizardly?
#5 ripvanwormer Nov 21, 2006 1:48:45	But if they were Flaemish, wouldn't they have been wizardly? Not everybody has the potential to be a wizard, as the Alphatians know too well. Every family is going to have some Squibs in it, if I can slip in a Harry Potter reference.
#6 Cthulhudrew Nov 21, 2006 20:25:21	Along those lines, we know that not all Flaemish stayed in Braejr as well- Kerhy Matrongle famously went to the Ierendi Isles and married Black Toes back in 637 AC. Since the widespread immigration movement to the Highlands didn't begin until around the 720s or so, it's pretty safe to assume Kerhy was a Flaem. Whether she was a magic-user or not isn't clear from the text, but she at least wasn't quite powerful enough to bear magic-using and magocratic-minded children, as- though the Matrongle line rules Ierendi for quite some time- they don't establish a magocracy like Glantri does (and the Honor Islanders, notably, don't seem to be all that threatened by them, as they might if they were "true" magic-using Flaems). [EDIT- All of which is my long-winded way of saying, "yes, it's certainly within the realm of possibility that the Lindens may have been Flaems."]
#7 havard Nov 22, 2006 7:40:26	I definately buy the Linden/Linton connection! It's almost as if the designers thought about it but forgot to mention it in the gaz... It helps fleshing out things alot too Håvard