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Ja-Laffa, Ja-Nafeel, and Ja-who?
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<blockquote data-quote="thekwp" data-source="post: 6946130" data-attributes="member: 56444"><p>In <em>The Scouring of Gate Pass</em>, we met the interesting father and daughter pair Haddin Ja-Laffa and his daughter Crystin Ja-Nafeel. They do not share the same family name, and the style of family name Ja-<em>(something)</em> does not appear anywhere else that I can find in the campaign book. We are given no family name for Haddin's half-brother, Mandragore, so we cannot tell if he shares the same family name as Haddin or not.</p><p></p><p>I speculate that the structure implies something about the lineage of the individuals and family. Possibly, the second part refers to the maternal linage, so Laffa refers to some aspect of Haddin's mother, possibly his mother's name. Likewise, Ja-Nafeel might refer to Haddin's dead wife, who's name is not given in the material. Since we don't see this pattern anywhere else, I might also speculate that these are originally from some portion of what is now Ragesea, and one of the cultures of Ragesea we do not see; perhaps Morrus, or Latia. </p><p></p><p>Does anyone know anything more about this? If not, did anybody create something that fit into the campaign in someway? Having an idea about the cultural background for these two might help me flesh them out more for role playing their interactions with the party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thekwp, post: 6946130, member: 56444"] In [I]The Scouring of Gate Pass[/I], we met the interesting father and daughter pair Haddin Ja-Laffa and his daughter Crystin Ja-Nafeel. They do not share the same family name, and the style of family name Ja-[I](something)[/I] does not appear anywhere else that I can find in the campaign book. We are given no family name for Haddin's half-brother, Mandragore, so we cannot tell if he shares the same family name as Haddin or not. I speculate that the structure implies something about the lineage of the individuals and family. Possibly, the second part refers to the maternal linage, so Laffa refers to some aspect of Haddin's mother, possibly his mother's name. Likewise, Ja-Nafeel might refer to Haddin's dead wife, who's name is not given in the material. Since we don't see this pattern anywhere else, I might also speculate that these are originally from some portion of what is now Ragesea, and one of the cultures of Ragesea we do not see; perhaps Morrus, or Latia. Does anyone know anything more about this? If not, did anybody create something that fit into the campaign in someway? Having an idea about the cultural background for these two might help me flesh them out more for role playing their interactions with the party. [/QUOTE]
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