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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5239748" data-attributes="member: 92305">-- SECRETS -- To understand, you must know...that the Clan has three sacred numbers: 3, 9, and 27. 3 - Represents the tri-aspects of the human soul: The Earth, the Water, and the Sky. Crom crafts your soul out of solid rock, from his mountain. This gives you the iron-will to survive and strength to conquer your enemies. But, that is only part of a man's soul, as it can be moved by softer things--just as Ben Morgh (Crom's Mountain) can be crafted by the slow steadiness of water or the harsh, superior power of wind from the sky. Love, affection, kinsmanship, honor, are all examples of soft things that can shape a man's soul. The triskel is a spiral pattern composed of three lines often seen in Cimmerian artwork, etching, armor and weapon decoration, and tattoos. It is a design that represents the sacred 3 and all of its meanings. Note that 3 (the sacred number) multiplied by 3 (the total number of scared numbers) leads us to the next sacred number: 9. 9 - Represents the family unit. The human soul must gestate nine months for new life to begin--nine months before the soul is allowed to feel the dirty of the earth, drink the water, and breathe the air from the sky. The average size of a Cimmerian kin is 9--there are, on average, 9 people in a family. In Cimmerian society, though, only warriors are counted. Thus, an average sized Cimmerian family is constituted by nine fighters. There are twelve people in your kin: Your grandfather, Fionn. Finn, your father. And, his brothers, your uncles: Dael, Eregerth, and Eanbotha. Your cousin, Brenna (Daels daughter), her husband, Hrathnar, and their daughter, Freya. Then there's Finn's two adopted children, Drachena, and you, Thrallan. And there are your brothers, the twins, Branoc and Caelis. But, if you count only the warriors, you've discovered that the family Duncohr can field 9 fighters: Your father, Finn, and his brothers, Dael, Eregerth, and Eanbotha. Brenna's husband, Hrathnar. Drachena. Yourself, Thrallan. And your brothers, Branoc and Caelis. (Fionn is too old. Brenna is not a warrior. Freya is only 6 years old.) Note that 9 (the sacred number) multiplied by 3 (the total number of scared numbers) leads us to the next sacred number: 27. 27 - Represents the symbol of Cimmerian strength, as the typical Cimmerian war band numbers 3 families of warriors. As the average kin can field 9 fighters, the average Cimmerian war band numbers 27 warriors. Many Cimmerian clans use a base of 27 when detailing their clansmen for war. What is hidden among the background details... -- That Lyme carried three babies in her womb, but one was dead, replaced by Thrallan. -- That Thrallan is most likely 3 months older than Branoc and Caelis, even though Thrallan is considered Finn's youngest child. -- That Lyme lingered for 3 months before her death, either naturally or at Finn's hand. -- That Thrallan's Stone is considered the third Titan's stone in the Circle of Seven Stones (the prachaun grul, in Cimmerian). Thrallan's Stone dominates Padranag's Stone, which sits next to it (for which the stillborn child Padran was named), and Thrallan's Stone is three removed from Caelis' Stone (three stones ahead of the later) so that Thrallan's Stone is almost, but not quite, in direct opposition to Caelis' Stone. -- That the babe Thrallan was found on the night of the full moon, the 27th day of the month.</blockquote>

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