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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5240052" data-attributes="member: 92305">-- The Duncohr Women -- Life has been cruel to the women in your family. Of those that have prevailed, it's mostly the men who still live. But, is that surprising? Cimmeria is an inhospitable place. Rough terrain. Horrifying weather. Freezing cold several months out of the year. Multiple preadators, especially those that use only two legs. Your grandmother, Maeoral, died before you were born. Your mother, Lyme, died shortly after you were born. You knew neither of them. You've got a cousin, Brenna, who is 8 years older than you, and you've got Drachena, the little girl whom your father took into his family after her family was slaughtered by the Grath during the Separation, two decades ago. Drachena is 10 years older than you are, and she's always been a bit distant. Quiet. She goes off alone alot. She trains, like a man will train, with weapons. There's a lot of anger in her. And she wasn't the right person to be your surrogate mother. Everyone could see that. So, the duty fell to young Brenna. Since she was 8 years old, she's wiped your arse, cleaned your nose, and made sure you had a warm skin to cover yourself at night. Even when she married Hrathnar, the Aesirman, and even when she had her own child, Freya, she never faltered from taking care of you. You've always known that she was your cousin. Secrets weren't kept from you. But, in a way, you're as much Brenna's child as your father's. And, Finn, your father, always supported her authority, never doubting her. All those times he was away on a hunt, or raid, or trade, it was Brenna who made sure you were fed. You've just turned 12 years old now, and you know you're about to start a journey that will take you to manhood--accepted as a warrior for the Clan. Brenna is 20. A married woman and mother. Drachena has seen 22 winters, and for seven years now she's been accepted among the other warriors, the only woman to find a place among them in memory. -- The Curse of the Duncohr Women -- When you think of the women in your family, you think of Brenna, your cousin that raised you. You think of Drachena, your adopted sister who is a woman warrior among men. You think of your poor mother, Lyme, who died giving birth to you. And, you think of your grandmother, Maeoral, because your grand-da mentions her so often. You don't think of Britta, though. She's Brenna's mother. Your uncle Dael's wife. During the troubled times of the Separation, Britta left Dael to be with another man--one of the Grath. Dael and Brenna never speak of her, though you've seen the look on Brenna's face and know that she sometimes thinks of her. Then, there's your other uncle's story. Ean. Today, he's the Clan War Chief, second only to your father/his brother. But, there was a time, before you were born, that 19 year old Eanbotha had a wife and three beautiful daughters. All of them were taken in the same year, in the same month, during the hard winter that hit Seven Stones the year that the Clan had won its separation from the Grath. Some believe that there is a curse on the Duncohr women. You know this because you've heard the whispers. Today, only one of your blood lives: Brenna. Though the bond tying Drachena to you and your family is strong, she is not the product of your father's loins. Brenna is your only true living female relative, unless Britta still lives (and she was Duncohr by marriage only)</blockquote>

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