Winters Heredity
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Family
- 3. Influence and Influences
- 4. Defining Features
- 4.1 Eyes
- 4.2 Size and Build
- 4.3 Fur
- 5. Family Culture
- 5.1 Macha Tribe
- 5.2
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The White Stag of Macha |
1. Introduction
In a small pocket of the world, where verdant hills of emerald splendor stretch from shy groves to a misty shoreline cut jagged by cliffs and bluffs, the first sons and daughters of Macha took up their trades; And the names that would be their vestige of immortality, bloodlines that would run as straight and pure as the land itself.
Among these early pious congregants was a wise man with vivid blue eyes. He took the calling Winters; For the frost and the quiet, for the time of eternal contemplation and eventual renewal. After the great tribe-wars, this ancestor had only one living child, and that child only one living child; And so eventually the Lost Son Niall was born alone into the world, with only he to carry on the old name Winters.
Thankfully, Niall was a prolific and warm sort of man. He grew with great love in his heart, and brought back to life a bloodline long thought dead by others of the Silver Valley. With joy, the Winters line again began to prosper, forming the stronghold and the beating heart of the Macha Tribe as is their duty and destiny.
In recent ages, the Winters line has been further strengthened by the union between Macha daughter Alaine Winters and her chosen beloved, Chief Gabriel de le Poer. Many strong children have come from them; But with their father's own cursed blood they have also been driven to wander, as very few from the Winters line had been inclined to before. Once isolated to Airgid Gleann, the favored name of Macha has spread with grace to many lands abroad.
A token of the old world lives still within the veins of those blue-blooded descendants of the first Winters; Manifesting itself most prominently in the women of such heredity is a curse and a blessing known as "The Sight". In dreams, sleeping or waking, these few chosen might think they see snippets of a truth in future or past. The Sight can often be vague and disconcerting, and is not easily managed or translated.
It is also said that any of the line can call upon the great ghost of Macha, the White Stag/Blue-moon Stag, in an hour of great need. This ghostly emanation has been called to power only once in recent times, when Alaine lay a heavy curse upon the life and following kin of Ezekiel de le Poer, that they may be haunted and hunted by the stag in vengeance for the murder of her first son, Caillen Winters, dealt by the hand of Gabriel's son himself.
For now, the ancient bloodline of the white stag can be found in Salsola, where the royal children of Queen Salvia Eternity and her Isle-born consort Stannis de le Poer were brought into the world with white throats, blue eyes, lean collie bones or elfish collie faces. Their lineage is old and regal on both sides, and their children's children will be born with rich dream-memories of a land of green rolling hills and a winding silver river; And a guardian presence that will follow them through their spectacular lives, scarcely seen but always felt, like the shadow of great antlers cast by the light of a full moon.
2. Family
PLEASE NOTE: The parent that contributes the Winters genes is bolded.
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First Generation
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Second Generation
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Third Generation
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3. Influence and Influences
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FAMILIES - Alaine birthed two pups to Gabriel, former Aquila of Inferni, bringing de le Poer and Lykoi blood into the family tree. Alaine and Gabriel are now mated, although the bond between Alaine and his other offspring is frail.
- Alaine was kidnapped by Banja Romano, and later (non-consentually) gave birth to his son, Caillen Winters.
- Talitha de le Poer birthed one child to Caillen, who died before the babe was born. Cern grew up in Airgid Gleann with his extended family. Note: Lykoi and de le Poer bloodlines are mixed from both breedings, and those conceived from one will likely have the other.
- Nemain blood was added to the Winters family when the deceased Bran took Eimhear as his wife.
- Osrath gave Lokr Revlis, the Lord Commander of Salsola, two daughters, though only one is truly of his get.
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LOCATIONS - Currently, Stannis de le Poer is the mate of Salvia Eternity, who is the Boss and Queen of Salsola. Together they have three children, who are all heirs in the Thistle Kingdom.
- Less than two years later Osrath Eternity bore Salsola's Lord Commander two daughters — Elphaba Revlis and Indra Revlis — though the latter possesses far more Winters blood than her darker sister, courtesy of her father, who is Salsola's second heir, Dullahan Eternity.
- The matriarch and founder of the Winters family in Souls, Alaine Winters, remained a member of CdM for her entire time in Nova Scotia. She was the Apothecary there, and most members (Including the previous King, Vigilante Haskel) would recognize and respect the family surname.
- Due to numerous painful coincidences and the eventual murder of one family member (Caillen Winters), Inferni has been a harmful force against the Winters family. However, Infernian blood runs strongly in the later generations, due to breeding through the de le Poer and Lykoi lines.
- Prior to his death, Bran Winters took a wife from the Bear tribe. Eimhear remains living with her three now-adult daughters within the Macha Tribe, but her blood means that the two girls are partially Nemain in association.
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4. Defining Features
Please keep in mind that the information regarding physical attributes for Winters-blooded individuals is not strict - Variations beyond the below-mentioned similarities are common and welcome.
5. Family Culture
5.1 Macha Tribe
5.2 The White Stag of Macha
- The White Stag icon can be obtained as a custom icon by any character of direct Winters blood, regardless of their connection to the family, Salsola, Airgid Gleann etc. The icon is not available to characters who do not not fit the stated criteria.
- You must purchase your icon via game points, Word of the Day, the 'Souls Store, a contest, or similar.
- The icon must not be altered from its original state. Changing the colors, shape, etc. of the icon is forbidden.
- You may choose to have any hover-text you wish, though please refrain from rude or offensive language as this reflects back on the Winters information.