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OldBear:
Dalan Stoneaxe has been considering trying to become the legal uncle as far as the dwarf clans would consider it, of Abbie Firesteed.  Her mother, Sa'kura is dead.  Her father, Barion is very much alive.  Now Dalan in no way wants to interfere in Barion's raising of his daughter, so he is not looking for the typical adoption.  Instead, Abbie has called him Uncle for as long as she could talk.  He would like to formalize that honor somehow for purposed of the dwarf clans.  He doesn't really think that he can somehow become Sa'kura's brother for purpose of being Abbie's actual uncle.
 
 Dalan realizes that he could leave a Will naming her the heir of his property.  He might very well do that.  What he would like to do now is to teach her the one true tongue, the language of the dwarfs.  He would like her to be more then just dwarf-friend but instead his kin and recognized as such by the clans.
 
 I didn't see anything like this in LORE, but could have easily missed it as well.  As anyone heard of anything like this before?
 
 If not, I would very much appreciate suggestions of how to go about rping this idea.  Any possible pitfalls or problems that someone could foresee would also be appreciated.  I also don't know if this idea would offend the ruling heads of the dwarf clans ((ie gms that handle the history and roles of the dwarfs.))
 
 If she can't become his kin for that purpose, what of dwarf-friend.  I would assume it takes more then one dwarf saying she is my friend to achieve that rare status.
 
 Thanks in advance for any input.

EdTheKet:
First of all, this Abbie is not a PC, correct?

Secondly, adopting somebody to be your cousin/niece is something that's not really possible. Even if they'd both be humans, which is not the case.

She can call him her uncle of course, even without an official family thing, but she won't be just 'added' to some dwarven clan.

Also, not sure what you mean by the "rare status" of dwarf-friend. There's many people who have dwarves as friends, it's not some special rank we have defined here.

LynnJuniper:
I think he means accepted into hallowed halls of dwarfdom and treated as Kin, Like in the book Eragon Ed. Like you said if its not a special thing we have then its not a special thing, but that's what he meant.

Like...how there are some voraxite humans that may be treated with more respect to dwarves or ..something..for example

OldBear:
Exactly Lynn and Abbie will be a character some day.  She is the daughter of Sa'kura and Barion Firesteed.  She has her own journal in the character dev. threads.  Scifibarbie plans on submitting her as a character when she has gone beyond the age of childhood **since rules are that you cannot play a child in Layo.**
 
 From what I have seen, the dwarfs here are a very close knit family of players.  I was trying to find out if in the imaginary history of layo there is some lore on the subject.  If there is not, then I assume I can gather some of the dwarfs such as Kobal and perhaps Varka and create a ritual for what I am looking for.
 
 I know for instance the halflings as described by Acacea have the desert tribes and some rituals there.  Perhaps they are all player based, I don't know.  I was asking if there was anything currently defined by the gms and loremasters of Layo.

jan:
Maybe it helps and maybe it doesnt but i'll chip in a bit .

Barion Firesteed has over the years he lived helped three dwarven clans and has an ongoing invitation from three Thains to come visit and sleep when ever he is around.
Maybe that would make it easier for Dalan to have Barion's daughter accepted in the halls of his clan,dont know realy.
The least it would mean in my oppinion is that Abigail , since she is the child off Barion, would be allowed in the halls of the dwarven easier then others.

Jan A.K.A. Barion

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