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Ghyll talk:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-25T00:57:39Z

Arnia: Correcting her age

==Out-Of-Game Discussion==

In figuring out the math for this, there are a couple of things that come to light, so I thought I'd blurb them here, for the sake of everyone else. It appears there is a crucial continuity error here, but hopefully multiple eyeballs will help 'em out. Everything is based on two core facts:

# Siam Sinch married Gabson Foye in -11 EC (in [[Bethany Mboya]]).
# Siam Sinch was 20 years old when she married (as per [[Bavarian Creame]]).

Based on all of this, we can work backwards and discover the dates of her previous marriages, as well as when she was the mayor of Folktown. Siam must have been born in -31 EC, and thus, Bavarian married Bartholemew Sinch in -31. She had been divorced from Smallwood for two years (-33 EC), whom she had married for 12 years (-45 EC). She divorced him two years after becoming the Folktown Mayor (-35 EC) - she was 24 years old.

Alright, now, Bavarian had an older daughter named Niala. Niala is older then Siam. If Siam was 20 when she married (-11 EC), then she would have been 23 when Bavarian marries Windsor Creame (-8 EC). That would make Niala ''at least 24'', since she's older. Now, Niala was going out with the "much younger" son of Bavarian's "future husband", Windsor. From this, we can probably infer that Daniel Mboya was anywhere from 10 to 14 - otherwise, he'd have no business acting all kid-like when he was at the Folktown Record's offices in [[Agony uncle]] (which, at the time of writing, the only other known kid was Morphous Ibb, who wrote to the FR when he was 11).

Here's the problem. The death in [[Agony uncle]] took place in 0 EC, because of the blurb from ''Bavarian Creame, Windsor's wife of seven years''. That means Daniel would have been 17 to 21 when he was murdered, and he would have been far too old to be asking those child like questions in the FR offices. Thoughts? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 23:32, 17 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Actually, the very simple fix for this would be to make Daniel 5 to 7 in -8 EC, when Bavarian was married to Windsor. This would make Niala literally robbing the cradle (she'd be 24 to Daniel's 5 to 7), and would make Daniel sufficently innocent at the age of his death (roughly 11 to 14). Does this sound amicable? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 23:39, 17 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Sound suitably scandalous to me.--[[User:Bast ResNovae|Bast ResNovae]] 23:58, 17 Sep 2004 (EDT)

I eventually decided to make Daniel suffer an unfortunate accident, causing him to be retarded at the time of his death, switching his "childlike" questions implied in Agony uncle to merely mentally challenged. It actually works into the plot a bit better. See more in [[Cataract Road]]. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:01, 24 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Daniel has been aged and retarded, Bavarian has just gained a hefty decade and all should be well again :) -- [[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] 01:56, 25th September 2004 (BST)

Ghyll talk:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-25T00:56:10Z

Arnia: Correcting her age

==Out-Of-Game Discussion==

In figuring out the math for this, there are a couple of things that come to light, so I thought I'd blurb them here, for the sake of everyone else. It appears there is a crucial continuity error here, but hopefully multiple eyeballs will help 'em out. Everything is based on two core facts:

# Siam Sinch married Gabson Foye in -11 EC (in [[Bethany Mboya]]).
# Siam Sinch was 20 years old when she married (as per [[Bavarian Creame]]).

Based on all of this, we can work backwards and discover the dates of her previous marriages, as well as when she was the mayor of Folktown. Siam must have been born in -31 EC, and thus, Bavarian married Bartholemew Sinch in -31. She had been divorced from Smallwood for two years (-33 EC), whom she had married for 12 years (-45 EC). She divorced him two years after becoming the Folktown Mayor (-35 EC) - she was 24 years old.

Alright, now, Bavarian had an older daughter named Niala. Niala is older then Siam. If Siam was 20 when she married (-11 EC), then she would have been 23 when Bavarian marries Windsor Creame (-8 EC). That would make Niala ''at least 24'', since she's older. Now, Niala was going out with the "much younger" son of Bavarian's "future husband", Windsor. From this, we can probably infer that Daniel Mboya was anywhere from 10 to 14 - otherwise, he'd have no business acting all kid-like when he was at the Folktown Record's offices in [[Agony uncle]] (which, at the time of writing, the only other known kid was Morphous Ibb, who wrote to the FR when he was 11).

Here's the problem. The death in [[Agony uncle]] took place in 0 EC, because of the blurb from ''Bavarian Creame, Windsor's wife of seven years''. That means Daniel would have been 17 to 21 when he was murdered, and he would have been far too old to be asking those child like questions in the FR offices. Thoughts? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 23:32, 17 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Actually, the very simple fix for this would be to make Daniel 5 to 7 in -8 EC, when Bavarian was married to Windsor. This would make Niala literally robbing the cradle (she'd be 24 to Daniel's 5 to 7), and would make Daniel sufficently innocent at the age of his death (roughly 11 to 14). Does this sound amicable? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 23:39, 17 Sep 2004 (EDT)

Sound suitably scandalous to me.--[[User:Bast ResNovae|Bast ResNovae]] 23:58, 17 Sep 2004 (EDT)

I eventually decided to make Daniel suffer an unfortunate accident, causing him to be retarded at the time of his death, switching his "childlike" questions implied in Agony uncle to merely mentally challenged. It actually works into the plot a bit better. See more in [[Cataract Road]]. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:01, 24 Sep 2004 (EDT)

== Correcting her age ==

Daniel has been aged and retarded, Bavarian has just gained a hefty decade and all should be well again :) -- [[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]

Ghyll:Encyclopedant Calendar

2004-09-25T00:52:50Z

Arnia: Bavarian's age propagates through.

To nurture the creation of a Ghyll Encyclopedia that will be of use to all of Ghyll's citizens, the Encyclopedants--key editors, and instigators of the encyclopaedic effort--are taking certain measures to ensure that some regional variations are ''normalised'' to canonical systems. One of the regional variations that the Encyclopedants have felt it foremost necessary to address is that of dates and times.

What this means to scholars is that when you submit entries that contain dates and times in a regional system, you will be asked (if we can get a message back to you) to provide them instead in the Encylopedant Calendar. It is the aim of this notice to define that calendar, and provide you with tips on the conversion. Should it be impossible for you to be contacted, the Encyclopedants will take up the changes themselves, attempting to provide normalisations where possible, and omitting dates otherwise.

==The Encyclopedant Calendar==
<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;"><strong>EC Linking Shortcut</strong>: When using EC dates in your entries, always use the special <nowiki>{{EC}}</nowiki> syntax to link back to this page. For example, typing "<nowiki>-20 {{EC}}</nowiki>'" will produce the proper text, as well as an automatic link back to this explanation and timeline (below).</div>

The Encyclopedant Calendar (EC) is based on years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. There are sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to an hour, twenty-four hours to a day, seven days to a week, four weeks to a month, and a dozen months to a year. Hence there are three hundred and thirty six days in a year, as corresponds with a full rotation of our seasons.

The epoch for the Encyclopedant Calendar, i.e. 0 EC, is based on the date that the call for entries was first set forth over the fair lands of Ghyll. Hence, the first year of the creation of the Ghyll Encyclopedia will take place throughout 0 EC. Since scholars will generally be mentioning dates only when they have occured before the creation of the dictionary, it is expected that dates prior to 0 EC will be most heavily represented in entries: the syntax for doing so is to use a negative number for the amount of years. Note that -1 EC is the year before the creation of the Ghyll Encyclopaedia. It is expected that the first round of definitions for the twenty six letters of the alphabet will take one EC year to complete, and hence the next time we call for definitions of words beginning with "A" is predicted to occur at the start of 1 EC.

To identify a Ghyll month, use the year followed by a slash followed by the number of the month. Likewise, for a day, use the year followed by a slash followed by the number of the month followed by another slash followed by the day. ''Example: the fifth day of the seventh month of -20 EC would be written as -20/7/5 EC.'' For the names of individual months and days, consult the [[Bursine Calendar]] (on which the EC is based).

==Ghyll Timeline==
In order to aid scholars' abilities to convert their regional dates into EC, the Encyclopedants have taken it upon themselves to research the dates for the events described in the first set of entires received for the letter "A". It has been a painstaking and laborious process, but it should enable scholars to more easily research the EC date for events that they describe. The timeline is as follows:

<table class="ghyllidx" style="padding-left:1em;">
<tr><th>Date</th><th>Ghyll Event</th></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-??,???,??? EC</td><td>The Avazian civilization falls.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-10,000,000 EC</td><td>(Circa) Common ancestors to Ghyll humanoids and [[Burnflies]] roam the planet.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-2000 EC</td><td>(Circa) References to the [[Budgerigar Master]] have been dated from this period.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-??? EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Chesix System Of Measures]] originates around this period.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-900 EC</td><td>The [[Nitenmangrey]] culture became extinct.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 EC</td><td>Primitive forms of [[Bindlet Ball]] have been discovered in art of this period.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 EC</td><td>[[Bute University]] is founded; an experiment in tolerance.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 EC</td><td>[[King Harandraff the Great]] marches on [[Bute University]] and begins siege.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 EC</td><td>[[King Harandraff the Great]] finds himself in a Civil War.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 EC</td><td>Members of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] are known as violent traditionalists.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 to -323 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] takes place; exact dates unknown.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-400 to -323 EC</td><td>(Circa) Salerny Redthighs is the shaman-chief of the Looliers.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-333 EC</td><td>The Civil War against [[King Harandraff the Great]] ends; entire family tree dead.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-330 EC</td><td>Birth of Andelphracia.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-322 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "relocates" to the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]].</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-300 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen]].</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-300 EC</td><td>Andelphracia and Quezlar 6 were active in this period.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-280 EC</td><td>[[Arariax]] the poet was born in the [[Evesque Valley]].</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-260 to -251 EC</td><td>[[Arariax]] holds the [[Calends Gala]] Author Laureat for 9 years.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-250 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution]] occurs.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-??? EC</td><td>The [[Brothers of the Lantern]] school is established (exact date unknown).</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-200 EC</td><td>[[Bute University]] celebrates its bicentennial by expanding their campus.</td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#eee"><td>-200 EC</td><td>''Historical records before this point are difficult to decipher.''</td></tr>
<tr><td>-192 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Captain Riquiras]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-183 EC</td><td>Significant numbers of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] move back to Cranee from the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-183 EC</td><td>The [[Cranee Historical Society]] is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-180 EC</td><td>[[Berell]] is rumored to have left the [[Brothers of the Lantern]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-175 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "discovers" that [[Captain Riquiras]] is a member.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-174 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "discovers" that [[Captain Riquiras]] isn't a member.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-172 EC</td><td>Earliest recorded drawings of [[Besq Boats]] date from this time period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-158 EC</td><td>The [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] are moved to Stindersgrough by Corvin Axehand.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157 EC</td><td>Death of [[Captain Riquiras]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "discovers" that Corvin Axehand is a member.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157/7 EC</td><td>Birth of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-150 EC</td><td>Earliest known use of the phrase "[[Andelphracian Lights]]".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-150 EC</td><td>(Circa) Alarius published "Stepping Stones", considered one of his greatest poems.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>The [[Brothers of the Lantern]] begin to specialize in four classical subjects.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>(Circa) Wild budgerigar birds are believed to have become extinct.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100/7 EC</td><td>On an unknown Ulfsday, Mary Elizabeth Carsokian becomes head of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]].</td><tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway invents the [[ghoulwood viola]] and the [[supranatural luminescence meter]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] founds the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-90 EC</td><td>Last recorded stargazing session at [[Baleman]] amphitheatre.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-87 EC</td><td>Birth of Mork Waterson.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-77 EC</td><td>[[Meldersen]] becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>The [[Earthquake of Fijjit]] destroys the [[Baleman]] amphitheatre.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>Two transcriptions of the Echecharion are known to exist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Bysted Timperton]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-69/4/12 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-62/7/11 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-60 EC</td><td>(Circa) The current form of [[Bindlet Ball]], based on [[Awal shrinkage]], is developed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-60 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] is, at the early age of 9, admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-58 EC</td><td>Birth of Windsor Creame.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-56 EC</td><td>Rancticirchiretic becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-54 EC</td><td>Ghyll Bindlet League, for [[Bindlet Ball]], is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-53 EC</td><td>The [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s Steering Committee begins using three oxen in its motif.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50 EC</td><td>The last reported, though questionable, sighting of the [[Budgerigar Master]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50 EC</td><td>[[Ball Lightning Liqueur]] and "Awal Sleeps" begin to see common usage.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-46 EC</td><td>Brother ([[Brothers of the Lantern|of the Lantern]]) Honuphrius denounces [[Arariax]]'s early/middle poems.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] weds [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-38 EC</td><td>Incumbent Folktown mayor loses re-election; purportedly prefers another [[Bindlet Ball]] team.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-37 EC</td><td>A battle occurs over an [[Aelfants|Aelfant]] petrified dung-ball at the Plain of Brahang.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-35 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] becomes mayor of Folktown, at the early age of 34.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-33 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] divorces [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-32 EC</td><td>Awal becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] weds Sir Bartholemew Sinch.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>Birth of Siam Sinch, daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>Death of Sir Bartholemew Sinch, husband of [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Daniel Mboya]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25/4/1 EC</td><td>H.A.N.D.B.A.G. petitions the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] and is ignored.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-23 EC</td><td>The 4th Edition of [[Calends Gala|Gala Rules and Traditions]] is released.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20 EC</td><td>Death of [[Edvard von Craghelm]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-19 EC</td><td>[[Bindlet Ball]], Its Rules And History published (Aliens Press, 964 pages).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-18 EC</td><td>Birth of Gibbous Saunders.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-17 EC</td><td>The [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s motto is translated, and quickly changed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-16 EC</td><td>[[Fefferberry]] crop nearly lost due to extremely late ripening; wine of this vintage is highly sought.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-14 EC</td><td>An act is passed that prohibits professional [[Bindlet Ball]] players from running for political office.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-14 EC</td><td>[[Bobby Shwarmph]] publishes paper in [[Brothers of the Lantern]] scholarly journal.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-13 EC</td><td>[[Folktown Records]] weekly newspaper founded, Ulfsday, the 22nd of Conti.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>[[Doggerel plague]] sweeps parts of Ghyll.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>Blivingdel becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>Much-publicised marriage of artist Siam Sinch and statesman Gabson Foye.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>First, often revealing, [[lumogram]]s of [[Bethany Mboya]] released.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9 EC</td><td>First writings, in the form of small pamphlets, by [[Bethany Mboya]] released.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>Birth of Morphous Ibb.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>Daniel Mboya and Niala Wallinger end their relationship.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>Windsor Creame weds [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>[[Daniel Mboya]] suffers an "unfortunate accident", suffering retardation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>The longest, and still in the 4th period, [[Bindlet Ball]] game starts.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>[[Daniel Mboya]] returns to society, after years of rehabilitation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4/7/22 EC</td><td>Last known appearance of [[Bobby Shwarmph]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>[[Bethany Mboya]] exposed by Gabson Foye.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1 EC</td><td>Mork Wasterson, 87 years old, wins the Author Laureat at the [[Calends Gala]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>[[Bute University]] completes its new science buildings.</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>Death of [[Daniel Mboya]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>Ghyll Encyclopedia founded.</td></tr>
</table>

==Folktown Records History==

<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;"><strong>FR Editions Script</strong>: To convert the number of a Folktown Records edition into an EC date, you can use the [http://inamidst.com/misc/folkrec/250 online script]. Just replace the number in the URI (the Web address) with the one that you want the EC date of.</div>

From the first set of entries received for the Encyclopaedia, it is clear that many dates are stated indirectly using Folktown Records edition numbers. Since the Folktown Records has only been running since -13 EC, this only works for recent events, but those are the events most relevant to the inhabitants of Ghyll today, and the Folktown Records are common and popular enough that we can expect more excerpts from them in entries to come. As the editions of Folktown Records have been produced without fail every week from -13/3/22, we can provide the following dates for landmark issues:

<table class="ghyllidx" style="padding-left:1em;">
<tr><th>Date</th><th>Folktown Records Event</th></tr>
<tr><td>-13/3/22 EC</td><td>The 1st edition of the Folktown Records (FR1).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12/4/1 EC</td><td>The 50th edition of the Folktown Records (FR50).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>Windsor Creame joins the writing staff.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11/4/15 EC</td><td>The 100th edition of the Folktown Records (FR100).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9/5/15 EC</td><td>The 200th edition of the Folktown Records (FR200).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8/6/1 EC</td><td>The 250th edition of the Folktown Records (FR250).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/6/15 EC</td><td>The 300th edition of the Folktown Records (FR300).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/9/15 EC</td><td>Gibbous Saunders [[AuroAnthropology|writes]] to FR312. Managing Editor: Garth Haversham.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5/7/15 EC</td><td>The 400th edition of the Folktown Records (FR400).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3/8/15 EC</td><td>The 500th edition of the Folktown Records (FR500).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2/1/8 EC</td><td>FR519 conjectures about [[Bobby Shwarmph]]'s possible death.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1/4/1 EC</td><td>Morphous Ibb [[Quezlarian numerals|writes]] to FR578. Tim Timperton responds.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1/9/15 EC</td><td>The 600th edition of the Folktown Records (FR600).</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/1/1</td><td>Ghyll Encyclopedia founding coincides with FR614.</td></tr>
</table>

Note also that the following dates are currently unknown:
*[[User:Joe_Bowers|Mr. Bowers]] had a series entitled "Ersatz Bite: False Teeth through Time" published.
* The current owners of the Folktown Records are of the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy|Amphitheatre Elite]].

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-25T00:50:48Z

Arnia: Bavarian ages ten years in the blink of an eye.

Lady Bavarian Magdelene Creame (neé Sinch, neé Smallwood, neé Wallinger) has always been known as a driven woman. Born to the aristocratic Wallinger family on -69/04/12 {{EC}}, she was said to have been destined for great things from the very start. Her ancestral home of [[Undivaggen]], in the leafy village of Marsh Gibbon (approximately 10 miles north-west of Folktown) has been lovingly restored to its former splendour by her and her two younger sisters. Since the estrangement with her latest husband, Windsor Creame, she's returned to her family seat and retreated from the public gaze.

Educated at the exclusive Mandeville Girls School in nearby Sejfeld, she first came to note when she was admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] at the age of just 9 years. Proving to be a vigorous yet politic public speaker, after leaving the University in Curno (with a first-class degree in the Social Arts) she embarked upon an energetic and controversial political career.

Beginning as a councillor, she met her first husband ([[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Claude, now Baron, Smallwood]]) as part of the Folktown social season. Their marriage was to prove her longest. They were famously married in the middle of the renowned Grand Mall, the gardened pedestrian driveway that stretches between the [[Folktown Council Hall]] and the Folktown Amphitheatre. After their marriage, her career rapidly progressed. She became a Core Advisor to (then) Mayor Hew Loan and served at that rank in a number of offices. She was perceived as Mayor Loan's 'troubleshooter' and was widely viewed as responsible for preventing the destruction of museums, jobs and even preventing several wars. When she inherited her father's title and became Lady Smallwood, her succession to the post of mayor seemed inevitable as high society's golden goose.

Unfortunately, it appeared that her success in managing the subtleties of society weren't matched by equal success with her private life. Two years after becoming Mayoress of Folktown, she and her husband separated. The divorce proceedings grabbed as many headlines as her marriage, especially as the arguments continued for many months. The final divorce agreement was signed by both parties twelve years to the day after their marriage. Baron Smallwood retained the title he gained through the marriage, and the extensive library and vineyards in the picturesque [[Evesque Valley]], whilst she retained her family fortune and her two young sons and baby daughter (who took their mother's maiden name with the agreement.) A skillful politician, she gained even more support and praise as a result of the separation and continued to be adored in her public office.

Two years after her divorce from Baron Smallwood, she astonished society by announcing her impending marriage to Sir Bartholemew Sinch. A famed, but extremely elderly, lawyer, he was possibly the most frail bachelor in the city. Their wedding was a private affair held in the Folktown Amphitheatre and she imposed a ban on photographs of society weddings. Trade in these pictures has become a black market, with collectors (known as sociophiles) spending thousands of Quezloos for the rarer snaps. In spite of her new husband being well-known to be infertile, she surprised the world when she announced her pregnancy with her youngest child, Siam Sinch.

A few days after Siam's birth, Bartholemew Sinch died of what was recorded as 'natural causes'. In spite of her exhaustion, she insisted on a swift and dignified cremation. His ashes were scattered over the Grand Mall ("the preened ground from which he served his land so well" as Mayoress Sinch put it in her eulogy) a week after Siam was born. It wasn't long afterwards that she resigned from public office, blaming the stresses of recent events and her desire to be a good mother to her daughter.

For the next twenty years, she became heavily involved with charitable works and academic research. Her researches regarding the hitherto fringe field of the [[Alezan pantheon]] are considered some of the finest and most obsessively exhaustive ever accomplished. She has often said she was "searching for the final pieces of the grand puzzle of our world". Her youngest daughter, showing the same prodigy in the arts that her mother did, attended the same school, and made a 'good match' with the statesman Gabson Foyle. In spite of the laws Lady Sinch had herself passed, Siam's wedding became a media frenzy.

Her older daughter, Niala proved to be less successful in love. She began dating the much-younger son of Lady Sinch's future husband's sister, Alessa Mboya (neé Creame). Niala Wallinger and [[Daniel Mboya]] kept their relationship private thanks to Lady Sinch's influence.

Eight years ago, trouble struck Niala's relationship with [[Daniel Mboya|Daniel]]. Suddenly and unexpectedly they broke up, to much comment from society, and Lady Bavarian Sinch and Windsor Creame announced their engagement. It is widely believed that Niala couldn't cope with the idea of her mother marrying her boyfriend's uncle. Indeed, the relationship between Niala and Bavarian remains frosty, especially since [[Daniel Mboya|Daniel]]'s recent and tragic death at the hands of the uncle Bavarian married.

Since the trial and imprisonment of Windsor, Lady Bavarian has retreated from public life once more and refuses to entertain interviews. In the last public interview she gave, she described her marriage to Windsor Creame as "a terrible mistake, as women in passion are likely to make". Her friends in the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] have rumoured that she's thrown herself back into her academic studies with her obsession of the [[Alezan pantheon]] deepening.

'''Citations''': [[Agony uncle]], [[Folktown Council Hall]], [[Undivaggen]].

--[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] 18:40, 17 Sep 2004 EDT

[[Category:People]]

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T22:40:31Z

Arnia:

Lady Bavarian Magdelene Creame (neé Sinch, neé Smallwood, neé Wallinger) has always been known as a driven woman. Born to the aristocratic Wallinger family on -59/04/12 {{EC}}, she was said to have been destined for great things from the very start. Her ancesteral home of [[Undivaggen]], in the leafy village of Marsh Gibbon (approximately 10 miles north-west of Folktown) has been lovingly restored to its former splendour by her and her two younger sisters. Since the estrangement with her latest husband, Windsor Creame, she's returned to her family seat and retreated from the public gaze.

Educated at the exclusive Mandeville Girls School in nearby Sejfeld, she first came to note when she was admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] at the age of just 9 years. Proving to be a vigorous yet politic public speaker, after leaving the University in Curno (with a first-class degree in the Social Arts) she embarked upon an energetic and controversial political career.

Beginning as a councillor, she met her first husband ([[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Claude, now Baron, Smallwood]]) as part of the Folktown social season. Their marriage was to prove her longest. They were famously married in the middle of the renowned Grand Mall, the gardened pedestrian driveway that stretches between the [[Folktown Council Hall]] and the Folktown Amphitheatre. After their marriage, her career rapidly progressed. She became a Core Advisors to the then Mayor, Hew Loan and served at that rank in a number of offices. She was perceived as Mayor Loan's 'troubleshooter' and was widely seen as responsible for preventing the destruction of museums, jobs and even preventing several wars. When she inheritted her father's title and became Lady Smallwood, her succession to the post of mayor seemed inevitable as high society's golden goose.

Unfortunately, it appeared that her success in managing the subtleties of society weren't matched by equal success with her own private life. Two years after becoming Mayoress of Folktown, she and her husband separated. The divorce proceedings grabbed as many headlines as her marriage, especially as the arguments continued for many months. The final divorce agreement was signed by both parties twelve years to the day after their marriage. Baron Smallwood retained the title he gained through the marriage and the extensive library and vineyards in the picturesque [[Evesque Valley]] whilst she retained her family fortune and her two young sons and baby daughter (who took their mother's maiden name with the agreement.) A skillful politician, she gained even more support and praise as a result of the separation and she continued to be adored in her public office.

Two years after her divorce from Baron Smallwood, she astonished society by announcing her impending marriage to Sir Bartholemew Sinch. A famed, but extremely elderly, lawyer, he was possibly the most frail bachelor in the city. Their wedding was a private affair held in the Folktown Amphitheatre and she imposed a ban on photographs of society weddings. Trade in these pictures has become a black market, with collectors (known as sociophiles) spending thousands of Quezloos for the rarer snaps. In spite of her new husband being well-known as unable to have children, she surprised the world when she announced her pregnancy with her youngest child, Siam Sinch.

A few days after Siam's birth, Bartholemew Sinch died of what was recorded as 'natural causes'. In spite of her exhaustion, she insisted on a swift and dignified cremation. His ashes were scattered over the Grand Mall ("the preened ground from which he served his land so well" as Mayoress Sinch put it in her eulogy) a week after Siam was born. It wasn't long afterwards that she resigned from public office, blaming the stresses of recent events and her desire to be a good mother to her daughter.

For the next twenty years, she became heavily involved with charitable works and academic research. Her researches regarding the hitherto fringe field of the [[Alezan pantheon]] are considered some of the finest and most obsessively exhaustive ever accompolished. She has often said she was "searching for the final pieces of the grand puzzle of our world". Her youngest daughter, showing the same prodigy in the arts that her mother did, attended the same school, and made a 'good match' with the statesman Gabson Foyle. In spite of the laws Lady Sinch had herself passed, Siam's wedding became a media frenzy.

Her older daughter, Niala proved to be less successful in love. She began dating the much-younger son of Lady Sinch's future husband's sister, Alessa Mboya (neé Creame). Niala Wallinger and Daniel Mboya kept their relationship private thanks to Lady Sinch's influence.

Nine years ago trouble struck Niala's relationship with Daniel. Suddenly and unexpectedly they broke up, to much comment from society, and Lady Bavarian Sinch and Windsor Creame announced their engagement. It is widely believed that Niala couldn't cope with the idea of her mother marrying her boyfriend's uncle. Indeed, the relationship between Niala and Bavarian remains frosty, especially since Daniel's sudden and tragic death at the hands of the uncle Bavarian married.

Since the trial and imprisonment of Windsor, Lady Bavarian has retreated from the public life once more and refuses to entertain interviews. In the last public interview she gave, she described her marriage to Windsor Creame as "a terrible mistake, as women in passion are likely to make". Her friends in the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] have rumoured that she's thrown herself back into her academic studies with her obsession with the Alezan pantheon deepening.

--[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] 23:18 20040917 BST

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T22:24:30Z

Arnia:

Lady Bavarian Magdelene Creame (neé Sinch, neé Smallwood, neé Wallinger) has always been known as a driven woman. Born to the aristocratic Wallinger family on -59/04/12 {{EC}}, she was said to have been destined for great things from the very start. Her ancesteral home of [[Undivaggen]], in the leafy village of Marsh Gibbon (approximately 10 miles north-west of Folktown) has been lovingly restored to its former splendour by her and her two younger sisters. Since the estrangement with her latest husband, Windsor Creame, she's returned to her family seat and retreated from the public gaze.

Educated at the exclusive Mandeville Girls School in nearby Sejfeld, she first came to note when she was admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] at the age of just 9 years. Proving to be a vigorous yet politic public speaker, after leaving the University in Curno (with a first-class degree in the Social Arts) she embarked upon an energetic and controversial political career.

Beginning as a councillor, she met her first husband ([[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Claude, now Baron, Smallwood]]) as part of the Folktown social season. Their marriage was to prove her longest. They were famously married in the middle of the renowned Grand Mall, the gardened pedestrian driveway that stretches between the [[Folktown Council Hall]] and the Folktown Amphitheatre. After their marriage, her career rapidly progressed. She became a Core Advisors to the then Mayor, Hew Loan and served at that rank in a number of offices. She was perceived as Mayor Loan's 'troubleshooter' and was widely seen as responsible for preventing the destruction of museums, jobs and even preventing several wars. When she inheritted her father's title and became Lady Smallwood, her succession to the post of mayor seemed inevitable as high society's golden goose.

Unfortunately, it appeared that her success in managing the subtleties of society weren't matched by equal success with her own private life. Two years after becoming Mayoress of Folktown, she and her husband separated. The divorce proceedings grabbed as many headlines as her marriage, especially as the arguments continued for many months. The final divorce agreement was signed by both parties twelve years to the day after their marriage. Baron Smallwood retained the title he gained through the marriage and the extensive library and vineyards in the picturesque [[Evesque Valley]] whilst she retained her family fortune and her two young sons (who took their mother's maiden name with the agreement.) A skillful politician, she gained even more support and praise as a result of the separation and she continued to be adored in her public office.

Two years after her divorce from Baron Smallwood, she astonished society by announcing her impending marriage to Sir Bartholemew Sinch. A famed, but extremely elderly, lawyer, he was possibly the most frail bachelor in the city. Their wedding was a private affair held in the Folktown Amphitheatre and she imposed a ban on photographs of society weddings. Trade in these pictures has become a black market, with collectors (known as sociophiles) spending thousands of Quezloos for the rarer snaps. In spite of her new husband being well-known as unable to have children, she surprised the world when she announced her pregnancy with her only daughter (and youngest child) Siam Sinch.

A few days after Siam's birth, Bartholemew Sinch died of what was recorded as 'natural causes'. In spite of her exhaustion, she insisted on a swift and dignified cremation. His ashes were scattered over the Grand Mall ("the preened ground from which he served his land so well" as Mayoress Sinch put it in her eulogy) a week after Siam was born. It wasn't long afterwards that she resigned from public office, blaming the stresses of recent events and her desire to be a good mother to her daughter.

For the next fifteen years, she became heavily involved with charitable works and academic research. Her researches regarding the hitherto fringe field of the [[Alezan pantheon]] are considered some of the finest and most obsessively exhaustive ever accompolished. She has often said she was "searching for the final pieces of the grand puzzle of our world". Her daughter, showing the same prodigy in the arts that her mother did, attended the same school and began dating the son of her future husband's sister, Alessa Mboya (neé Creame). Siam Sinch and Daniel Mboya kept their relationship private thanks to Lady Sinch's influence.

In her fifteenth year, trouble struck Siam's relationship with Daniel. Suddenly and unexpectedly they broke up, to much comment from society, and Lady Bavarian Sinch and Windsor Creame announced their engagement. It is widely believed that Siam couldn't cope with the idea of her mother marrying her boyfriend's uncle. Indeed, the relationship between Siam and Bavarian remains frosty, especially since Daniel's sudden and tragic death at the hands of the uncle Bavarian married.

Since the trial and imprisonment of Windsor, Lady Bavarian has retreated from the public life once more and refuses to entertain interviews. In the last public interview she gave, she described her marriage to Windsor Creame as "a terrible mistake, as women in passion are likely to make". Her friends in the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] have rumoured that she's thrown herself back into her academic studies with her obsession with the Alezan pantheon deepening.

--[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] 23:18 20040917 BST

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T22:20:15Z

Arnia:

Lady Bavarian Magdelene Creame (neé Sinch, neé Smallwood, neé Wallinger) has always been known as a driven woman. Born to the aristocratic Wallinger family on -59/04/12 {{EC}}, she was said to have been destined for great things from the very start. Her ancesteral home of [[Undivaggen]], in the leafy village of Marsh Gibbon (approximately 10 miles north-west of Folktown) has been lovingly restored to its former splendour by her and her two younger sisters. Since the estrangement with her latest husband, Windsor Creame, she's returned to her family seat and retreated from the public gaze.

Educated at the exclusive Mandeville Girls School in nearby Sejfeld, she first came to note when she was admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] at the age of just 9 years. Proving to be a vigorous yet politic public speaker, after leaving the University in Curno (with a first-class degree in the Social Arts) she embarked upon an energetic and controversial political career.

Beginning as a councillor, she met her first husband ([[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Claude, now Baron, Smallwood]]) as part of the Folktown social season. Their marriage was to prove her longest. They were famously married in the middle of the renowned Grand Mall, the gardened pedestrian driveway that stretches between the [[Folktown Council Hall]] and the Folktown Amphitheatre. After their marriage, her career rapidly progressed. She became a Core Advisors to the then Mayor, Hew Loan and served at that rank in a number of offices. She was perceived as Mayor Loan's 'troubleshooter' and was widely seen as responsible for preventing the destruction of museums, jobs and even preventing several wars. When she inheritted her father's title and became Lady Creame, her succession to the post of mayor seemed inevitable as high society's golden goose.

Unfortunately, it appeared that her success in managing the subtleties of society weren't matched by equal success with her own private life. Two years after becoming Mayoress of Folktown, she and her husband separated. The divorce proceedings grabbed as many headlines as her marriage, especially as the arguments continued for many months. The final divorce agreement was signed by both parties twelve years to the day after their marriage. Baron Smallwood retained the title he gained through the marriage and the extensive library and vineyards in the picturesque [[Evesque Valley]] whilst she retained her family fortune and her two young sons (who took their mother's maiden name with the agreement.) A skillful politician, she gained even more support and praise as a result of the separation and she continued to be adored in her public office.

Two years after her divorce from Baron Smallwood, she astonished society by announcing her impending marriage to Sir Bartholemew Sinch. A famed, but extremely elderly, lawyer, he was possibly the most frail bachelor in the city. Their wedding was a private affair held in the Folktown Amphitheatre and she imposed a ban on photographs of society weddings. Trade in these pictures has become a black market, with collectors (known as sociophiles) spending thousands of Quezloos for the rarer snaps. In spite of her new husband being well-known as unable to have children, she surprised the world when she announced her pregnancy with her only daughter (and youngest child) Siam Sinch.

A few days after Siam's birth, Bartholemew Sinch died of what was recorded as 'natural causes'. In spite of her exhaustion, she insisted on a swift and dignified cremation. His ashes were scattered over the Grand Mall ("the preened ground from which he served his land so well" as Mayoress Sinch put it in her eulogy) a week after Siam was born. It wasn't long afterwards that she resigned from public office, blaming the stresses of recent events and her desire to be a good mother to her daughter.

For the next fifteen years, she became heavily involved with charitable works and academic research. Her researches regarding the hitherto fringe field of the [[Alezan pantheon]] are considered some of the finest and most obsessively exhaustive ever accompolished. She has often said she was "searching for the final pieces of the grand puzzle of our world". Her daughter, showing the same prodigy in the arts that her mother did, attended the same school and began dating the son of her future husband's sister, Alessa Mboya (neé Creame). Siam Sinch and Daniel Mboya kept their relationship private thanks to Lady Sinch's influence.

In her fifteenth year, trouble struck Siam's relationship with Daniel. Suddenly and unexpectedly they broke up, to much comment from society, and Lady Bavarian Sinch and Windsor Creame announced their engagement. It is widely believed that Siam couldn't cope with the idea of her mother marrying her boyfriend's uncle. Indeed, the relationship between Siam and Bavarian remains frosty, especially since Daniel's sudden and tragic death at the hands of the uncle Bavarian married.

Since the trial and imprisonment of Windsor, Lady Bavarian has retreated from the public life once more and refuses to entertain interviews. In the last public interview she gave, she described her marriage to Windsor Creame as "a terrible mistake, as women in passion are likely to make". Her friends in the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] have rumoured that she's thrown herself back into her academic studies with her obsession with the Alezan pantheon deepening.

--[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] 23:18 20040917 BST

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T22:18:16Z

Arnia:

Dibbed by [[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]

Lady Bavarian Magdelene Creame (neé Sinch, neé Smallwood, neé Wallinger) has always been known as a driven woman. Born to the aristocratic Wallinger family on -59/04/12 {{EC}}, she was said to have been destined for great things from the very start. Her ancesteral home of [[Undivaggen]], in the leafy village of Marsh Gibbon (approximately 10 miles north-west of Folktown) has been lovingly restored to its former splendour by her and her two younger sisters. Since the estrangement with her latest husband, Windsor Creame, she's returned to her family seat and retreated from the public gaze.

Educated at the exclusive Mandeville Girls School in nearby Sejfeld, she first came to note when she was admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] at the age of just 9 years. Proving to be a vigorous yet politic public speaker, after leaving the University in Curno (with a first-class degree in the Social Arts) she embarked upon an energetic and controversial political career.

Beginning as a councillor, she met her first husband ([[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Claude, now Baron, Smallwood]]) as part of the Folktown social season. Their marriage was to prove her longest. They were famously married in the middle of the renowned Grand Mall, the gardened pedestrian driveway that stretches between the [[Folktown Council Hall]] and the Folktown Amphitheatre. After their marriage, her career rapidly progressed. She became a Core Advisors to the then Mayor, Hew Loan and served at that rank in a number of offices. She was perceived as Mayor Loan's 'troubleshooter' and was widely seen as responsible for preventing the destruction of museums, jobs and even preventing several wars. When she inheritted her father's title and became Lady Creame, her succession to the post of mayor seemed inevitable as high society's golden goose.

Unfortunately, it appeared that her success in managing the subtleties of society weren't matched by equal success with her own private life. Two years after becoming Mayoress of Folktown, she and her husband separated. The divorce proceedings grabbed as many headlines as her marriage, especially as the arguments continued for many months. The final divorce agreement was signed by both parties twelve years to the day after their marriage. Baron Smallwood retained the title he gained through the marriage and the extensive library and vineyards in the picturesque [[Evesque Valley]] whilst she retained her family fortune and her two young sons (who took their mother's maiden name with the agreement.) A skillful politician, she gained even more support and praise as a result of the separation and she continued to be adored in her public office.

Two years after her divorce from Baron Smallwood, she astonished society by announcing her impending marriage to Sir Bartholemew Sinch. A famed, but extremely elderly, lawyer, he was possibly the most frail bachelor in the city. Their wedding was a private affair held in the Folktown Amphitheatre and she imposed a ban on photographs of society weddings. Trade in these pictures has become a black market, with collectors (known as sociophiles) spending thousands of Quezloos for the rarer snaps. In spite of her new husband being well-known as unable to have children, she surprised the world when she announced her pregnancy with her only daughter (and youngest child) Siam Sinch.

A few days after Siam's birth, Bartholemew Sinch died of what was recorded as 'natural causes'. In spite of her exhaustion, she insisted on a swift and dignified cremation. His ashes were scattered over the Grand Mall ("the preened ground from which he served his land so well" as Mayoress Sinch put it in her eulogy) a week after Siam was born. It wasn't long afterwards that she resigned from public office, blaming the stresses of recent events and her desire to be a good mother to her daughter.

For the next fifteen years, she became heavily involved with charitable works and academic research. Her researches regarding the hitherto fringe field of the [[Alezan pantheon]] are considered some of the finest and most obsessively exhaustive ever accompolished. She has often said she was "searching for the final pieces of the grand puzzle of our world". Her daughter, showing the same prodigy in the arts that her mother did, attended the same school and began dating the son of her future husband's sister, Alessa Mboya (neé Creame). Siam Sinch and Daniel Mboya kept their relationship private thanks to Lady Sinch's influence.

In her fifteenth year, trouble struck Siam's relationship with Daniel. Suddenly and unexpectedly they broke up, to much comment from society, and Lady Bavarian Sinch and Windsor Creame announced their engagement. It is widely believed that Siam couldn't cope with the idea of her mother marrying her boyfriend's uncle. Indeed, the relationship between Siam and Bavarian remains frosty, especially since Daniel's sudden and tragic death at the hands of the uncle Bavarian married.

Since the trial and imprisonment of Windsor, Lady Bavarian has retreated from the public life once more and refuses to entertain interviews. In the last public interview she gave, she described her marriage to Windsor Creame as "a terrible mistake, as women in passion are likely to make". Her friends in the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] have rumoured that she's thrown herself back into her academic studies with her obsession with the Alezan pantheon deepening.

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T21:38:11Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T21:34:56Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T21:33:59Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T21:33:13Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T21:27:19Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T21:11:31Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-17T20:57:09Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-11T15:27:58Z

Arnia:

Dibbed by [[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]

Ghyll:Bavarian Creame

2004-09-11T09:04:31Z

Arnia:

Dibbed by [[Fingest Arnia|User:Arnia]]

User:Arnia

2004-09-02T03:30:15Z

Arnia:

Ghyll:Amphitheatre aristocracy

2004-09-02T03:05:54Z

Arnia:

The Amphitheatre aristocracy are a well-known group of landed scholars and artists who are often heavily involved with politics and great acts of "social improvement". Generally well-regarded by the middle and upper-classes, and extremely rich, there are few doors that are closed to them. There is some resentment about their seemingly decadent life-style among the working classes, however, and this has been known to make them the targets of disenfranchised dissedent groups such as the Houvers.

The group meet once a week at the Folktown Amphitheatre to discuss matters of import, to eat and drink, and sometimes to perform. At one time, the Amphitheatre aristocracy contained one of the greatest theatre companies in the world. Nowadays, with the general decline of theatre the group is dominated by scholars who frequently stage large debates on a wide variety of issues. These debates frequently attract a wide cross-section of the public; from the elite (such as the owners of the [[Folktown Records]] weekly newspaper) to the lowly. Many noted artists and artisans are in the group, and they regularly hold exhibitions. Recent popular displays have included trained [[Burnflies|burnfly]] swarm sculptures by famed performance artist Bunny Hutch, and a glitterthought work by Siam Sinch (daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]] from her previous marriage.)

The group performs many acts of charitable works, providing many civic improvements including recently a well-received collection of statues of the controversially mysterious [[Alezan pantheon]] installed in the frontage of the Folktown city council building as part of recent renovation. The group also provides scholarships to centres of learning and the arts for those in the community who show talent. Competition is fierce for these scholarships decided twice a year, requiring a gruelling series of tests. The winners of these prizes are also accorded the honour of being able to join the Amphitheatre aristocracy (probationally at first, and as a full-member should studies be completed) and thus take part in the highest echelons of society.

'''Citations''': [[Burnflies]], [[Alezan pantheon]], [[Bavarian Creame]], [[Folktown Records]].

--[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] 04:04 20040902 BST

User:Arnia

2004-09-02T02:17:45Z

Arnia:

User:Arnia

2004-09-02T02:08:02Z

Arnia:

User:Arnia

2004-09-02T02:07:42Z

Arnia:

Co-founder of http://www.netalleynetworks.com/ and general semanticist, writer and designer. Holds controversial opinions about everything.

==Scholar:Fingest Arnia==
One-time (and still nominally) a member of the Establishment, Fingest Arnia's wild flights of fancy are tolerated partly out of pity for the man he once was but mostly because of the extravagance he lavishes on his friends. From a long-landed family, Fingest is a member of the so-called [[Amphitheatre Aristocracy]] which garners him a greater level of tolerance than would otherwise be the case. Some of his more outlandish theories have concerned [[Burnflies|entymology]], [[Alezan pantheon|mythology]] and even [[Dandycakes and aphrodisiacs|cooking]].

Creator of http://disobey.com/ and http://gamegrene.com/.<br />
Professional writer, coder, blah blah. BOoORiRIiiing.

==Scholar:Morbus Iff==
According to his recovered journals, Morbus Iff is "ethereally real and surreally not". Physically demented and officially demoted, this rogue scholar was once a member of the secretive [[Council for Quezlarian Research]] until he was found naked and covered in a brown fluid in some unremarkable civilian's basement. Although the [[Council for Quezlarian Research|Council]] won't reveal further details, they've suggested his work "deeply and perversely flawed" and have invalidated the research he performed for them. Exactly how he's making contributions to the Ghyll encyclopedia, or his current whereabouts, are unknown.

User:Arnia

2004-09-02T02:07:08Z

Arnia:

Co-founder of <a href="http://www.netalleynetworks.com/">Netalley Networks LLP</a> and general semanticist, writer and designer. Holds controversial opinions about everything.

==Scholar:Fingest Arnia==
One-time (and still nominally) a member of the Establishment, Fingest Arnia's wild flights of fancy are tolerated partly out of pity for the man he once was but mostly because of the extravagance he lavishes on his friends. From a long-landed family, Fingest is a member of the so-called [[Amphitheatre Aristocracy]] which garners him a greater level of tolerance than would otherwise be the case. Some of his more outlandish theories have concerned [[Burnflies|entymology]], [[Alezan pantheon|mythology]] and even [[Dandycakes and aphrodisiacs|cooking]].