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Local Custom – Chapter 15

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In which Er Thom yos’Galan comes home.

The first mention by name of Er Thom’s elder brother, Sae Zar yos’Galan. (Who is – was – about the same age as Kareen, apparently. Perhaps they were intended agemates, like Er Thom and Daav. I wonder how well that worked out.)

Unlike “Shan”, which Er Thom has already remarked is not a yos’Galan name, “Er Thom” and “Sae Zar” are both yos’Galan names of long, long standing: Tor An had relatives with those names, back in Clan Alkia before Korval was founded. Thinking about that makes me wonder where yos’Phelium gets its family names, since they appear to have decided against reusing “Cantra” or “Jela”, and neither of those worthies had any families to speak of. Though, come to think of it, we do know where the name of Cantra and Jela’s son came from: if memory serves, she named him “Val Con”, which is a play on the Liaden word for “dragon”. Perhaps after that, when people from Line yos’Phelium married people from other clans they let their spouses suggest baby names, and kept the ones they liked.

Local Custom – Chapter 1

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In which Er Thom yos’Galan says no.

This is the first time we’ve seen the Tree since the end of Crystal Dragon, centuries ago. It appears to be doing well for itself.

Er Thom, on the other hand, is not doing so well, for all that he’s now captain and master trader of the clan’s best ship.

And Daav, who last we saw him was not looking forward to succeeding his mother as Delm, has now done so. It remains to be seen how well he’s doing.

And I’m back in the problem position of not having much to say, since I’ve read this chapter often enough that everything seems too familiar to remark on. (Well, I could mention the way Er Thom has suddenly gained an elder brother to help explain why his mother is disinclined to acquiesce to his request, which is a lot more noticeable reading in chronological order, but I covered that a couple of days ago when Er Thom was introduced, so.)