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Founded by five of the survivors of a shipwreck on the Faore Island, the Family has a long history of intermarriage in order to produce individuals of exceptional psychic abilities.
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Founded by five of the survivors of a shipwreck on Faore Island, the Family has a long history of intermarriage in order to produce individuals of exceptional psychic abilities.
  
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==Goals==
  
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==History==
=Location=
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=History=
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==Important People==
=Important People=
 
  
 
==The Founders Of The Family Lines==
 
==The Founders Of The Family Lines==
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::Robert Foundry masterminded the formation of the families and their form of community after the men who returned from the Island were badly treated in the English Court system.  Became determined to follow the Lady's dictates, and make the Foundry line the guiding force within the Family.
 
::Robert Foundry masterminded the formation of the families and their form of community after the men who returned from the Island were badly treated in the English Court system.  Became determined to follow the Lady's dictates, and make the Foundry line the guiding force within the Family.
  
:::Family Gift - Glamor and Illustion
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::''Family Gift - Glamor and Illusion''
  
'''Stephan Garnsley'''
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'''[[Stephan Garnsley|Steven Garnsley]]'''
  
 
::Upon returning to England Garnsley remained in close communication with the Lady, and was subject to unnerving visions that drove him to take drugs in an attempt to shut them out.  Was eventually declared insane and placed in a madhouse.  The Garnsley line merged quickly with the other families, and the name lost within a few generations.
 
::Upon returning to England Garnsley remained in close communication with the Lady, and was subject to unnerving visions that drove him to take drugs in an attempt to shut them out.  Was eventually declared insane and placed in a madhouse.  The Garnsley line merged quickly with the other families, and the name lost within a few generations.
  
:::Family Gift - Foretelling The Future Via Visions.  This is the rarest and least often found of the Lady's Gifts.
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:::''Family Gift - Foretelling The Future Via Visions.  This is the rarest and least often found of the Lady's Gifts.''
  
 
'''Adam Kentworth'''
 
'''Adam Kentworth'''
  
 
'''Jon Roth'''
 
'''Jon Roth'''
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:::''Family Gift - Empathy''''
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'''Robin Wellman'''
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=Location=
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=References=
  
:::Family Gift - Empathy:::
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==A Curyous Hystorie of the Far North Folke - Commonlie Knowne As Scotes==
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An obscure travel book written in German about travel through the Orkney Islands.  Mentions Faore Island and the standing stones there.
  
'''Robin Wellman'''
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''Copy located in the folio section of Whispers Library''
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==Danish Government Records - dated May 1901==
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Record of observations made by a Danish official in the aftermath of a Family ritual conducted on the Island in April of 1901.
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Copy located in Copenhagen - in Danish''
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==The Ram's Head - Ship Log==
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Fragments of the ship log of the Ram's Head can be found:
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:*Maritime Museum in Scotland
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:*Entered into the record of the English Court mutiny trial records
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:*Private archives of Family members
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==Scottish Folktales==
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The Scots who live at the far northern edge of Scotland have tales of a battle between St. Patrick and a Great White Serpent to took place on an island possibly identified as the Faroe Islands.  The stories indicate that the serpent was strong enough to resist (briefly) even the power of God, but that it was eventually vanquished and locked away deep beneath the island.
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 27 January 2014

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Founded by five of the survivors of a shipwreck on Faore Island, the Family has a long history of intermarriage in order to produce individuals of exceptional psychic abilities.

Goals[edit]

History[edit]

Important People[edit]

The Founders Of The Family Lines[edit]

Robert Foundry

Robert Foundry masterminded the formation of the families and their form of community after the men who returned from the Island were badly treated in the English Court system. Became determined to follow the Lady's dictates, and make the Foundry line the guiding force within the Family.
Family Gift - Glamor and Illusion

Steven Garnsley

Upon returning to England Garnsley remained in close communication with the Lady, and was subject to unnerving visions that drove him to take drugs in an attempt to shut them out. Was eventually declared insane and placed in a madhouse. The Garnsley line merged quickly with the other families, and the name lost within a few generations.
Family Gift - Foretelling The Future Via Visions. This is the rarest and least often found of the Lady's Gifts.

Adam Kentworth

Jon Roth

Family Gift - Empathy''

Robin Wellman

Location[edit]

References[edit]

A Curyous Hystorie of the Far North Folke - Commonlie Knowne As Scotes[edit]

An obscure travel book written in German about travel through the Orkney Islands. Mentions Faore Island and the standing stones there.

Copy located in the folio section of Whispers Library

Danish Government Records - dated May 1901[edit]

Record of observations made by a Danish official in the aftermath of a Family ritual conducted on the Island in April of 1901. Copy located in Copenhagen - in Danish

The Ram's Head - Ship Log[edit]

Fragments of the ship log of the Ram's Head can be found:

  • Maritime Museum in Scotland
  • Entered into the record of the English Court mutiny trial records
  • Private archives of Family members

Scottish Folktales[edit]

The Scots who live at the far northern edge of Scotland have tales of a battle between St. Patrick and a Great White Serpent to took place on an island possibly identified as the Faroe Islands. The stories indicate that the serpent was strong enough to resist (briefly) even the power of God, but that it was eventually vanquished and locked away deep beneath the island.