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Hotep Gith (talk | contribs) (Created page with " ‘’’Spriggan’’’-noun-Old Gnomish meaning "Large, Big, Pile of Heavy Rocks, Strong, Hill, Bore, Churlish,Greedy,Crass, Uncouth. Loud. Fearless.Giant” ‘’’Spriggan also refers to two groups of Gnomes.’’’ ‘’’City Spriggans’’’ A slang term for a sub/counter culture made up mostly of the now late adolescent/ young adult/Adult offspring of Free Gnome refugees resettled in the Hakan city area after the Gnomish Civil War. Originally used a...") |
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'''Spriggan''' -noun-Old Gnomish meaning "Large, Big, Pile of Heavy Rocks, Strong, Hill, Bore, Churlish,Greedy,Crass, Uncouth. Loud. Fearless.Giant” | |||
'''Spriggan also refers to two groups of Gnomes.''' | |||
''' City Spriggans ''' | |||
A slang term for a sub/counter culture made up mostly of the now late adolescent/ young adult/Adult offspring of Free Gnome refugees resettled in the Hakan city area after the Gnomish Civil War. Originally used as a pejorative insult, it was embraced as a means of removing the word’s negative social power. Effort was moderately successful. | A slang term for a sub/counter culture made up mostly of the now late adolescent/ young adult/Adult offspring of Free Gnome refugees resettled in the Hakan city area after the Gnomish Civil War. Originally used as a pejorative insult, it was embraced as a means of removing the word’s negative social power. Effort was moderately successful. | ||
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''' CLAN SPRIGGAN ''' | |||
A large clan of self proclaimed “WILD” Gnomish mercenaries who historically have lived in the [[Scar]] region of Gildenhome since before the Gnomish Vassalage. With a reputation for being cantankerous, greedy, crass and boorish but also stalwart allies and formidable fighters. | A large clan of self proclaimed “WILD” Gnomish mercenaries who historically have lived in the [[Scar]] region of Gildenhome since before the Gnomish Vassalage. With a reputation for being cantankerous, greedy, crass and boorish but also stalwart allies and formidable fighters. | ||
''' History ''' | |||
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The members of Clan Spriggan boast that they can trace their bloodline back to their Clan’s founding in the time of the Demi Pantheon. They trace this directly from the legendary folk hero [[Sprigg the Shrewd]] in the centuries before even the Gnomish insurrection via kinship with the heroes’ mortal mother [[Gretnannah Nurue]]. | The members of Clan Spriggan boast that they can trace their bloodline back to their Clan’s founding in the time of the Demi Pantheon. They trace this directly from the legendary folk hero [[Sprigg the Shrewd]] in the centuries before even the Gnomish insurrection via kinship with the heroes’ mortal mother [[Gretnannah Nurue]]. | ||
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''' The Spriggan accounting of Sprigg the Shrewd ''' | |||
It is said that he was born at high noon on the third day of the [[Festival of Rebirth]] and was visited by three ladies/lord/s of the feywild “various according to region”. Each with something for the newborn Sprigg. one who blessed the Half mortal child, one who cursed the Son of careless Demi God and one who lay a geas on this First son of all the Gnomes. | It is said that he was born at high noon on the third day of the [[Festival of Rebirth]] and was visited by three ladies/lord/s of the feywild “various according to region”. Each with something for the newborn Sprigg. one who blessed the Half mortal child, one who cursed the Son of careless Demi God and one who lay a geas on this First son of all the Gnomes. | ||