EN090.01 Adelbond
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R. Apollania
1. Adel-Bond Alliance
90.01 [090] I am called Apollania.
Twice thirty days after my mother died, my brother Adelbrost was found slain upon the wharf, his skull split and his limbs torn asunder. My father, who was already ill, died of the shock. Then my younger brother, Apol, decided to leave and sail to the west coast of Skeanland, where he built a burg named Lindasburg and prepared to take revenge.[1] For this, Wralda has granted him many years. He has been given five sons, who are a curse to the Magy and a blessing to my brother.
After the deaths of my mother and brother, the most devoted in the land came together and made an alliance, named the ‘Adel-Bond’.
For our protection, my youngest brother, Adelheart, and I were hidden in the burg;[2] I with the young maidens and he with the garrison. At the age of thirty, I was elected burgmaid. My brother was elected reeve [over the Linden Wards] when he was fifty. He was the sixth from my mother’s side, but from my father’s side the third. Thus, according to the law, his descendants could not use Overa Linda as their surname,[3] [091] but all agreed that an exception should be made, to honor my mother.
They also gave us a copy of the Book of the Adela-Followers. This pleases me most, because my mother’s wisdom brought it into the world.
In the burg, I found yet other writings that are not in the book, and an ode to my mother. All this, I will copy here.
Notes
- ↑ ‘Lindasburg’ (LINDASBURCH) — Lindesnes, Norway; also referred to in 147.10, as ‘Lindasnose’ (LINDASNÔSE).
- ↑ ‘in the burg' — here and in the following texts, when Apollania refers to her burg, she is referring to Liudgarda in East Fleeland (likely at or near Leeuwarden in the modern province Friesland).
- ↑ Overa Linda (OVERA LINDA) — short for OVIRA/OVERA/OERA LINDA.WRDA: ‘over the Linden Wards’.
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Chapters P and R1 to R3: Sandbach 1876