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The Troll Oath of Adoption creates the family bonds that have been lost since the Shattering.

Overview[]

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Before the Shattering, each troll lodge was truly a familial affair, and Byzantine links of kinship and marriage connected all who lived there. Since then, though, kinship by blood is a happy exception, not the rule. Instead a more general feeling of camaraderie born of shared heritage has developed. It is a testament to the desire for family, though, that adoption by one of higher rank is not uncommon and is seen as one of the greatest honors a troll can earn. Nobility and title are for and from society at large, whereas family is a private and more meaningful matter

Words[]

  • Adopter: As the sea to the river, as the tree to the seed, as the mountain to the stone, so do I now recognize you to me. From this day forward, you are of my blood, of my family, and of my hold. I swear to offer you my wisdom, my love, and my regard, for you will carry my name and my memory when I am no more. Should I abandon you, I abandon myself. It fills my heart to call you (son/daughter).
  • Adoptee: As the river to the sea, as the seed to the tree, as the stone to the mountain, so do I now recognize myself in you. From this day forward, I am of your blood, your family, and your hold. I swear to offer you my respect, my devotion, and my love, for you offer me a home where I have none. Should I abandon you, I consign myself to loneliness. It fills my heart to call you (mother/father)

References[]

  1. CTD. Kithbook: Trolls, p. 40.
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