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===Tragedy of Gáe Bolg=== | ===Tragedy of Gáe Bolg=== | ||
The Tragedy of Gáe Bolg is a prominent event which led to the schism of the Thracian Peninsula. According to the legend, Njörun married a fellow knight following the foundation of Thracia, a friend of her brother Dáinn, and the three peacefully ruled the kingdom. This changed ten years later, when Njörun's husband and Dáinn entered a dispute over an unknown subject. The two turned to arms and Njörun attempted to break them up, but instead killed her husband with Gáe Bolg. This sparked Njörun's suicide, Dáinn's mysterious demise and the secession of the [[ | The Tragedy of Gáe Bolg is a prominent event which led to the schism of the Thracian Peninsula. According to the legend, Njörun married a fellow knight following the foundation of Thracia, a friend of her brother Dáinn, and the three peacefully ruled the kingdom. This changed ten years later, when Njörun's husband and Dáinn entered a dispute over an unknown subject. The two turned to arms and Njörun attempted to break them up, but instead killed her husband with Gáe Bolg. This sparked Njörun's suicide, Dáinn's mysterious demise and the secession of the [[Munster District]] from Thracia following the tyranny of Dáinn's son and successor.<ref>''"A: Njörun married a knight who was friends with her brother Dáinn and lived a happy life with him. One day, her husband and King Dáinn fought each other over some dispute. Njörun tried to stop the two fighting, but accidentally killed her beloved husband (the weapon that took his life was her lance). That was the beginning of events, Later, Njörun committed suicide and King Dáinn died a mysterious death."'' - Designers' notes from a ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' playing guide, as translated by [http://www.serenesforest.net/general/designer4_2.html Serenes Forest]</ref> | ||
In the following century, the Leonster royal family adopted a superstition dubbed the Curse of Gáe Bolg, claiming that the lance brings both love and sorrow to its wielder and that it and its twin [[Gungnir]] cry for each other;<ref>''"Afterwards, within the Leonster Royal Family the legend was passed on that "the Earth Lance and Heaven Lance call to each other" and "the Earth Lance is a lance that causes love and sorrow"."'' - Designers' notes from a ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' playing guide, as translated by [http://www.serenesforest.net/general/designer4_2.html Serenes Forest]</ref> for this reason, Ethlyn was initially hesitant to give it to Quan in Agustria, worried about the curse's potential repurcussions on their lives. | In the following century, the Leonster royal family adopted a superstition dubbed the Curse of Gáe Bolg, claiming that the lance brings both love and sorrow to its wielder and that it and its twin [[Gungnir]] cry for each other;<ref>''"Afterwards, within the Leonster Royal Family the legend was passed on that "the Earth Lance and Heaven Lance call to each other" and "the Earth Lance is a lance that causes love and sorrow"."'' - Designers' notes from a ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' playing guide, as translated by [http://www.serenesforest.net/general/designer4_2.html Serenes Forest]</ref> for this reason, Ethlyn was initially hesitant to give it to Quan in Agustria, worried about the curse's potential repurcussions on their lives. | ||
