Ascians

Tony Ellis · 29 Mar 1999, 16:19 · from urth-v0024.mbox · original

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From: "Tony Ellis" <tony.ellis at futurenet.co.uk>
Subject: (urth) re: Ascians
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:19:29 +0100
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mantis wrote:

> NAME        LANGUAGE
> Urth        English (phonetic form of Earth)
> Verthandi   Old Norse
> Skuld       Old Norse
> Lune        French
>

Urth is also Norse. It's another name for Urd, the third of the three
Norns. Verthandi was the Fate of the Present, Skuld Fate of the Future,
and Urth Fate of -surprise surprise - the Past.


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