Viveanne

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANCESTRY of VIVEANNE D’CLEYRE to the SEVENTH GENERATION

. . . or the continued existence of a patrilineal family line in spite of heresy, hangings and horse-thieving.

Luke D’Cleyre. Born: Unknown. Died: Unknown. Earliest recorded ancestor of Viveanne D’Cleyre. Farmed olive trees. Believed to have died when his tail was caught in a waterwheel during moonskin. Begat Obediah D’Cleyre (Sr.) to an unknown woman.

Obediah D’Cleyre (Sr.). Born 145. Died 209. Farmed olive trees. Begat Obediah D’Cleyre (Jr.) to Ruth Clearwater. Had religious fevers and visions in his 60th year. Was hung for heresy when he joined a cult that mandated diet of butterflies and honey.

Obediah D’Cleyre (Jr.). Born 163. Died 251. Rose to prominence in heretical cult. Expanded doctrine to include mandatory polygamy and monotheistic worship of a death deity. Populated a small village with acknowledged and illegitimate offspring. Begat Isaiah D’Cleyre to Nettie Adorno. Died in a surprise raid by prairie Prydaens.

Isaiah D’Cleyre. Born 245. Died 270. Begat Ezra D’Cleyre to Hattie Clearwater. Hung for hose thievery and public spitting.

Ezra D’Cleyre. Born 280. Died 340. Fathered Lee D’Cleyre to Susannah Bojangles and Gus D’Cleyre to an unknown woman. Condemned to hang with son Gus in 339 for horse thievery and burning a barn. Escaped, but was killed by wife Susannah one year later.

Lee D’Cleyre. Born 322. Died 416. Begat Viveanne D’Cleyre to Viveanne Fret. Believed to be a drunk and wicked man, cruel to animals, liked to spit. Robbed Prydaen wagons during the migration with a gang of crossbowmen. Reformed when he found Mrod and married.

Viveanne D’Cleyre, Born 397. Alive. Known to spit.