The Norman branch of my family helped to conquer England long ago, after a disagreement over who would be the new king. There were very few of us of course, and many locals. Like the original Norsemen in Normandy, we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Even the Peloran Treatments don’t guarantee good health, don’t make us immune to abuse. Not exercising, or eating poisonous junk will still mess you up. The treatments simply give us a leg up on anyone who doesn’t take them. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern Normans first formed as a people when Norse mercenaries colonized Normandy. They promised to protect the coasts from other Norse raiders, and intermarried with the local French. As time went by, the Normans married into even the royal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you’re healthy, you can live a long time. Before the Peloran Treatments, a healthy person could live over a century pretty easy. Mostly, the treatments just improve that, boosting our bodies’ ability to heal themselves. To help them properly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The oldest surviving home that my family maintains is in Europe. France to be precise. Our home was lost during the 100 Years War. We had other priorities at the time. We acquired it again in later centuries, in exchange[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The interesting thing about the treatments is that nobody reacts in exactly the same way to them. Most people start aging at an effective rate of 1 year for every 10. Some age slower, some faster. The really old can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family is a powerful one, with a lineage stretching back thousands of years if our histories are accurate. We were not always called Hurst of course. Power and money has passed on through, and into, the family via daughters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Clarice and the others like her, the Peloran spread out the treatments. The health treatments infants, boosted every couple years. The final anti-aging treatments came later. Of course the two are more closely related than most think. Still, they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are so many otherworlds in our religions. There are so many other races. Elves. Dwarves. Leprechauns. Djinn. Angels, Demons, and Gods. Almost every religion in the history of our world preaches that there are other worlds and other races. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Peloran Treatments did have a side effect. It was one that no testing in any reasonable number could have found. It happened one in a million times. That’s one ten thousandth of a percent. It’s not even a blip. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…