안드라스테의 후손

안드라스테 님의 혈통에 관해서는 오해가 많습니다. 제 생각에 이는 안드라스테 님의 필멸의 삶에 대한 지식이 부족하여 일어나는 현상인 듯합니다. 그분의 사후에 생겨난 많은 이단 종교를 보면 무리도 아닌 일이지요. 많은 이들이 우리의 성인을 자신들의 문화에 결부시키려 하거나 그분의 존재에 관한 몇몇 부분이 거짓이라고 주장하지만, 이는 모두 날조입니다. 저희 교단은 이에 대한 진실을 규명하기 위해 많은 조사를 했답니다.

모두가 알다시피 안드라스테 님과 배신자 사이에는 다섯 명의 자녀가 있었습니다. 그중에는 장남 아이소라스, 차남 에브리온, 그리고 삼남인 베랄드, 세 명의 아들이 있었지요. 이 셋은 한때 남부 테빈터령이었던 영토의 지배권을 나누어 가졌습니다. 아이소라스는 오늘날 올레이가 된 서부 지역을, 에브리온은 오늘날 자유 동맹이 된 동부 지역을, 베랄드는 현재의 네바라가 된 중부 지역, 플라나진 지방을 통치했습니다. 이 자들과 그들의 유산이 어떻게 되었는지는 전설에 의해 잘 알려졌지요. 안드라스테 님의 자손임을 주장하는 이 대부분은 이 세 아들 중 누군가와의 연관성을 주장합니다. 하지만 이 세 아들 중 누구도 안드라스테 님의 피를 이어받지 않았습니다. 이들은 모두 배신자의 측실인 길리반의 아이들이었습니다. 흔히들 사람들은 안드라스테 님이 오늘날의 페렐던인과는 다른 야만족, 알라마리 부족 출신이라는 사실을 애써 외면합니다. 그들은 본처 이외에도 측실을 두는 사나운 전사들이었으며, 안드라스테 님은 아이를 배기에 너무 몸이 약하다고 여겨졌으므로 배신자는 후손을 얻기 위해 길리반을 측실로 받아들였습니다. 그리고 길리반 사후, 아들들은 안드라스테 님의 자식으로 길러졌습니다.

후에 안드라스테 님은 예상을 뒤엎고 배신자와의 사이에서 에브리스와 비비알이라는 두 명의 딸을 두시게 됩니다. 그들은 사람들 앞에 나서지 않았으며, 두 사람 모두 배우자를 두고 있긴 했으나 결혼을 하는 건 허락되지 않았습니다. 에브리스에게는 알리 베마르라는 외동딸이 있었지만, 자신의 어머니가 역병으로 병사하고 한 달이 채 지나기 전에 데네림으로 향하던 도중 자식도 없이 목숨을 잃고 맙니다. 반면 자기주장이 강한 성격의 차녀 비비알은 가족의 반대를 무릅쓰고 테빈터 마법사였던 레굴란과 사랑에 빠지면서 큰 물의를 빚기도 하였죠. 비비알과 레굴란은 승임의 행군이 시작되자 추방자를 자처해 스스로 알라마리 땅을 떠났으며, 안드라스테께서 배신당하고 소천하신 뒤 자취를 감추었습니다.

비비알과 그녀의 자손이 어떻게 되었는지는 잘 알려지지 않았는데, 이는 비비알의 자식이 전부 딸이었기 때문입니다. 그리고 그 딸들의 자식들 또한 전부 딸들이었죠. 그들은 종래에 다른 가문과 혼인하여 성을 바꾸었고, 두 번째 대재앙의 혼란 속에 생존자들의 발자취는 모두 사라지고 말았습니다. 만약 안드라스테 님의 진정한 혈통이 아직 존재하고 있다면, 그들은 모두 비비알의 후손일 것입니다. 우리 교단에서는 이 혈통에서는 오직 딸만이 태어난다고 추정하고 있습니다. 그러니 귀댁 자제분의 주장은 심히 의심스럽다고밖에 생각할 수 없습니다.

—아우구스트 교단 갈레나 수녀의 편지, 용의 시대 9:12년

 

There are many misconceptions regarding Andraste's bloodline, monsieur. This is due, I should think, to a general lack of knowledge regarding Andraste's mortal life. Understandable, considering the many cults that arose following her death. Every one sought to claim Our Lady for their own culture or claimed some aspect of her existence was a lie—all of them complete fabrications. My order has done considerable research to ascertain the truth.

 

We all know Andraste and the Betrayer raised five children. The eldest three were sons: Isorath, Evrion, and Verald. The rule of what was once southern Tevinter was split among them. Isorath was given the west, what is today Orlais. Evrion was given the east, what is today the Free Marches. Verald was given the central Planasene, what is today Nevarra. What became of these men and their legacies is the stuff of legend, and the majority of claimants to Andraste's bloodline link back to one of them. None of the three sons, however, were born of Andraste. They were born of the Betrayer's concubine, Gilivhan. People choose to overlook the fact that Andraste came from the Alamarri tribesmen and that they were barbarians, not the Fereldans we know today. They were savage warriors who took concubines in addition to their wives, and because Andraste was thought to be too weak to bear children, the Betrayer took Gilivhan to provide him heirs. Which she did. After her death, the sons were raised as Andraste's own.

 

Later in life, Andraste proved predictions wrong and had two daughters by the Betrayer: Ebris and Vivial. They were kept out of the public eye and not permitted to marry, though both had consorts. Ebris had but one child, Alli Vemar, who perished on a voyage to Denerim—less than a month after her mother fell to plague, and without children of her own. The younger daughter, Vivial, was more controversial: a strong-headed woman who defied her family by falling in love with a mage of Tevinter, Regulan. Vivial and Regulan went into self-imposed exile as the Exalted March began, and into hiding following Andraste's betrayal and murder.

 

What became of Vivial and her descendants is largely unknown for one primary reason: she had only daughters. Each of those daughters only had daughters. They married into other families and took other names, and in the chaos of the Second Blight, all traces of survivors were lost. Andraste's true bloodline, if it exists, lies solely in the descendants of Vivial, and the suspicion of my order is that it produces only daughters. Thus the claims of your young man, monsieur, are highly suspect.

 

—From a letter by Sister Galenna of the Augustan Order, Dragon 9:12