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--- people:dafydd_ap_alan [2023/10/11 22:31] – Dafydd ap Alan
+++ people:dafydd_ap_alan [2024/04/17 17:24] (current) – Dietrich von Sachsen
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 ===== Persona =====
-His Excellency Dafydd ap Alan (he/him) is a Welsh huntsman from the town of Swansea, on the south coast of Wales.
+His Excellency Dafydd ap Alan (he/him) is a Welsh huntsman from the town of Swansea, on the south coast of Wales. Swansea at the time was a hub for several commodities, including leather. As a result, Dafydd dabbled in leatherwork as something to pass the time while out on the hunt.
+You might ask how a Welsh huntsman came to have a kraken (aka a calamari) on his heraldry. Well, that tale goes back several generations, to Dafydd's great, great grandfather. Ironically also known as Daffyd, just different spelling (as the Welsh are wont to do).
+Swansea being a seegoing port, they are always on the look out for raiders and other nefarious ne'er-do-well. One night, when Daffyd the Elder was on watch at the harbor, he raised the alarm and charged into the fray. For Daffyd had caught site of a mighty kraken, heading towards the boats moored there. After a might battle, Daffyd vanquished the mighty kraken and paraded it's corpse through the nightime streets of the town. Hence, the familty crest forever-more bore the kraken as it's charge.
+(Pay no mind to that snobish Llewellyn clan from down the road. They would have you believe that Daffyd the Elder was drunk that night, and did battle with a "small squid" no larger than his arm. They are just jelous, since their family heraldry just has a harp on it).
 ===== Whereabouts =====