Hat wrote:
If we're guessing I would place the number of original Val families in the 34 to 36 range. I imagine there is an ul family for every god save Anshar. That's 11. There are 2 families for several gods (Cadic, Nier, Saluwe) which would add a total of 24 for 35. Now, were there 2 Val families associated with Anshar? Perhaps not given what we know of her. That could take it down to 34. If val'Holryn was an original that would bump to 36.
With a sweep of his hat,
Paul
But there is nothing to say that some of the Ul families aren't the same as Val Families. After all we haven't seen any sign of there being Valinor of Altheres or Yarris, so it is possible that there is only one line - the same in both Val and Ul. After all, if there has always only been one then they were safe in the blood war. Considering the rather Asiatic bent to the Ul families it will be imperative to know whether the line of Altheres in Khitani (or really any family lines) appear similar to their Val equivalents.