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The Boffins of Barleywick (Book)
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Approved Contributors | Just Brablo. |
Chronicle Summary
Please refer to The Works of Brablo Boffin.
Chronicle Content
The Boffin family is considered to be one of the oldest in the Shire, with genealogical records reaching back to the Wandering Days. Descending from the Stoors, who crossed the Brandywine Bridge some thirty years after Marcho and Blanco, the Boffins have always enjoyed great wealth and respectability.
The ancestral home of the Boffins is in the Yale, a fertile lowland in the Eastfarthing. The Stoors first settled the area in the early years of the Shire Reckoning, and fourteen hundred years on the family remains: the Boffins of Yale.
Over the centuries, a number of branches have stemmed from the Boffins of Yale, establishing the family's name throughout the Shire. In the eleventh century, Berno Boffin, an obscure yet ambitious cousin of the Boffins of Yale, excavated a resplendent smial in the Southfarthing village of Barleywick. Thus, the Boffins of Barleywick was founded.
"Berno was he who began the digging;
Bordo was he who enjoyed long living.
Bindo was he who was mighty to behold,
Biffo was he who haggled for gold.
Bosgo was he who sought the returning;
Brablo was he who took joy in learning."
