#cue jokes about how revka and/or sebastian pick spouses based on horse breeding rules

[fergus-cousland]

ftr Gwydion is an Amell through his mother but his father is a Trevelyan. dear ol’ dad took his wife’s surname because Marcher tradition is that if a partner comes from a “lesser” family (read: one with less money or power) they take the surname of their more influential spouse,

so on his maternal side, Gwydion is urban gentry, with their wealth being ancestral but also coming from managing the family mines/quarries. on his father’s side, they have quarries and mines on their land, sure, but the Trevelyans are rural; their titles and noble status come from their ancestors who left Ferelden after Calenhad started making a fuss and their reputation is as stellar horse breeders

#in the free marches if you want a good horse. you go for trevelyan stock #cue jokes about how revka and/or sebastian pick spouses based on horse breeding rules