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THIS IS GOOD (20 Years with the Forsythes)
H: Ninian Forsythe [25, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [25]Year 1: Ninian and Sara take in an orphaned two-year-old girl. All she knows about herself is her name, Eithne.H: Ninian Forsythe [25, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [25]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [2]Year 2: A year after Eithne was adopted, Ninian and Sara have children of their own. There are two of them, identical twin girls to be precise.H: Ninian Forsythe [26, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [26]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [3]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [nb]
-D: Margery Forsythe [nb]Year 3: A revolutionary group is gaining popularity! The Forsythe family decides to stay out of it.Year 4: Ninian and Sara have another child, this one a boy! Eithne has devoted herself to reading every book she can find.H: Ninian Forsythe [28, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [28]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [5]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [2]
-D: Margery Forsythe [2]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [nb]Year 5: When Domhnall is barely a year old, Sara gives birth to another boy!H: Ninian Forsythe [29, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [29]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [6]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [3]
-D: Margery Forsythe [3]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [1]
-S: Hector Forsythe [nb]Year 6: Hector falls ill with a deathly disease, and somehow survives, truly holding fast.Year 7: Margery is interested in cooking. Jamesina, free spirit that she is, takes in a songbird and names him Oliver.H: Ninian Forsythe [31, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [31]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [8]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [5]
-D: Margery Forsythe [5]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [3]
-S: Hector Forsythe [2]Songbird: Oliver [1]Year 8: Ninian gets arrested for stealing metal from the smithy for alchemical purposes.Year 9: The bulletin has a pamphlet denouncing alchemy. Ninian is horrified, and tells the city to take it down. The writer's left index finger is chopped off. Domhnall starts learning how to play the lute.Year 10: Sara wasn't expecting to have another child, but she gave birth again, this time to a girl! Meanwhile, Hector takes up art.H: Ninian Forsythe [34, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [34]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [11]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [8]
-D: Margery Forsythe [8]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [6]
-S: Hector Forsythe [5]
-D: Eilionoir Forsythe [nb]Songbird: Oliver [4]Year 11: Margery falls ill for two weeks due to food poisoning.Year 12: A gang of raiders plunder the Forsythes' hometown! Ninian's alembic is almost shattered. It's two months before he can practice alchemy again.Year 13: Sara's brother dies in a duel.Year 14: A boy evens out the Forsythe brood.H: Ninian Forsythe [38, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [38]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [15]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [12]
-D: Margery Forsythe [12]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [10]
-S: Hector Forsythe [9]
-D: Eilionoir Forsythe [4]
-S: Bartholomew Forsythe [nb]Songbird: Oliver [8]Year 15: Domhnall adopts a stray cat, whom he names Pooka. Eithne becomes a nun. Eilionoir is a real troublemaker.H: Ninian Forsythe [39, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [39]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [16, nun]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [13]
-D: Margery Forsythe [13]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [11]
-S: Hector Forsythe [10]
-D: Eilionoir Forsythe [5]
-S: Bartholomew Forsythe [1]Songbird: Oliver [8]
Cat: Pooka [3]Year 16: Sara has one last child at 40 years old.H: Ninian Forsythe [40, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [40]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [17, nun]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [14]
-D: Margery Forsythe [14]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [12]
-S: Hector Forsythe [11]
-D: Eilionoir Forsythe [6]
-S: Bartholomew Forsythe [2]
-D: Violet Forsythe [nb]Songbird: Oliver [9]
Cat: Pooka [4]Year 17: At the convent, Eithne is writing day and night.Year 18: Rumors abound about a woman who became a glaistig near the standing stones.Year 19: Sara's niece is wed.Year 20: A catastrophic storm destroys the Forsythe family's house and Sara is one of the casualties. Luckily, Eithne's convent is far enough from the danger zone.H: Ninian Forsythe [44, alchemist]
W: Sara Granger [dec. aged 44]
-AD: Eithne Forsythe [21, nun]
-D: Jamesina Forsythe [18]
-D: Margery Forsythe [18]
-S: Domhnall Forsythe [16]
-S: Hector Forsythe [15]
-D: Eilionoir Forsythe [10]
-S: Bartholomew Forsythe [6]
-D: Violet Forsythe [4]Songbird: Oliver [13]
Cat: Pooka [8]Our only limits are the ones we place on ourselves.
—Cordelia, 2012

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