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Hi there
i was reading the timeline (in Rule Of Fear) and it comes out that the palatinates were created in 4670.
At that age, Alpon was count (albeit a young one).
At the time of Carrion Crown, even setting it in 4710, Alpon is 40 years older. How old can him be ?
30 at the moment of the standing down and now 70 ?
some other idea ?
in the same book (RoF) there are 2 weird lines about the beast of lepistadt that can be useful for the setting of the age:
in the data line it says the beast was created by a doctor Moritz (in 4690):
in the vieland page, under the "the beast of lepistadt" the entry says:
angrier Alpon Caromarc to avenge him against those who stole his county from beneath him — the first being the creature’s supposed creator, Henri Mortiz—the flesh golem possesses near-human intellect and a naturally peaceful, if inquisitive, demeanor."
From this entry i get the Beast is the creature of Alpon Caromarc (already knew this ToTB). The beast it's said has been created by a YOUNGER alpon.. younger ?! 20 years after the creation of the palatinate ? from the idea above he should be around 50 years old..
Also Alpon is said in Alchemy Companion:
the forbidden techniques of homunculus creation and alteration in secret, but only the abdicated Count Alpon Caromarc whose powerful thirst for recognition at times overrules his desire for
privacy-is willing to teach these subjects"
In this passage is hinted a role of Alpon in the teachings at lepistadt (not a truth, but a hint).
This means Alpon has eventually done some lecture at the uni AFTER the palatinate creation ? but if he was so angry at the city (that was surely paramount in the palatinate creation) why he should do that after ?
SO i am thinking this
All in all, i see the palatinate date creation moved up to be completed in 4685, even if the movement started in the 4670.
Maybe vieland was the last one to "concede", and only after Alpon saw the other 2 going out violent OR there were diplomatic moves before the concession or whatever.
But that will move a bit the age of Alpon. He can be born in 4650 or something, being 40 at the moment in wich he concedes.
That means he is already a good to great alchemist, that can have done lectures or even been the dean of the university before Acciani and well known about homunculy and creations.
So when the Vieland starts to move up to its "revolution" (that can be 4670) Alpon can be the son of the previous count, and still studying.
THen he may inherit in 4680 after the death of his father and at 30 he has already got some "wind of change" from his 10 years in the university, before as student then as lecturer.
After 5 years in 4685 he jettisons his responsability both in uni and in county. And at this point the retired and bitter count begins to plot his "beastly" revenge on Moritz (that need to be a professor at Lepistadt university, maybe one of the fathers of the palatinate revolution, maybe a free spirited alchemist whose birth is in the bourgeoning class and that can could have been a friend of the younger Alpon in the class days). The beast birth can stay at 4690, and so the first death of Moritz then followed by the trail of blood of the beast escape and the tale can start from here
what do you think ?