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Early in the process for us switching over to 2nd edition, I drew out a family tree for the Vancaskerkins since I knew there was a tradition there and that I wanted there to be a new group of "2nd edition Vancaskerikins" to play with... but I was moved off the Adventure Path line after doing Age of Ashes to develop Bestiary 2 and then spent a few years working on Kingmaker... so I suspect that a big part of the reason Reginald was as awkward as he was in the family tree is a simple lack of communication and shared institutional knowledge; he was the first Vancaskerkin to show up in a product I didn't develop.

Anyway... I don't really have a way to easily link my hand-drawn Vancaskerkin family tree here, so I'll do my best to write out how the pre-Reginald Vancaskerkin family looked:

** spoiler omitted **...

Oh my god, thank you so much for sharing! I feel pretty good seeing how much of what I worked out lined up with your original plans.

Accident or not, I for one am very happy you (and the team) added those rascals, Thank you!
Also if you could pass my thanks to whoever came up with Reginald, that dubious muckraker is my favourite ♡

J. Vancaskerkin married an unnamed woman (in my notes "Jane Vancaskerkin"), and they had a few kids: Lullaby and at least two other brothers but no sisters.

The hilarious part about reading this for me is the ongoing joke in our current Return of the Runelords campaign is that Lullaby keeps teasingly referring to my character, Claude Vancaskerkin, as "little brother" despite him being older; In our game, she's actually the youngest with Reginald being the eldest. Amusing to know in another timeline somewhere, she's actually right.

Funfact: My boy is getting leadership next level with Lullaby as his cohort. I delightfully look forward to Lullaby to continue bullying her brother regardless of who is actually in charge.

Saul has another brother? Has it ever been mentioned in a previous book?

It's not stated outright, but it's heavily implied. As explained in the document at the beginning of this thread:

- Damon never married or had kids, and generally speaking has lived a pretty neutral life. (as a guardsman for caravans)
- Lullaby's entry states her father had an equally shady legacy to Saul, who we know was a pretty bad dude as a crime boss.
Ergo; there must be a third brother.

Can I assume that, ethnically, the Vancaskerkins are Varisians?

The Vancaskerkin's all hail from Varisia, but ethnically they appear to be Chelish in descent. Natalya is the only (half) Varisian in the family that is currently known.

Thank you very much everyone, it was a lot of fun to make.

Very fun. One thing - did you consider the time line? That might help sort out the Reginald theory?

Yeah, I'm pretty positive the Second Theory is correct - that is to say, Reginald is Lullaby's older brother.

I just felt I needed to acknowledge the obvious connection one might make between Reginald in Absalom, and Lullaby's blurb mentioning their father at the Isle of Kortos. But, of course, the timeline just doesn't support Reggie being the father: Lullaby left home when her parents split, and Reginald left for Absalom when he was a teenager. In world, there is only a 2 year difference between the settings of Return of the Runelords and Agents of Edgewatch, and their artworks don't show a very big age gap at all. The timeline just doesn't match up, no matter which way you look at it.

What started as a little pet project for the Return of the Runelords game I'm in has blossomed into this.
So with encouragement from my GM and fellow players, I sheepishly present my spoiler-free findings on what is, undoubtedly, my favourite series of NPCS:

The Vancaskerkin Family