A very newbie question: Diedne's Gender

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Hiyas!

I can't find Diedne's (the founder of House Diedne) gender... Was Diedne a he or a she? Logic would tend to go for a male, since Diedne's magic came from druidism, which usually only allows males, right? :blush: (I believe it has a female version, but I cannot recall if this is certain :blush: :blush: ).

Thanks!
T

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Diedne was a woman. Diedne means "to the witch" - and yes druids were not women. More correctly she could be called a wise woman, a priestess or - a witch. Nevertheless she brought scores of druids into the Hermetic Order, thus the majority of the mainly Roman Houses have probably just labelled her a druid for easy reference.

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I present almost all knowledge of Diedne to the characters as "hidden lore" which a character would need a good reason to even be asking about. Now the gender is kind of plainly non-harmful, but having the lore as forbidden keeps everything the players know as possibly incorrect and certainly dodgy.

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HI!

Thanks for the wealth of info...! Is this accessible somewhere in the 5th Edition books? I search but can't find... :cry:

Thanks!
T

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Page 9 of the MRB indicates her gender, second to the last paragraph under the Foundation of the Order section.

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Hi:

Sorry, I'll clarify :blush: : I was actually fishing for more info than the "general gist" of things (like what Diedne's detailed history was, etc.)... Or is it all over the place?

Thanks!
T

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I believe it's left vague, for a saga to flesh out. They are the bogeyman of the Order. And that's the great thing about the Diedne, the renounced House and the Founder.