Domain 36 · The Living Index
Figures in History
The most comprehensive historical figures collection on the internet. Every entry source-cited. Every life connected to the grove.
The hub keeps the lives. The History Shelf keeps every figure on record — 770 kings, warriors, saints, philosophers, artists and explorers, each with its grade and its line.
Norse · Gods & Heroes
370+ FIGURESOdin · The Allfather
KING OF THE ÆSIR
Hung nine nights on Yggdrasil. Sacrificed his eye for wisdom. Lord of war, poetry, death, and runes.
Thor · Þórr
GOD OF THUNDER
Protector of Midgard. Wielder of Mjölnir. Son of Odin. The strongest of the gods.
Loki · The Trickster
SHAPE-SHIFTER
Blood brother of Odin. Father of Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel. The spark that ignites Ragnarök.
Freya · Freyja
GODDESS OF LOVE & WAR
Leader of the Valkyries. Mistress of seiðr magic. Claims half the battle-slain for Fólkvangr.
Ragnar Lothbrok
LEGENDARY VIKING KING
The most famous Viking of all. Father of the Great Heathen Army. Died in Ælla's snake pit.
Yggdrasil
THE WORLD TREE
The ash tree that connects all Nine Worlds. Three roots, three wells. The axis of all existence.
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370+ FIGURES
Gods, giants, heroes, sagas, and the Nine Worlds.
Celtic · Irish & British
200+ FIGURESCú Chulainn
HOUND OF ULSTER
Ireland's greatest warrior. Defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of Connacht.
The Dagda
THE GOOD GOD
Chief of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Wielder of the magic club and the bottomless cauldron.
The Morrígan
PHANTOM QUEEN
Triple goddess of war, fate, and death. Shape-shifter. Appeared as crow over battlefields.
Niall of the Nine Hostages
HIGH KING OF IRELAND
Ancestor of the Luense bloodline. Founder of the Uí Néill dynasty. Raided Roman Britain.
Maguires of Fermanagh
PRINCES OF FERMANAGH
DNA-confirmed Maguire lineage. Gaelic Irish princes who ruled Fermanagh for 400 years.
King Arthur
ONCE AND FUTURE KING
The legendary British king. Camelot, Excalibur, the Round Table. Post-Roman Britain's greatest myth.
Greek · Classical World
300+ FIGURESThe Greek Pantheon
OLYMPIAN GODS
Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Poseidon, Hades. The twelve Olympians and the world they governed.
Achilles
GREATEST WARRIOR
Son of Peleus and Thetis. Invulnerable everywhere but the heel. His wrath shaped the Trojan War.
Poseidon
GOD OF THE SEA
Earth-shaker. Lord of oceans, earthquakes, and horses. Brother of Zeus and Hades.
Anglo-Saxon · British Isles
400+ FIGURESBeowulf
GEAT WARRIOR
Killed Grendel with his bare hands. Killed Grendel's mother in her underwater hall. Died fighting a dragon.
Alfred the Great
KING OF WESSEX
The only English king called "the Great." Defeated the Vikings. Founded the English navy. Built a literate nation.
Æthelstan
FIRST KING OF ENGLAND
Grandson of Alfred. Won the Battle of Brunanburh (937). United the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one England.
William the Conqueror
DUKE OF NORMANDY
Won England at Hastings, 1066. Changed the English language, law, and culture forever.
William Wallace
GUARDIAN OF SCOTLAND
Defeated the English at Stirling Bridge. Executed by Edward I. Scotland's greatest freedom fighter.
Robert the Bruce
KING OF SCOTS
Won Scottish independence at Bannockburn (1314). The spider in the cave. Scotland's liberator.
Eastern · China, Japan, Korea
600+ FIGURESChinese History
5,000 YEARS
From the Xia Dynasty to the Qing. Confucius, Qin Shi Huang, Sun Tzu, and the emperors who shaped the world.
Japanese History
LAND OF THE RISING SUN
Samurai, shoguns, emperors. From Amaterasu to the Meiji Restoration.
Korean History
HERMIT KINGDOM
Three Kingdoms, Goryeo, Joseon. Admiral Yi Sun-sin and the turtle ships.
Hanuman
HINDU DEITY
The monkey god. Devotee of Rama. Leapt across the ocean to Lanka. Symbol of strength and devotion.
Sacred · Divine Figures
500+ FIGURESAngels · Nine Orders
CELESTIAL HIERARCHY
Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, Angels.
The Archangels
MICHAEL, GABRIEL, RAPHAEL
The commanders of heaven. Michael who fights. Gabriel who announces. Raphael who heals.
Patron Saints
PROTECTORS
The saints who guard nations, professions, and causes. Every trade has a patron.
Egyptian Gods
3,000 YEARS OF DIVINITY
Ra, Osiris, Isis, Anubis, Thoth, Horus. The gods who built the pyramids.
Medieval · Crusades & Empires
800+ FIGURESThe Medieval World →
FULL COLLECTION
Successor kingdoms, Germanic tribes, Mongol Empire, Crusader states. 323 BC to 1500 AD.
John of Gaunt
DUKE OF LANCASTER
Father of the Lancaster dynasty. The richest man in England. His descendants fought the Wars of the Roses.
Wars of the Roses
LANCASTER VS YORK
The civil war that tore England apart. Lancaster (red rose) vs. York (white rose). 1455–1487.
The Luense Line
THE BLOODLINECarter Luense
FOUNDER · SEAT IX · HAGALAZ
Founder of Lund Studio. Builder of the grove. The line runs through him.
The Luense Bloodline
GRAFSCHAFT BENTHEIM → IOWA → COLORADO
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- → Proto-Germanic *lundaz → Old Norse lundr → Luen → Luens → Luense.
Maren · Seat VII · Gebo
THE GIFT
50% Luense Family Perpetual Equity Trust beneficiary. The future of the grove.
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