Eowin Timothy

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Eowin Timothy was a werewolf born to Cain Timothy and Elizabeth Timothy in 660 BC in Mordent. His litter mates were Ester Timothy and Sean Timothy. He was the uncle of Clifford Dilisnya and Virginia Dilisnya and the great uncle of Michael Ratcliff and Winifred Ratcliff, all werewolves. He married Emily Gerhardt who was possibly not a werewolf. She gave birth in 684 BC to a litter of six, among them Irene Timothy and Nathan Timothy. There were 10 grandchildren, including Thomas Dobbs, Alfred Timothy, Ester Timothy (daughter of Nathan) and William Timothy, all werewolves. Emily died in 710 BC, survived by Eowin and Nathin. Both are presumed to still be alive today.

It has been hinted that the longevity demonstrated by Eowin is a familial trait. His son and grandson shed little light on the matter however, for any resistance to aging displayed by Nathan may result from his years spent as a darklord and Alfred may likewise benefit from being a darklord. Eowin, Ester and Sean were named after the members of a famous litter from the prior century.

Continuity Problem

The Bloodlines family tree for the Timothy Family in Realm of Terror gives 660 BC as the birth date for Eowin Timothy, Ester Timothy and Sean Timothy. From this birth date follow those of their children, Virginia Dilisnya (682 BC), Clifford Dilisnya (687 BC), Irene Timothy (684 BC), and Nathan Timothy (684 BC), and those of their grandchildren, Winifred Ratcliff (706 BC), Michael Ratcliff (706 BC) and Alfred Timothy (709 BC), Ester Timothy (daughter of Nathan) (709 BC) and William Timothy (709 BC).

Unfortunately, Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill places a Eowin Timothy (I10 NPC) and a Sean Timothy (I10 NPC) in Mordent in 579 BC when Strahd and Azalin made their visit. There is also an Esther Timothy (I10 NPC), albeit spelled with an 'h'. An attempt in the Realm of Terror to address the matter is made insofar as Cain Timothy and Elizabeth Timothy, the parents of Eowin, Ester and Sean, are put in that time in place of their children, with Cain Timothy being born in 537 BC and Elizabeth Timothy being born in 539 BC. This attempt is deeply flawed however. Not only are the children born over a century after their parents, the death dates of the parents are given as 579 BC, eight decades before their children are in fact born. The cleanest solution is to conclude that the correct birth dates for Cain and Elizabeth are 637 BC and 639 BC with the pair meeting a sticky end in 679 BC (perhaps along side their son Sean Timothy) and that the Timothys from the prior century were a famous litter of three whose names were recycled by descendants in the naming of the litter of 660 BC.

Data not yet in the Ravenloft Catalogue

Realm of Terror - p126

Realm of Terror - p126