Allan shook his head.  "Not exactly 'arranged,' no.  More like 'heavily expected' and 'culturally enforced.'  Arcadian society generally thinks that if a woman doesn't get married, at least once in her life, that there's something...wrong with her."<br/><br/>Upon hearing mention of his family, he sighed.  "Actually, I don't hear a lot from my family these days - only my sisters send me messages, and that's maybe once a year.  My mother and brother don't go to the big cities, and my father...my father told me when I left that he never wanted to hear from me again.  Thought I was 'abandoning my family duty to go be a glory hound.'  And for a while, I thought he was right.  Pandaemonium changed all that, though..."  Reaching up with his left hand, he placed it on the spot where the anchor had been tattooed on his back.<br/>