<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=130440.msg6242758#msg6242758">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 07-05-2012, 07:51:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">True, but you need either adopt or continue the lineage otherwise. But political marriages also set up long term alliances which last longer than one generation between noble families example. Also it is likely a custom between noble families forge alliances through marriages (the most important kind anyway). Marriage is used in way seal the deal more solid manner than just with piece of paper or words.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>What makes you think the line HASN'T continued?