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Ventoran storytelling 

Inspiration I dreamt "family tales" was a part of criminal investigations in Ventora. So, if it's a tradition, where did it start? Was it the Montañan efforts to expand into Esharat or take control over the steppe regions? Or the mariners from along the Abayadi coast? I thought it could be a basis for folklore in Ventora.

Basic concept
 * Originally oral tales of mariners and explorers
 * Probably started with nobles for fame, then spread to lessers for adventure
 * Everyone wants to feel good about their lot and their family and everyone likes good stories
 * Perhaps became a shared tradition as bedtime tales for children
 * Part of passing on family history and traditions
 * Some richer folks had storybooks written that helped spread the tradition
 * Part of the basis for why Ventoran family naming includes father's and mother's last names? Due to telling of stories of both family ancestors and that being part of this family unit's tradition
 * Spread by sleepovers or in schools?

Considerations
 * "Family tales" don't really fit the common concept of :
 * The stories aren't necessarily universal; they're generally not like Cinderella, fables like , parables, or s
 * Look at for further development?
 * Might be s?
 * Might be similar to Icelandic s
 * Veracity of family tales in study or analysis of history, particularly how "family tales" may affect the accuracy of history
 * Stories may have a wide variety between them even among direct descendants
 * What role to "family tales" have in modern society?
 * Who started them?
 * I kind of like the idea of Montañan explorer Tercero Padilla Ortiz's expedition with a crew drawn from Abayadi coastal areas that ended up with many settling on the Salian island of Melesa in the late 800s.
 * If coastal folks, might make it a Quattali and/or Divasan tradition? (see Ventora)
 * What to call them?
 * Ventoran tales (cuentos ventoranos) [based on the language rather than any particular ethnic group]
 * ancestor tales (cuentos de antepasados)
 * family tales (cuentos familiares)

Ancillary thoughts Note: "Sala" was derived independently probably from a random name generator. Ventoran storytelling, also known colloquially as family tales (: cuentos familiares), is kind of an oral history/tradition dating from around the 9th century. They often begin with the phrase "the story goes" (va de cuento)
 * Ventoran as the name for the language predates the Kingdom of Ventora (formed in 959); is the language name's etymology similar?
 * Is the duchy of Sala's name derived from "Salia"? Maybe because of "family tales"? Is that where many of Padilla's crew came from? Or is the similarity of names unrelated?

History
Believed to have originated with tales about 9th century explorer Tercero Jerónimo Padilla Ortiz and the adventures of he and his crew in the eastern Abayadi Sea and, eventually Melesa, Salia where some of them settled. Interestingly, Padilla was the 3rd son of the Count of Serat in the of. As the third son, Tercero Padilla was not likely to inherit either the reign over Serat nor the family's maritime business, he set out to make his name in adventuring. Many of his crew were from southern duchies along the Abayadi coast, which led to the telling of the tales being more of a Ventoran tradition than a Montañan one.