>Just because they _claim_ something, does not =
mean that their claims are historically credible.
Not -historically- credible, but a lot of people in the present day believe in them, and some let it influence how they act.
I happened to visit the area in the Pyrenees where the Cathars had their stronghold shortly after =
'The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail' came out. I found that the French bookshops were full of books on that and similar subjects, and there was a French politician who was attempting to get political advantage from a claim to be the current heir of the Merovingians.
In Glorantha, he'd have been attempting a heroquest to prove that he was indeed the heir. Could he have succeeded?
Andrew Barton
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