A '''quadroon''' is a person who has one quarter [[elven]] blood.Eitherthechildofa [[human]] and a [[half-elf]] or of two quadroons. Only the pickiest about race consider them [[non-human]].
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In the world of ''The Witcher'', the term '''quadroon''' refers to a person who has one quarter [[elven]] blood (whose parents are either one [[human]] and one [[half-elf]], or two quadroons). Only the pickiest about race consider them [[non-human]].
*[[Fiona]] (her blood is technically 3/8 elven, but it seems that no 'more accurate' term has been devised...)
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*[[Amavet]] (Seeabove.)
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*[[Amavet]] (see previous item)
*[[Vestibor]]
*[[Vestibor]]
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==Trivia==
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*This term is lifted from actual history, part of a [[wikipedia:hypodescent|hypodescent]] vocabulary developed to distinguish levels of either African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.
Revision as of 02:33, October 21, 2012
In the world of The Witcher, the term quadroon refers to a person who has one quarter elven blood (whose parents are either one human and one half-elf, or two quadroons). Only the pickiest about race consider them non-human.
This term is lifted from actual history, part of a hypodescent vocabulary developed to distinguish levels of either African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.
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