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With The White Vault: Goshawk (season two) introducing so many new players, and Dís & Tryggvi being key characters, the Families are center stage. Sidja Group is where it all started... back with Jónas in season one all those years ago. Please enjoy this carefully cultivated Family Tree for the Sidja Group.

One thing you may note is the lack of last names, as is noted by the use of the (normally) patronymic naming system in Iceland.

Text present at bottom of infographic reads as such:

Sidja Grúp’s family is Icelandic, but their site is in Svalbard, Norway. Their family has been charged with the site since before the settlement of Iceland.

True Daughters can pass on their Luck to their biological children. True Sons have Luck but cannot pass it on.

Siblings are shown in descending age order from left to right.

Iceland uses the patronymic naming system, but as matrilineal knowledge is more important for the family to maintain control over their ‘Luck’, they have been using matronymic last names for several generations.

We hope this is an entertaining bit of information on the world of The White Vault.Cheers,-Kaitlin

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Sinéad Taylor

Thank you for this! I’ve been re-listening and trying to figure out where everyone sits

Brad Freeman

This is so helpful! Any chance a poster version would be available as merch?

Gauge Simmons

Oh yay! I just started a re-listen last night!!! I love this series so much. It holds a special place in my heart. I’m wanting to get a tattoo for it (suggestions are welcome!) Listening to it again, I feel so bad for Jonás.

Cardinalmos

You've actually done it! Insane, thank you SO MUCH

Gauge Simmons

As a father, him planning his daughter’s birthday parties with every recording is just world shattering.

Ruby Swinfen-Green

Mind readers! I was literally thinking to myself after listening to the recent goshawk episode how a family tree would be super helpful to unpack all the dramas unfolding 😂 thanks, both!

Milestone

This is fantastic. Thanks!

Spooky Dandy

Honestly, every scene featuring these characters made me long for a map like this. Thank you so much!

Erin

Yesss! Thank you so much for this!

kay (tothewin)

This is so useful and so well designed and layed out, way better than my scribbled notes! Thank you for this!!

punk’n

This…must have been SO fun to make! Whew!

Arline Babka

I have to echo the previous comments. Thank you, this is beautiful and helpful ❣️

Rue de Day

Very cool. Thank you!

Fool & Scholar Productions

Hey Keith, we're not accepting story suggestions. Kaitlin has enough ideas that will keep us busy for the next 3-5 years already... That we're aware of.

Keith Conlon

Dear Fool & Scholar Productions, I understand that you are not currently accepting story suggestions, as Kaitlin has enough ideas to keep you busy for the next 3-5 years. However, I am curious if there will ever be more in-depth, extremely detailed descriptions of characters' external appearances in your stories. For instance, considering how factors like sun exposure can accelerate collagen breakdown, leading to premature wrinkles and age spots, or how smoking restricts blood flow and introduces free radicals that damage skin. Additionally, lifestyle choices such as poor diet and dehydration can weaken skin elasticity, while antioxidant-rich nutrition and hydration help preserve a youthful appearance. Exercise enhances circulation, supporting skin health, while sleep deprivation and stress impair skin regeneration, exacerbating aging effects. Specific concerns include facial wrinkles from repeated expressions, breast and chest wrinkles due to collagen loss, waist and stomach changes from fat redistribution and muscle loss, and aging of hands and feet from daily wear and sun exposure. Prevention strategies such as daily SPF 30+ sunscreen, a nutritious diet, proper hydration, moisturization, quitting smoking, and regular exercise can help slow aging and maintain healthier skin. There are also various scales to describe the progression of aging. The Glogau Wrinkle Scale, for instance, provides a structured way to describe facial aging, from the earliest fine lines to deep, static wrinkles. Then there’s the Fabi-Bolton Chest & Breast Wrinkle Scale, which details the progression from smooth, taut skin to significant crepiness and loss of elasticity. The Ptosis Scale maps out different stages of breast sagging, just as the Grading Abdominal Panniculus does for abdominal skin laxity. Beyond that, there are scales for crepey skin, hair greying, and hair loss—each reflecting a different facet of the aging process. The Ludwig Scale for female hair thinning, for example, or the Norwood-Hamilton Scale for male pattern baldness, adds another layer of nuance. Even nail and foot skin aging contribute to the picture, from changes in texture and color to the formation of calluses and loss of elasticity. Hand aging is another important aspect, shaped by sun exposure, genetics, and lifestyle. Vascularity, pigmentation changes, and wrinkles all tell a story of years lived. It’s interesting to note that most of these grading systems seem to stop at the 60s, as if aging beyond that is uncharted territory. However, there are individuals in their 70s, 80s, 90s, and even past 100—so why shouldn’t those stages be explored in detail as well? In addition to creases that could crop up: Forehead lines: run horizontally across the top of the T-zone Worry lines: create an “eleven” between the brows Bunnies: etch the bridge of the nose horizontally between the eyes Crow’s feet: radiate from the outer corners of the eyes Laugh lines: also called nasolabial folds, create parentheses around the upper lip Lip lines: form vertical hatches around the perimeter of the mouth Marionette lines: frame the chin vertically, and as the cheeks droop, jowl wrinkles form The folds or furrows that might adorn our faces fall into two categories: dynamic and static. Dynamic wrinkles develop from repeated facial movements. For example, if you pucker your lips around a straw frequently, you might get lip lines. Static wrinkles result from a loss of elasticity and the influence of gravity. Wrinkles that come with jowls are static. Dynamic wrinkles can become static wrinkles over time. Fine smile lines can morph into more prominent nasolabial folds when our cheeks lose plumpness and experience a slight descent in middle age. Considering these aspects, I wonder if incorporating such detailed descriptions could assist listeners in having an even more immersive experience in the progressive, gradual accumulation of changes over time in stories and series that have multigenerational sagas. Along the lines of your usual sci-fi horror dramatized audio podcast series, there is the "Age Without Youth" trope (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AgeWithoutYouth), where someone wishes to be immortal but continues aging without dying. This is exemplified by the Greek myth of Tithonus, whose lover, the dawn goddess Eos, asked Zeus for immortality for him but forgot to ask for eternal youth. As a result, Tithonus eventually ended up an immobile old man, living forever but desiring death. Similarly, the "Rapid Aging" trope (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RapidAging) involves a character undergoing aging more quickly than normal, occurring anywhere from a matter of seconds to weeks. This can result from using questionable means to preserve youth or from an encounter with a dark force that causes immediate aging and deterioration, usually resulting in death soon after. Both of these tropes align with the basic ideas of Fool & Scholar Productions' usual dramatized audio sci-fi horror podcast series. I am curious if there will be more in-depth, extremely detailed descriptions of characters' external appearances, incorporating aspects of these tropes, to enhance the immersive experience for listeners. Thank you for considering my inquiry. Sincerely, [Keith Conlon] I am basically asking this because of the progressive gradual accumulative year by year decade by decade generation (15-20 something years) by generation(15-20 something years) century by century multigenerational saga component of some of the individual series such as the White Vault and the Liberty Tales of the Tower.

C.J. Smith

His story was always so sad, but I recently relistened and I'm a mom now. Oooof, I just kept imagining how my girl would feel to suddenly lose her dad.

QueenCam

This is AMAZING 🤩 THANK YOU 💫🔥

Gauge Simmons

Oh yes. I think about my boys the entire time and it just crushes me. He loved his daughters so much.

Keith Conlon

Because of https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/1f5zvx9/how_does_the_doctor_defeat_his_enemies/ I think that the Doctor would be disagreeing even against the viewpoint portrayed in The White Vault series. The Doctor, who thrives on asking questions and uncovering hidden truths, would never accept the notion that it's best not to ask questions or to avoid attempting to figure things out. The Doctor's entire existence revolves around unraveling mysteries, piecing together complex puzzles, and facing the unknown head-on, no matter how terrifying or incomprehensible it may seem. They don’t shy away from cosmic horrors or eldritch phenomena—they confront them, analyze them, and, more often than not, outwit them. Whether it’s exploiting the Silence’s power of suggestion, manipulating time to delay death, or even using their regeneration energy as a weapon in desperate situations, the Doctor thrives on the pursuit of understanding. Their intellectual superiority and problem-solving prowess often enable them to devise ingenious solutions, even in the face of overwhelming odds. In contrast, The White Vault emphasizes a worldview where ignorance is safety, where delving too deeply into the unknown leads to madness and death. The series suggests that sometimes it’s better not to explore, not to understand, and not to seek answers—an approach that runs completely counter to the Doctor's core philosophy. The Doctor would see such a perspective as dangerous and stifling, a refusal to confront the truth, regardless of the consequences. To the Doctor, standing idle in the face of the unknown is a betrayal of the very essence of being alive. Their faith in humanity and the resilience of those around them fuels their desire to confront danger and inspire others to do the same. They believe that knowledge, even when it’s terrifying, is a weapon that can be wielded to protect and liberate. The Doctor trusts in the strength and ingenuity of their companions, empowering them to ask difficult questions and challenge the status quo. The notion that some truths should remain buried or that ignorance is a form of protection would be anathema to the Doctor. The Doctor doesn’t run from the unknown—they run toward it. Whether it's tricking the Weeping Angels, using Venusian Aikido in combat, or leveraging the TARDIS to manipulate time, the Doctor’s methods are rooted in an insatiable drive to understand, adapt, and ultimately outsmart their enemies. Even when the odds seem insurmountable, the Doctor would never advocate for silence or ignorance as a means of survival. Where The White Vault suggests that knowledge can be too dangerous to pursue, the Doctor would argue that the danger lies not in asking questions, but in refusing to seek answers. For the Doctor, to stop asking questions is to surrender to fear, and that’s a fate far worse than any cosmic terror lurking beyond the veil.