#determan

General History - Determan Family

Frisk’s grandfather, Everitt Determan, is the eldest of four children born to religious leaders in the small town of Ebott City. The two middle kids were girls and the youngest was a boy that left as soon as he was able; he went no contact and nobody really knows where he is or what he’s doing, generally pretending that he never existed or died when he left, if they talk about him at all. They lived on a fairly large property in a small house near the church building they taught at and retired almost in their 70s in 1994, leaving everything to Everitt as the oldest and (effectively) the only male heir. At 46 years old, Everitt (and more importantly his 38 year old wife, Linda) didn’t really want to move back to the small town, and neither were really very religious anyways, so he was convinced by his wife decided to remodel/renovate the church into something of a family retreat instead.

Over the years since, the small house was converted to a bar and two other buildings were built; one to house visiting families and tons of storage, the other a large garage with an apartment above it. It became something of a tradition for someone (usually young and single) to stay at the property to maintain it so everyone else could come and go as they pleased without hiring an actual groundskeeper, and eldest grandchild Merriweather is the current caretaker, staying rent free while taking online college courses.

Frisk had only been living with her for like three months before falling into the Underground; they spent the first five years with Aunt Alison, then almost three years with Aunt Annabelle, about a year with Uncle Oliver, and only a few months each with Uncle Jude, Aunt Charlette, Uncle Cyrus, and eventually Cousin Merriweather. Frisk was mostly fine with Aunt Alison, but didn't take the change well when he was sent to Annabelle, and it just kept getting worse from there.

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Random Notes

I used a random number generator to give everyone a primary and secondary soul trait that I could base their personalities off of, just to make sure even those with the same primary trait felt unique.

Counting each primary and secondary as its own point, I ended up with a relatively even spread of colors, though somehow Cyan ended up being by far the most common at 16, followed closely by Yellow with 15, then Green at 14. Purple, Blue, and Red were all tied at 11, and Orange had the least with 10.

Only counting primary traits, Yellow had the most with 10, Cyan and Purple tied for second at 9, Green had 6 and Orange had 5, and trailing behind were Blue with 3 and Red with 2. I just thought the distribution was really interesting and thought I’d share.

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Even though Linda's family disowned her for getting pregnant out of wedlock, both families had a tradition of using what we might call “old timey” names, so that’s generally what I used as a guide, though there are a few exceptions.

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Determan sounds like “determine” but is also a real last name, of Germanic/Dutch origin that technically means "Son of Detmar", and is related to other real names like Dieter (Army of the People) and Dietrich (Ruler of the People).

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I have everyone's sex marked here, as gender is more unique and personal. That, and other nuanced identities like sexuality, will probably only be detailed if/when they get a profile, otherwise they aren't really important enough to the story to worry about too much.

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Family Lists, as of 2015

Grandpa Everitt Determan (67m, Green/Yellow) and Grandma Linda Determan, the family Matriarch (59f, Purple/Red)

In 1974, 26 year old Everitt got 18 year old Linda Miller pregnant at a New Year’s party and they were pressured into marriage as soon as she graduated High School, so the child wouldn’t be born out of wedlock. In his defense, Everitt didn’t realize how young Linda was at the time, since it was a college party and she really shouldn’t have been there, though Everitt was also the oldest attendee, most being 20-24. She was disowned by her family and, while she started as a submissive house wife, Linda slowly manipulated her way into being the family Matriarch, and even Everitt wouldn’t dare defy her anymore.

Their kids:

Alison Moore (41f, Green/Cyan)

Oliver Determan (40m, Yellow/Green)

Jude Determan (38m, Cyan/Blue)

Franklin Determan (37m, Purple/Red)

Clementine Determan (35f, Green Pure)

Annabelle (32f, Orange/Yellow)

Charlette (30f, Purple/Red)

Cyrus Determan (29m, Green/Cyan)

Eleanor Determan (25f, Orange/Red)

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Alison married Michael Moore and they had five kids. Michael cheated about five years ago and they divorced shortly thereafter. Michael has limited contact with his kids, as they are slowly trying to forgive him for hurting their mom, but not much contact with the rest of the family. Alison was super parentified growing up and had Frisk first and longest, but was unable to keep up with them while dealing with the divorce.

Their kids:

Merriweather Moore (23f, Cyan/Green)

Theodore Moore (22m, Cyan/Blue)

Eloise Moore (20f, Purple/Red)

Atticus Moore (19m, Cyan/Blue)

Felix (18m, Orange/Red)

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Oliver married Elizabeth White and had four kids. Oliver is the Golden Child but still managed to be the most put-together of the Determan kids. He hates that he’s very obviously his mom’s favorite and has done everything he could to make things balanced and even.

Their kids:

Hugo Determan (16m, Purple/Blue)

Oscar Determan (15m, Cyan/Green)

Ophelia Determan (12f, Purple/Blue)

Iris Determan (11f, Yellow Pure)

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Jude married Christine Walker and had five kids.

Their kids:

Violet Determan (18f, Blue Cyan)

Matilda Determan (17f, Cyan/Green)

Cora Determan (16f, Green/Cyan)

Josephine Determan (15f, Cyan/Blue)

Ezra Determan (14m, Cyan Pure)

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Franklin married Rebecca Hill and had four kids before his wife left him. He has limited contact with his kids and is the reason Frisk refused to accept the nickname “Frank”, since Franklin is kind of an asshole.

Their kids:

Augustine Determan (17m, Yellow/Orange)

Otis Determan (15m, Cyan Pure)

Vivian Determan (14f, Yellow Pure)

Amelia Determan (10f, Orange/Yellow)

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Clementine was the Scapegoat until she left at 18 and never looked back. She was, and still is (as far as they know), very single and has no intention of having kids. She exists, and might be mentioned, but she will (probably) not appear herself.

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Annabelle married Jacob Daniels and had six kids. She took in Frisk after Alison, as her kids were closer to their age, but had to leave again when Jacob died in an accident three years ago.

Their Kids:

Lewis Daniels (14m, Orange Pure)

Cecilia Daniels (13f, Green/Cyan)

Tobias Daniels (12m, Red Pure)

Twins Maisie Daniels (11f, Blue/Purple) and Arthur Daniels (11m, Yellow/Orange)

Nathaniel Daniels (7m, Yellow/Green)

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Charlette married Carl Ward and had three kids.

Their kids:

Caleb Ward (10m, Purple/Blue)

Cordelia Ward (7f, Yellow/Green)

Clarabella Ward (6f, Purple/Red)

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Cyrus married Karen Myers and had 5 kids. Karen is a sweetheart and hates the “Karen” memes.

Their kids:

Jasper Determan (9m, Purple Pure)

Archer Determan (8m, Blue Pure)

Elias Determan (7m, Orange/Yellow)

Isacc Determan (m5, Yellow/Orange)

Adelaide Determan (3f, Yellow/Green)

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Eleanor got pregnant with Frisk at 15, the father left during the pregnancy, and Eleanor barely held it together long enough for Frisk to be born, immediately giving them up before spiraling into drugs, falling in with a bad crowd, did some crime, and was tried as an adult because she just turned 18. She is currently in prison and likely to remain there for a few more years. (10 year sentence?)

Her kid:

Francis Determan (10m, Red Pure)

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Timeline

1948 - Everitt Determan was born.

1956 - Linda Miller was born.

1974 - Everitt and Linda get married. Linda’s parents disown her. Alison was born to Linda and Everitt.

1975 - Oliver was born to Linda and Everitt.

1977 - Jude was born to Linda and Everitt.

1978 - Franklin is born to Linda and Everitt.

1980 - Clemintine was born to Linda and Everitt.

1983 - Annabelle was born to Linda and Everitt.

1985 - Charlette was born to Linda and Everitt.

1986 - Cyrus was born to Linda and Everitt.

1990 - Eleanore was born to Linda and Everitt.

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1992 - Merriweather was born to Alison.

1993 - Theodore was born to Alison.

1994 - Everitt’s parents retire in their late 60s. Everitt begins renovating the church.

1995 - Eloise was born to Alison.

1996 - Atticus was born to Alison.

1997 - Felix was born to Alison. Violet was born to Jude.

1998 - Matilda was born to Jude. Augustine was born to Franklin. Clemintine moved out at 18 and went No Contact.

1999 - Hugo was born to Oliver. Cora was born to Jude.

2000 - Oscar was born to Oliver. Josephine was born to Jude. Otis was born to Franklin.

2001 - Ezra was born to Jude. Vivian was born to Franklin. Lewis was born to Annabelle.

2002 - Cecilia was born to Annabelle.

2003 - Ophelia was born to Oliver. Tobias was born to Annabelle.

2004 - Iris was born to Oliver. Maisie and Arthur were born to Annabelle.

2005 - Amelia was born to Franklin. Caleb was born to Charlette. Francis (Frisk) was born to Eleanore. Frisk is taken care of by Grandma Linda for a few months until it became obvious Eleanore wasn’t going to step up and Linda was almost 50, too old to take care of a baby. Alison took Frisk in.

2006 - Jasper was born to Cyrus. Franklin’s wife divorced him.

2007 - Archer was born to Cyrus.

2008 - Nathaniel was born to Annabelle. Cordelia was born to Charlette. Elias was born to Cyrus. Eleanore does something and is tried as an adult since she just turned 18. She is given a 10 year sentence.

2009 - Clarabella was born to Charlette.

2010 - Isaac was born to Cyrus. Alison discovered her husband was cheating and divorced him. Frisk (5) is sent to Annabelle while Alison figures her own shit out.

2011 - Frisk (6) doesn’t take the change well and starts acting out.

2012 - Adelaide was born to Cyrus. Anabelle’s husband died and Frisk (7) is sent to Oliver.

2013 - Frisk (8) had begun really acting out and is sent to Jude.

2014 - Frisk (9) is sent to Charlette, since her kids are around Frisk’s age. This doesn’t work, and Frisk is only with Cyrus for a few months before being shoved onto oldest grandchild Merriwheather.