Shuf’s Lineage

Shuf’s Lineage is recalled in connection with the ivy-snarled ruin of Shuf’s Dowment on the grounds near the Concent of Saunt Edhar. It is described as having erected a low stone wall—later overgrown—that bounded the coppice and made those who crossed it feel like trespassers. Over time the lineage was “broken,” and the wall was left to decay under vines and the work of ants.

First Appearance and Context

Shuf’s Lineage is first noted in the area of the page-tree coppice between the Decade Gate and the Century Gate, within sight of the ruin called Shuf’s Dowment. The narrator remarks on climbing down from the trees, crossing what seemed a hedge but proved to be a stone wall that once marked a boundary attributed to this lineage.

Roles, Actions, and Affiliations

• Built or maintained a boundary wall around the coppice, apparently to induce a sense of trespass in those who crossed it.
• The lineage was eventually “broken” by people on the far side of that wall; afterward, the wall’s removal was neglected and nature reclaimed it.
• In the absence of objections, the Reformed Old Faanians later adopted the site as a quiet retreat and gradually made themselves more comfortable there.

Relationships

• Shuf’s Dowment: the associated site whose remaining structures and grounds are linked to the lineage’s history.
• Concent of Saunt Edhar: broader setting in which the lineage and its site are situated.
• Reformed Old Faanians: later users of the grounds after the lineage was broken.

Descriptions and Characteristics

No doctrines or members are described. The only concrete attributes are the boundary-making behavior (the stone wall) and its social effect: heightening a sense of trespass in those who crossed it.

Current Status and Location

The lineage is described as broken. Its former grounds around Shuf’s Dowment persist as a ruin; the area has been informally used as a retreat by the Reformed Old Faanians without recorded objection.