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|house = [[Pirate's Swoop|Pirate's Swoop family]]|godsparents = |knightmaster = [[Raoul of Goldenlake]]<br>{{comment|squire to, starting in 462 [[Human Era|HE]]}}<br>[[Imrah of Legann]]<br>{{comment|page to, 455 [[Human Era|HE]] - 459 [[Human Era|HE]]}}|knighted = |affiliation = [[King's Own]]|combat = [[Scanran War]]|firstappeared = [[Wild Magic]] {{comment|unnamed}}|latestappeared = [[Trickster's Queen]]|lastmentioned = [[Tortall: A Spy's Guide]]}}
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|house = [[Pirate's Swoop|Pirate's Swoop family]]|godsparents = |knightmaster = [[Raoul of Goldenlake]]<br>{{comment|squire to, starting in 462 [[Human Era|HE]]}}<br>[[Imrah of Legann]]<br>{{comment|page to, 458 [[Human Era|HE]] - 462 [[Human Era|HE]]}}|knighted = |affiliation = [[King's Own]]|combat = [[Scanran War]]|firstappeared = [[Wild Magic]] {{comment|unnamed}}|latestappeared = [[Trickster's Queen]]|lastmentioned = [[Tortall: A Spy's Guide]]}}
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'''Alan Cooper of Pirate's Swoop''' was born in 445 [[Human Era|HE]] as the younger son of [[Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau|Alanna the Lioness]] and [[George Cooper|George of Pirate's Swoop]]. He is the twin brother of [[Alianne Crow|Alianne of Pirate's Swoop]], and younger brother of [[Thom of Pirate's Swoop]]. Alan always knows when his sister is frightened or in danger.
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'''Alan Cooper of Pirate's Swoop''' was born in 445 [[Human Era|HE]] as the younger son of [[Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau|Alanna the Lioness]] and [[George Cooper|George of Pirate's Swoop]]. He is the twin brother of [[Alianne Crow|Alianne of Pirate's Swoop]], and younger brother of [[Thom of Pirate's Swoop]]. He also has a much younger [[Daughter of Alanna and George|sister]].
   
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He became a [[Knight of Tortall]] in 466 HE or later.
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He begins his training for [[Knight of Tortall|knighthood]] late. Thus he is already thirteen when he is made a page in 458 HE. After he passes his big examinations at the end of his four-year page term, he becomes the new squire of [[Raoul of Goldenlake|Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak]], one of his mother's old close friends and previously [[Keladry of Mindelan]]'s knightmaster, in 462 HE. He presumably takes his [[Ordeal of Knighthood]] in 466 HE.
  
   
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== Biography ==
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Alan's hair is the same colour as his twin sister's, blond with a touch of red<ref>''Wild Magic'', Cp. 8 (p. 254; Simon Pulse paperback)</ref>.
  
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On April 2, 455 HE, Alan wrote to [[Imrah of Legann|Lord Imrah of Legann]] asking to train as a [[Pages|page]] under him. Pages almost always trained at the palace, but Alan explained that he did not want to learn chivalry from the palace training master [[Wyldon of Cavall]], who was said to hate Alan's mother Alanna the Lioness. Imrah agreed to take him on, and Alan's parents both supported his decision.<ref name=":0">[[Tortall: A Spy's Guide|''Tortall: A Spy's Guide'']], Cooper Family Papers (pp. 250-257; Random House)</ref>
   
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For unknown reasons, Alan did not begin his page training until 458 HE, at the age of thirteen.<ref>''[[Tortall: A Spy's Guide]]'', Official Chronology (pg. 287; Random House)</ref>
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<nowiki> </nowiki>In 461 HE, his sister Aly went missing. Their father George found her several months later, alive and well in the [[Copper Isles]], but could not convince her to come home.
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Alan passed the "big examinations" to graduate from page training in 462 HE. He became the squire of [[Raoul of Goldenlake|Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak]], one of his mother's oldest friends and the previous knight-master of [[Keladry of Mindelan]].<ref>[[Tortall: A Spy's Guide|''Tortall: A Spy's Guide'']], Official Chronology (pg. 292; Random House)</ref>
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<nowiki> </nowiki>In 463 HE, Alan was sent to the Copper Isles to fetch the Tortallan delegation back. He was able to see his sister for the first time in at least two years.
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He later passed his [[Ordeal of Knighthood]], probably in 466 HE.
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== Physical description ==
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Alan's hair was the same colour as his twin sister Aly's: blond with a touch of red.<ref>''[[Wild Magic]]'', Cp. 8 (p. 254; Simon Pulse paperback)</ref>
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== Personality and traits ==
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At ten years old, Alan described himself as "very tidy" and promised to be obedient and hard-working. According to his father George, Alan is shy and uncertain of himself. He is not unintelligent, but doesn't see himself as especially clever or talented. Lord Imrah described him as "lively" and was happy to bring him to Port Legann.<ref name=":0" />
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==Relationships==
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Alan is especially close to his sister Aly and always knows when she is frightened or in danger. When the twins were eight, their older brother Thom described them as "twin pains."<ref>[[Tortall: A Spy's Guide|''Tortall: A Spy's Guide'']], Cooper Family Papers (pg. 235; Random House)</ref>
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As a child, Alan felt overshadowed by both of his siblings. He believed himself to be less clever than them, and was reluctant to put himself in situations where his talents might be compared with theirs.<ref name=":0" />
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His mother Alanna was a little hurt that Alan did not ask her to be his knight-master, but realized that she would probably be too harsh on him and that he might not want to "put up with his grumpy old mother."<ref name=":0" />
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== Family tree ==
 
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Revision as of 17:36, 8 September 2019

Alan Cooper of Pirate's Swoop was born in 445 HE as the younger son of Alanna the Lioness and George of Pirate's Swoop. He is the twin brother of Alianne of Pirate's Swoop, and younger brother of Thom of Pirate's Swoop. He also has a much younger sister.

He became a Knight of Tortall in 466 HE or later.

Biography

On April 2, 455 HE, Alan wrote to Lord Imrah of Legann asking to train as a page under him. Pages almost always trained at the palace, but Alan explained that he did not want to learn chivalry from the palace training master Wyldon of Cavall, who was said to hate Alan's mother Alanna the Lioness. Imrah agreed to take him on, and Alan's parents both supported his decision.[2]

For unknown reasons, Alan did not begin his page training until 458 HE, at the age of thirteen.[3]

In 461 HE, his sister Aly went missing. Their father George found her several months later, alive and well in the Copper Isles, but could not convince her to come home.

Alan passed the "big examinations" to graduate from page training in 462 HE. He became the squire of Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak, one of his mother's oldest friends and the previous knight-master of Keladry of Mindelan.[4]

In 463 HE, Alan was sent to the Copper Isles to fetch the Tortallan delegation back. He was able to see his sister for the first time in at least two years.

He later passed his Ordeal of Knighthood, probably in 466 HE.

Physical description

Alan's hair was the same colour as his twin sister Aly's: blond with a touch of red.[5]

Personality and traits

At ten years old, Alan described himself as "very tidy" and promised to be obedient and hard-working. According to his father George, Alan is shy and uncertain of himself. He is not unintelligent, but doesn't see himself as especially clever or talented. Lord Imrah described him as "lively" and was happy to bring him to Port Legann.[2]

Relationships

Alan is especially close to his sister Aly and always knows when she is frightened or in danger. When the twins were eight, their older brother Thom described them as "twin pains."[6]

As a child, Alan felt overshadowed by both of his siblings. He believed himself to be less clever than them, and was reluctant to put himself in situations where his talents might be compared with theirs.[2]

His mother Alanna was a little hurt that Alan did not ask her to be his knight-master, but realized that she would probably be too harsh on him and that he might not want to "put up with his grumpy old mother."[2]

Family tree

Trebond Family Tree 200s HE

Trebond family in the 200s HE
Trebonds
Trebond man[7]Unnamed womanSee Conté
Lionel of Trebond[8]Conté woman[8]
Trebond man[9][10]Trebonds x?[9][10]

"Original" Trebond Family Tree 400s HE

Original Trebond family in the 400s HE
See TasrideTrebondsSee Olau
Marinie of Tasride[11]Alan of Trebond[12]Myles of Olau[13]See Cooper
Thom of Trebond[12]Alanna of Trebond and Olau[12]George Cooper of Pirate's Swoop[14][13]
See Pirate's Swoop

New Trebond Family Tree

New Trebond family in the 400s HE
Smythessons[15]See Cooper
Coram Smythesson of Trebond[16]Rispah Cooper[16]
Jonthair of Trebond[17]Alinna of Trebond[17]Thomsen of Trebond[17]Mylec of Trebond[17]Daran of Trebond[17]
Liam of Trebond[17]Thayine of Trebond[17]Rose of Trebond[17]Elenna of Trebond[17]Buran of Trebond[17]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Twin brother of Alianne Crow
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tortall: A Spy's Guide, Cooper Family Papers (pp. 250-257; Random House)
  3. ↑ Tortall: A Spy's Guide, Official Chronology (pg. 287; Random House)
  4. ↑ Tortall: A Spy's Guide, Official Chronology (pg. 292; Random House)
  5. ↑ Wild Magic, Cp. 8 (p. 254; Simon Pulse paperback)
  6. ↑ Tortall: A Spy's Guide, Cooper Family Papers (pg. 235; Random House)
  7. ↑ Bloodhound (electronic edition) "Sunday, September 23, 247".
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bloodhound (electronic edition) "Thursday, September 13, 247".
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bloodhound (electronic edition) "Monday, September 24, 247".
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 There is no certain information as to whether the Trebonds of the 400s HE were descended from these people directly or were from a different branch of the family.
  11. ↑ Random Buzz thread as archived at Words of Tamora Pierce "Alanna’s Mother and Connection to Seaver". At the Wayback Machine June 19, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Alanna: The First Adventure (electronic edition) Ch. 1.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Myles was married to Eleni Cooper, George Cooper's mother, but adopted Alanna alone.
  14. ↑ Lioness Rampant (electronic edition) Epilogue.
  15. ↑ Presumed. It was also possible Smythe or Smythes was Coram's father's given name, however this naming convention is never mentioned for native Tortallans, only in similar names from other countries in the Eastern Lands.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Trickster's Choice (electronic edition) Ch. 9.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9 Random Buzz thread as archived at Words of Tamora Pierce "Roger, Contes, Inheritance, and Children". At the Wayback Machine June 18, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2023.

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