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| - Julia Renalda-Jen was the daughter of Julia Yeyezue /HOO-lee-ah YEH-yǝ-zoo/ and Feramr Berijit /fǝ-RAH-mer bǝ-RI-jit/. Yeyezue was a professor of philosophy at Wesashiten University on Istedden, a post he had served since a young man. He commanded some respect among the learned, but was unable to advance far due to prejudice against his Yeirøpi heritage. When he was passed over for chair of the department, he resigned, and quit Istedden altogether. Yeyezue booked passage on a freighter bound for Sun Wukong, and there fell in with a company of expatriates that collected around the local church (before 100, the church on Sun Wukong was dominated by Edenic priests, and so was a frequent gathering place for Edenic travelers. One of these, was Feramr Bereis, son of the famous diplomat Feramr Qon. Yeyezue and Bereis became friends, and Bereis persuaded his father to recommend Yeyezue to the faculty of the Mue Dai as Professor of Edenic. Bereis's younger sister, one Berijit, was kept at home by her protective father, but the one liberty she had secured for herself was to attend classes at the Mue Dai. Since she did not speak Mishese, the only class she could take was Edenic Literature. Yeyezue took an interest in the attractive Berijit, an association that Bereis at first encouraged. Later, however, he heard rumors that Yeyezue had enjoyed "study sessions" with a number of his female students, and tried to break off the relationship. Alas, he was too late. Berijit was pregnant. Bereis flew into a fury, confronted Yeyezue, and demanded he marry her. Yeyezue agreed. The two were married the next day, and the day after Yeyezue was gone. What became of Yeyezue is not generally agreed. The Feramrs, and Dr. Julia herself, maintain that Yeyezue jumped aboard a freighter, as he had done when disappointed before. Certainly witnesses to events believed that Yeyezue agreed to the marriage out of fear of Bereis. However, a rumor persisted that the young professor was murdered. No ship leaving Sun Wukong bore a passenger of his name, which was evidence enough for some. Though an official investigation, requested by Feramr Qon and conducted by Sun Wukong authorities, cleared him of any wrongdoing, the rumors spelled the end of Mr. Feramr's illustrious career. Two individuals with Edenic names left Sun Wukong within a month of Yeyezue's disappearance, and it is entirely probable that the professor used an alias on the passenger manifest, to escape the enraged Bereis. One of these went to Istedden. The other gives that most common of all Edenic names, Semithe Qeyems. This Semithe Qeyems went to Ummajadid, and the following year the International School of Ummajadid hired a professor of philosophy named Garsia Arenesto, a Yeirøpi. Garsia died four years later, and by Ummajadid law his remains may not be disturbed, so it is impossible to confirm whether he was Julia Yeyezue. The evidence suggests it is unlikely. Garsia was described as reclusive and discrete, adjectives never used for the garulous Yeyezue, and it is unlikely that the pale-skinned, broad-faced Yeyezu would have managed to transform himself into the thin, dark-skinned Garsia. Berejit, however, was convinced that her husband had returned to Istedden. She maintained that Yeyezue truly loved her, but had been frightened away by her brother. With her father's reputation suffering from accusations of murder, she realized that she could save her father by finding and reuniting with her husband. She was unable to gain the list of names from passenger manifests, so, in 90, six months pregnant, she left home, bound for Istedden. What happened to Berejit on her search for Yeyezue is not known. She visited Wesashiten University in 90. She received a citation in 91 on Eyipril, for creating a disturbance in a sacred place. Also in 92 there is a medical record of treatment for a sprained ankle for a woman of her name on Ragny. She cannot be more definitely place until 95, when she is on Saint Vengeance, but in 91 a freighter bound for Ummajadid lists a record of "born en route: one girl, named Julia Renalda-Jen, to passenger Feramr Berejit, live."
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