The Miskin Legacy - From Misery to Merit? (COMPLETED 10/05/18)

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This is my first ever attempt at a legacy!

Born into nobility, Myron has always lived in the shadow of his older brother, Lord Mostyn. When Mostyn passes away, it makes Myron realise that life is short... and unlike his sibling, he has no legacy to leave behind.

Desperate to escape the gloom, Myron decides to make a new life for himself, and build a legacy that will be passed from generation to generation. As the decades pass, he and his descendants - working in various professions such as art, comedy and many more - will experience love, loss, victory and tragedy... as well as extra-terrestrial encounters, vampires, and experiences on both sides of the law.

Gender Law: Patriarchy (relaxed)
Bloodline Law: Traditional
Heir Law: First Born
Species Law: Tolerant

Miskin Family Tree

Chapter List

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Generation One: Myron - Escaping the Gloom

Prologue:
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one.html

Part One: The House that Myron Built
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part.html

Part Two: First Comes Love...
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part_92.html

Part Three: Bundle of Joy
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part_17.html

Part Four: The Heir and the Spare
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part_19.html

Part Five: Family Reunion
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part_26.html

Part Six: The Forgotten Ones
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part.html

Part Seven: Flying the Nest
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part.html

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Generation Two: Montague - The Mad Comedian

Part One: Wake Up Call
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part.html

Part Two: The Granddaddy of Them All
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part_30.html

Part Three: Monty Makes a Deal
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part_31.html

Part Four: The Wayward Son
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part.html

Part Five: A Heir-y Problem
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part_5.html

Part Six: Mordecai's Mysterious Illness
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-one-part.html

Part Seven: A Father-Son Talk
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part_7.html

Part Eight: Gifts from Above
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-two-part_8.html

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Generation Three: Mordecai - The Free-Spirited Collector

Part One: Loveable, Huggable and Double Trouble
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part.html

Part Two: A Lily in the Garden
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part_18.html

Part Three: Love in Bloom
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part_24.html

Part Four: Entwined Vines
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part_27.html

Part Five: A Double Wreath of Wrath
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part_30.html

Part Six: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part.html

Part Seven: She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-three-part_7.html

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Generation Four: Milo - The Doctor Is In

Part One: Paging Dr. Miskin
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part.html

Part Two: The Costume Party
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part_15.html

Part Three: Full House
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part_23.html

Part Four: Babies Three, A Blessing Be
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part_25.html

Part Five: Friends, Lovers, Sisters, Brothers
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part_28.html

Part Six: Those We Have Loved and Lost
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part.html

Part Seven: Crossing Over
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-four-part_7.html

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Generation Five: Mackenzie - On the Case

Part One: The Sort-of Dynamic Duo
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part.html

Part Two: Investigations & Discoveries
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part_15.html

Part Three: Under Fire
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part_16.html

Part Four: Bedside Manner
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part_18.html

Part Five: Promises and Passion
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part_22.html

Part Six: Mama Tiger, Papa Bear
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part_27.html

Part Seven: Fathers and Sons
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part.html

Part Eight: Maternal Instincts
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-five-part_11.html

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Generation Six: Marcel - All Art Is Immortal

Part One: Rising Up, Standing Down
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part.html

Part Two: Make or Break
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part_24.html

Part Three: Karma Drama
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part_29.html

Part Four: Eight is Enough
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part.html

Part Five: A Tragic Romance
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part.html

Part Six: Looking Back, Moving Forward
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part.html

Part Seven: Heaven and Heirs
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part.html

Part Eight: Prince of the D****ed
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-miskin-legacy-generation-six-part_10.html

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Generation Seven: Mitch - Making That Dough

Part One: The Midas Touch
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part.html

Part Two: Five for Silver, Six for Gold
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part_26.html

Part Three: The Napoleon (and Josephine) of Crime
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part_29.html

Part Four: Marriages, Magpies and Storks
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part.html

Part Five: The Ol' Ball and Chain
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part_3.html

Part Six: Brotherly Love
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part_4.html

Part Seven: A New Normality
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-seven-part_7.html

Interlude - Letters to Mitch

Minerva - Souvenirs of Sixam
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-letters-to-mitch.html

Mo - Sent from the Heavens
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-letters-to-mitch-mo.html

Clyde - A Brother's Gift
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-letters-to-mitch_14.html

Miskin Family - Parties and Payback, Pt. 1
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-letters-to-mitch_18.html

Miskin Family - Parties and Payback, Pt. 2
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-letters-to-mitch_22.html

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Generation Eight: Marlon - News Purveyor, Vampire Slayer

Part One: Hot Chocolate, Children and Coup d'Etats
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part.html

Part Two: Here Comes the Bride
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part.html

Part Three: Intervention with the Vampire
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part_8.html

Part Four: Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled Ways
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part_11.html

Part Five: Crossing the Threshold
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part_15.html

Part Six: A Slayer and a Sacrifice
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part_17.html

Part Seven: Carpe Futurum
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part_22.html

Part Eight: Post-Expedition Exposition
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-eight-part_24.html

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Generation Nine: Max - Woohoo, Pills & Rock 'n' Roll

Part One: A Star is Born
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part.html

Part Two: The PA & The Prima Donna
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part.html
 
Part Three: A Marriage is Like a House
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part_16.html

Part Four: Demons, Drugs and Drink
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part_29.html

Part Five: The Betrayal
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part_31.html

Part Six: Breaking the Strings
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part.html

Part Seven: Making a Comeback
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part_2.html

Part Eight: Keep on Rockin'
http://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-nine-part_7.html

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Generation Ten: Mally - The Cosmic Toybox

Part One: The Bookworm & The Social Butterfly
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part.html

Part Two: Party Animals, Beastly Behaviour
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part.html

Part Three: Promises, Promises
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part.html

Part Four: Jack Out of the Box
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part_16.html

Part Five: When Mally Met...
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part_20.html

Part Six: The Time-Traveller's Girlfriend
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part.html

Part Seven: A Bump in the Space-Time Continuum
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part_19.html

Part Eight: The Last of a Noble Lineage
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part_30.html

Part Nine: Love That Lasts a Thousand Years
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-miskin-legacy-generation-ten-part.html

Finale: The End is Only the Beginning
https://bluessimstories.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/the-miskin-legacy-finale-end-is-only.html

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Updated 17/10/16!

[Whirligig]

Hey bookloverblue! While I would love to read your story, it seems most of the links you've posted are broken. You may want to edit your post to make sure the rest of us can read it.

[bookloverblue]

Hey bookloverblue! While I would love to read your story, it seems most of the links you've posted are broken. You may want to edit your post to make sure the rest of us can read it.

Many thanks, @Whirligig. I've altered the links and hopefully they should work now. My apologies! 

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Updated 19/10/16!

[Whirligig]

Oooh, a historical game! Looks wonderful so far. (One of my favourite TS2 stories from...oh, 6 or 7 years ago now! was Dicreasy's Victorian Legacy. This certainly reminded me of her humble beginnings).

Are you playing this as a challenge, or just for the storytelling opportunities that come with a legacy's multi-generational play? I can't say I've seen Katrina Caliente used as a spouse very often (Nina or, more often, Dina, many times). The children are gorgeous. I did feel for Juliet, but unfortunately for her, such was the way for girls in this time period.

[FrancescaFiori]

Great start! I'm glad you're enjoying playing a legacy because I am really enjoying reading it. I love the backstory, and I love how interesting and gothic Myron's appearance is! Glad both kids got red hair. Perfect!


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[bookloverblue]

Oooh, a historical game! Looks wonderful so far. (One of my favourite TS2 stories from...oh, 6 or 7 years ago now! was Dicreasy's Victorian Legacy. This certainly reminded me of her humble beginnings).

Are you playing this as a challenge, or just for the storytelling opportunities that come with a legacy's multi-generational play? I can't say I've seen Katrina Caliente used as a spouse very often (Nina or, more often, Dina, many times). The children are gorgeous. I did feel for Juliet, but unfortunately for her, such was the way for girls in this time period.

@Whirligig Many thanks for the feedback! I suppose the Miskins are Pseudo-Victorian more than anything. They live in modern times and have adapted to the 21st Century in some ways (hence Myron getting texts and using computers at the library), but retain more traditional family values and an elegant Victorian style. These values work well with the patriarchy law I've chosen for the legacy.

In regards to Katrina as a spouse, I had no idea who she was! I'd assumed she was a descendant of Nina and Dina... got the shock of my life when I found out otherwise!

I'm sort of half-playing it as a challenge, but primarily as a story. I'm more used to non-legacy stories (as in my other work Michael Lee Harker, Intergalactic Sim of Mystery.) I have had to use the Max Needs cheat once (ONLY ONCE!) to basically avoid a total Game Over! I may bend the rules and redesign Lady Amelia's clan, as they have lost their style through the aging process. (Titus with sunglasses - no thanks!). I may also write in a special ending for Juliet.

Thanks again!

[bookloverblue]

Great start! I'm glad you're enjoying playing a legacy because I am really enjoying reading it. I love the backstory, and I love how interesting and gothic Myron's appearance is! Glad both kids got red hair. Perfect!

@FrancescaFiori Many thanks! The Miskins were inspired by the families in the card game Gloom. I also love the works of Charles Addams, Edward Gorey and Tim Burton.

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Laptop is at my partner's house, so it may be a few days before another update!

[bookloverblue]

Updated 26/10/16!

[Whirligig]

Ooh, it seems like Katrina's past will be catching up with her. Scandal and intrigue for sure!

[bookloverblue]

Ooh, it seems like Katrina's past will be catching up with her. Scandal and intrigue for sure!

Hee hee! Let's wait and see!

[FrancescaFiori]

Wow. Juliet aged up beautifully. I love her dress, too.

Very excited to hear about Katrina's juicy past, and how it will affect things going forward!

[bookloverblue]

Updated 09/11/16!