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Cracker is the surname of Graham (KQGS) family before he came to Daventry from Llewdor (KQGS), although the surname is usually left off of most documents instead the family usually seems to prefer the use of titles, such as of Daventry, or of Kolyma, or of Llewdor, etc. The Cracker line was a family of nobles, and protectors of crowns.

Background

It is possible that Cracker might have something to do with the place Graham's family originated  from the land of Llewdor (KQGS). Note: Only Graham is confirmed to have been from Llewdor his family itself has been the protectors of crowns of many lands.

It is unclear what the meaning of the surname is or what relevance it has other than being a pun upon Graham's name (perhaps it might have something to do with the fact his great grandfather is a dentist, or something to do with the fact his family are knights, 'cracking' skulls or what not). It's mainly a nod to some details form the original series and classic Sierra (that gave Graham the same surname).

The story goes Graham was from a long line of nobles, his father and grandfather were knights, but not of Daventry, and stories go back further to suggest that his great- grandfather was for some odd reason was a dentist, but his great-great grandfather was a knight as well. Hence his entire family was known for protecting crowns in many lands.

In Daventry Graham is stuck with the subtitle "of Daventry" or "of Llewdor" (or more heroic titles) because locals wouldn't let him get past the first two letters "Cr-".

It would seem that years later when his family was reunited, that  Team Sovereign (Graham's nickname for his family) goes by the name "Graham Family" which suggests Graham as their new 'surname'/'family name' Though this is left of their names instead going for fancy titles, or locational titles.

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Cracker family

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Behind the scenes

Graham's surname being 'Cracker' derives from the original canon from an Easter egg in King's Quest 2, and a reference in Quest For Glory 1. His last name according to the King's Quest II manual, and The King's Quest Companion. The reboot canon makes a reference to it.

According to an older account, several of Graham's relatives have been knights of Daventry, and Graham grew up in Daventry as a child, Graham's father Hereward was a knight and a nobleman, his grandfather (aka Great-Grandfather of Rosella) was a knight (famous for defeating the Dragon of Herenna) and that both were famous knights of Daventry.

According to another account, Graham's family did not stretch back long into the roots of the kingdom (and that he may not have even been a 'noble' either). But regardless may have been distantly related to Edward's royal family. See BB universe.

Cracker is a surname, recorded as Crack, Crake, Crayke, Creyk, Cracker, Craker, and possibly others, this is an English surname which is also associated with Scotland. There are two possible origins. The first is that it is a nickname surname from the word "crayke", meaning a crow or raven, and hence a person with the characteristics of thosebirds, and the second and most likely as shown by the early recordings, that it locational from a village called Crayke in North Yorkshire. This village occupies a prominent and defensible position on a rock rising out of the Plain of York some ten miles north of the city itself. Its importance is shown by its first known recording in the famous Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of the year 685 a.d. The derivation is from the Old British word creic meaning a rock. Like some other predominently Yorkshire surnames, for reasons unknown, many nameholders "emigrated" to Scotland in the Medieval period. Early recordings include Henry de Crake of Dumfriesshire, who rendered homage to the government of Scotland in 1296, Philipus de Crayk in the Poll Tax register of Yorkshire in 1379, and Andrew Craik, who in 1453 witnessd a "letter of sesing of the hold of Dumdurnach" in the records of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff, Scotland. The spellings as Cracker and Craker indicate a person of Crayke. The first recorded spelling of the family name may be that of Ralph de Crake. This was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King Edward 1st (1272 - 1307). Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.[1]

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