Quote Originally Posted by Velox View Post
I wonder if Ferne borrowed the name from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. One line is, "To ferne halwes, kowethe in sondry londes" where 'ferne halwes' means 'distant shrines.'

You can read the whole prologue at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sourc...olog-para.html
Based on his response to this way back in the 1.0 forums, I'm gonna say yes. . .