After the Clan invasion was stopped on Tukayyid, Aidan Pryde of Clan Jade Falcon was dead. Surely he was not the only Pryde who would have died, but if you were in line to get a Pryde Bloodname would you rather go for Aidan's lineage (the hero of the campaign, who fought against the odds to become a warrior, win his Bloodname, restore the honor of the Falcon Guards, who incidentally nicknamed themselves Pryde's Pride & guarded the withdrawal of the Clan, protecting its rear, which also granted him lines in the Remembrance) or some random guy named Ralph?
It is the prestige, the honor, the glory attached to a specific Bloodline that is sought after.
To give another example, the Jorgensson Bloodname is a popular Mechwarrior phenotype in Clan Ghost Bear. It is an honor for a warrior of Clan Ghost Bear to win the Jorgensson Bloodname but there was another Jorgensson line that is quite dishonorable; the line of Clan Widowmaker. Normally when one clan absorbs another, Bloodnames are included, but after the unspeakable, despicable act by the holder of the Bloodname at the time there was no chance of that.
Edited by Jaroth Winson, 19 January 2012 - 04:38 AM.