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Dear Marshall:
I don't have much information on Forres except they are close-mouthed villagers pretty much. Here is some information collected from a site on the internet (Brackets are my additions):
A Royal Burgh since 1140, Forres is one of Scotland's oldest towns, and also one of its most attractive.
It has been claimed that Forres first appears, as Varis, on a map drawn by Ptolemy two thousand years ago. [Varrus was a common name in Sicily (Cicero had a run-in with one Varrus, a Sicilian governor who was apparently corrupt.). The Pharez family throughout history has had various spellings of the name--Varrus was a predominantly Roman spelling of the name. The Legio Ferrata VI had quite a few Varrus' serving. York was their happy hunting ground after Constantine the Great's coronation. As you probably know, the Romans and Constantine became the ruling class of England. If the village of Forres had some agricultural blessing that was highly desirable, a Legio Commandant might be given it as a garrison headquarters).]
Sueno's Stone is a popular landmark (Pictish and Scandinavian). Farris is a name found in Sweden (Svedania or "our Denmark") a lot.
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