(12-04-2013, 04:17 PM)Xha Wrote:(12-04-2013, 02:35 PM)C Wrote: (some stuff)
So addapting this for Keepers "tribe" would become the maternal surname, sept could represent villages or wandering groups, and breeding groups would be all the females who 'share' a male?
So in this case Xha'li Moui would be from the Moui tribe, Coetheras Foothill sept, and one of only 4 in the K'zhuzu breeding group along with, Xha'a, Xha'to, and Xha herself.
I don't think you'd want to adapt this for Keepers. It makes sense for Seekers, since they don't have traditional families and instead have this tripartite division from tribe->sept->breeding group. Keepers, on the other hand, seem to focus solely on their families or breeding groups, and may or may not have tribes. I'd probably argue that you could just say "family" for Keepers.
Which is interesting in and of itself. Now, I don't play a Keeper, so I haven't really read up on Keeper culture the way I've tried to do for Seeker culture, but this Miqo'te naming conventions article has an interesting bit:
Quote:The Keepers of the Moon lead more solitary lives, rarely forming communities of more than two or three families. Therefore, a tribal letter is not assigned to the names.
It doesn't come out and say that they don't have tribes, but at the very least it strongly implies that they either a) don't have tribes or b) their tribes aren't very important to them.
