Clan Name: The Morbolvine Clan
Families: Original: Molkot + Polaali
Original Location: North Shroud, beyond reachable borders. // Current: Eastern Thanalan near south shroud.
Sexual Mores:
Traditions:
Matriarch Selection:
Matriach selection at times can pass from mother to daughter as long as the first born daughter passes her trials in a timely manner. However any member from her family or the opposing family clan may ask to challenge her legitimacy and take the trials herself. It is then up to the elders of each family to unbiasedly decide who becomes the matriarch in such a situation. They are tested relentlessly on politics, history, clan culture, hunting, land negotiation and other city state law.
Clan Traditions:
Child rearing: In the society of both families it is decided from the beginning of the clans history that the previous matriarchs eldest daughter takes on the responsibility of raising and teaching the next generation’s huntresses and hunters their duties in the clan. Thus the woman responsible for their upbringing is labelled instantly an elder of the clan and offered special privileges only second to to the matriarch. The raiser of children gets her first pick of mates after the matriarch, and unlike others is allowed to solitarily deny another of use of her current partners.
Huntress Trials: At the age of seven, each huntress is asked of them to begin the staging trials that lead to the coming of age ceremony. The first of which requires the young boy or girl to catch with their hands a live mammot. hey must bring this creature back to the matriarch and their ‘rearer’ for assessment; they must also explain methods of capture and their errors so that they learn how to resource their information with siblings.
The first trial is shortly after the child's first name day. it is merely for show and to check for any mental difficulties any hunter or huntress in the clan would have. It is based on merits of intellectual and historic knowledge for knowing the basics of Menphina’s governments. Hand eye coordination and basic plant identification are tested.
The second trial is to begin at the age of 10 to trial the child's readiness for real experience hunting with the huntresses - or real life healing with the healing regiment of the clan. Once each child's capabilities are tested they are sorted into a hunting group with three adults per one child to ensure safety. Healers return to the maternal female for further instructions on their healing lessons.
Tribal Paints: Face markings and paint are given at birth to children who seem to show exceptional talent. The more the talent each child has, the more vibrant the paints become. It is seen as a disgrace to dismiss the offerings bestowed on them by the matriarch. It is harder significantly for a male to earn tribal markings.
Coming of age: Coming of age is a tradition that takes place at the age of 15 in the tribe. A female of such age is then fit for motherhood if in a social position within the tribe to allow her to have a mate. However the trial is difficult and some huntresses do not pass it until they are older. The youngest hunter to have ever passed the mission was Naih’li Molkot, whom passed the trial at the age of 12.
Ceremonies:
OFFERINGS TO MENPHINA: A pilgrimage and ceremonial walk would begin as the clan dazzled themselves up in bright face paints, markings and little attire. Blue and purple lines glew on their skin from an odd residue paint. Each of the eldest daughters from every generation will carry a bowl of water floating lilies, moon flowers and herbal water to the shrine before lighting smoke sticks to pray for the goddess. The matriarch then speaks vocally of the goddesses favor, what the goddess has done for them that year before addressing other gods and goddesses.
Coming of Age Ceremony: once a huntress or hunter has completed the coming of age ceremony they are brought before the clan and held center to the harvests largest game. On the next full moon, beneath the moonlight they are indulged in some of the cities finest luxuries for one night and share wisdom with their elders. On this date they can state the path they wish to follow - if male they are assessed at this gathering and told if they are needed in the clan for political reasons or if they should wander. However on this night the mother of the successful party dresses in the bare minimum, her body painted in vibrant blues and purples. Her daughter or son in White, yellow and crimson. One to represent Menphina the lover, and the other her sister. After this ceremony the child in question is no longer seen as a kit, and is asked to attend adult affairs.
New Era Celebrations: This is the only time the clan as a whole visits a city state. The clan dresses up in the years finest furs and hides to venture into the city. Stocking up on luxuries with the previous years excess surplus. Mostly the woman of the clan end up drunk and many of the nights events are sworn to secrecy.
Menphina’s Son: When a male is born into the clan that week each female must pass on an extra piece of meat down to the boys mother, in offerings for menphina’s blessing.
Families: Original: Molkot + Polaali
Original Location: North Shroud, beyond reachable borders. // Current: Eastern Thanalan near south shroud.
Sexual Mores:
- The clan generally only accepts strong wandering males into their ranks for temporary amounts of time to allow breeding between one to three females from each family - the Polaali or Molkot.
Due to this ruling it is not uncommon for sisters to share a mate.
---- Breeding outside of the race is forbidden - even breeding with Sun Seekers is a punishable offence.
- In dire times of clan unity, one male from either Molkot or Polaali will offer his services to the females of the other family to reunite the families with a one child blood bond. The male selected is generally the most powerful or most witful of the available males.
- Breeding is always option for everyone bar the matriarch. The matriarch must breed to ensure the child rearing in the future is handled smoothly as per tradition.
- Males born of any clan female take their mothers name but are numbered according to thier age. The younger the male the higher the number. Numbers do not indicate how many males one female has produced but the males the clan as a whole has produced over 1-2 generations.
Traditions:
Matriarch Selection:
Matriach selection at times can pass from mother to daughter as long as the first born daughter passes her trials in a timely manner. However any member from her family or the opposing family clan may ask to challenge her legitimacy and take the trials herself. It is then up to the elders of each family to unbiasedly decide who becomes the matriarch in such a situation. They are tested relentlessly on politics, history, clan culture, hunting, land negotiation and other city state law.
Clan Traditions:
Child rearing: In the society of both families it is decided from the beginning of the clans history that the previous matriarchs eldest daughter takes on the responsibility of raising and teaching the next generation’s huntresses and hunters their duties in the clan. Thus the woman responsible for their upbringing is labelled instantly an elder of the clan and offered special privileges only second to to the matriarch. The raiser of children gets her first pick of mates after the matriarch, and unlike others is allowed to solitarily deny another of use of her current partners.
Huntress Trials: At the age of seven, each huntress is asked of them to begin the staging trials that lead to the coming of age ceremony. The first of which requires the young boy or girl to catch with their hands a live mammot. hey must bring this creature back to the matriarch and their ‘rearer’ for assessment; they must also explain methods of capture and their errors so that they learn how to resource their information with siblings.
The first trial is shortly after the child's first name day. it is merely for show and to check for any mental difficulties any hunter or huntress in the clan would have. It is based on merits of intellectual and historic knowledge for knowing the basics of Menphina’s governments. Hand eye coordination and basic plant identification are tested.
The second trial is to begin at the age of 10 to trial the child's readiness for real experience hunting with the huntresses - or real life healing with the healing regiment of the clan. Once each child's capabilities are tested they are sorted into a hunting group with three adults per one child to ensure safety. Healers return to the maternal female for further instructions on their healing lessons.
Tribal Paints: Face markings and paint are given at birth to children who seem to show exceptional talent. The more the talent each child has, the more vibrant the paints become. It is seen as a disgrace to dismiss the offerings bestowed on them by the matriarch. It is harder significantly for a male to earn tribal markings.
Coming of age: Coming of age is a tradition that takes place at the age of 15 in the tribe. A female of such age is then fit for motherhood if in a social position within the tribe to allow her to have a mate. However the trial is difficult and some huntresses do not pass it until they are older. The youngest hunter to have ever passed the mission was Naih’li Molkot, whom passed the trial at the age of 12.
Ceremonies:
OFFERINGS TO MENPHINA: A pilgrimage and ceremonial walk would begin as the clan dazzled themselves up in bright face paints, markings and little attire. Blue and purple lines glew on their skin from an odd residue paint. Each of the eldest daughters from every generation will carry a bowl of water floating lilies, moon flowers and herbal water to the shrine before lighting smoke sticks to pray for the goddess. The matriarch then speaks vocally of the goddesses favor, what the goddess has done for them that year before addressing other gods and goddesses.
Coming of Age Ceremony: once a huntress or hunter has completed the coming of age ceremony they are brought before the clan and held center to the harvests largest game. On the next full moon, beneath the moonlight they are indulged in some of the cities finest luxuries for one night and share wisdom with their elders. On this date they can state the path they wish to follow - if male they are assessed at this gathering and told if they are needed in the clan for political reasons or if they should wander. However on this night the mother of the successful party dresses in the bare minimum, her body painted in vibrant blues and purples. Her daughter or son in White, yellow and crimson. One to represent Menphina the lover, and the other her sister. After this ceremony the child in question is no longer seen as a kit, and is asked to attend adult affairs.
New Era Celebrations: This is the only time the clan as a whole visits a city state. The clan dresses up in the years finest furs and hides to venture into the city. Stocking up on luxuries with the previous years excess surplus. Mostly the woman of the clan end up drunk and many of the nights events are sworn to secrecy.
Menphina’s Son: When a male is born into the clan that week each female must pass on an extra piece of meat down to the boys mother, in offerings for menphina’s blessing.
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