Name: Mistdancer Clan.
Families: Katti, Alnah, and Renalah.
Location: Just north of Rootslake, uncomfortably close to Amdapor Keep.
Sexual Mores: All three families share males with other clans, however contact reduction over the past several years has made this harder. Mates are taken voluntarily and are typically kept for life and multiple mates are semi-common.
Both parents help raise the young and often the different families all help watch after and teach the growing young ones to help them find their star-charted place.
The clan once looked down upon homosexuality and considered it childish foolishness, however their incident with the new Renalah family Matron Merri has began to soften their views; Family is family and everyone is to be valued and loved, regardless of what gender they take as a mate.
Traditions: The Clan Matriarch is chosen from among the three Matron via a nighttime ritual making use of the positions of the stars in relation to the moon, each family has claim to one of three stars which move about the area of the moon and are told apart by their color. The Clan Matriarch typically leads as a guide, with the other two Matrons acting as advisers.
When of age, each member of the clan is given a star reading by an astrologer of the Katti family which helps give them insight into their destined path, this insight is to be taken however the new adult wishes. Males tend to work closer to home and act as child-rearers, handymen and crafters while females can be anything they desire. Males have been in other roles in the past however this isn't a constant.
As mentioned before, the Mistdancer Clan uses a form of astrology in making decisions and telling the passage of time. This art is kept by the Katti family. Clan history is kept alive by the Renalah family, however with a near vanished population this role might be taken up by another family. Also all Clan hunting and combat methods are cultivated and perfected by the Alnah family.
Families Explored: The Alnah are known for being more feral than the Katti and Renalah families. They have helped gotten the Mistdance Clan in trouble with the authorities on more than one occasion. They are rowdy and blunt in their humor and they aren't afraid to stick an arrow into the group right in front of someone to scare them. The Alnah family is the more combat-oriented of the three families. Due to Calamity and discontent, about a quarter of the Alnah family left to join the Coeurlclaw Poachers.
The Katti are the more reserved and mystic of the three families and the clan's current Matriarch, Zena, is of the Katti clan. The Katti watch the stars and speak to the land more than the other two families and are much more thoughtful in their actions. The Katti have stuck to tradition more so than many families have and have even began writing records of their dwindling culture before it vanishes.
The Renalah family was kind and hardworking and were knowledgeable of hunting and herbology. They were skilled in crafts and merriment, although not in the disregarding fashion of the Alnah. Prior to being wiped out in the Calamity the Renalah family were in charge of clan festivals and aiding in keeping tradition alive via song and dance. A few may have also been taken by the Coeurlclaw Poachers.
Families: Katti, Alnah, and Renalah.
Location: Just north of Rootslake, uncomfortably close to Amdapor Keep.
Sexual Mores: All three families share males with other clans, however contact reduction over the past several years has made this harder. Mates are taken voluntarily and are typically kept for life and multiple mates are semi-common.
Both parents help raise the young and often the different families all help watch after and teach the growing young ones to help them find their star-charted place.
The clan once looked down upon homosexuality and considered it childish foolishness, however their incident with the new Renalah family Matron Merri has began to soften their views; Family is family and everyone is to be valued and loved, regardless of what gender they take as a mate.
Traditions: The Clan Matriarch is chosen from among the three Matron via a nighttime ritual making use of the positions of the stars in relation to the moon, each family has claim to one of three stars which move about the area of the moon and are told apart by their color. The Clan Matriarch typically leads as a guide, with the other two Matrons acting as advisers.
When of age, each member of the clan is given a star reading by an astrologer of the Katti family which helps give them insight into their destined path, this insight is to be taken however the new adult wishes. Males tend to work closer to home and act as child-rearers, handymen and crafters while females can be anything they desire. Males have been in other roles in the past however this isn't a constant.
As mentioned before, the Mistdancer Clan uses a form of astrology in making decisions and telling the passage of time. This art is kept by the Katti family. Clan history is kept alive by the Renalah family, however with a near vanished population this role might be taken up by another family. Also all Clan hunting and combat methods are cultivated and perfected by the Alnah family.
Families Explored: The Alnah are known for being more feral than the Katti and Renalah families. They have helped gotten the Mistdance Clan in trouble with the authorities on more than one occasion. They are rowdy and blunt in their humor and they aren't afraid to stick an arrow into the group right in front of someone to scare them. The Alnah family is the more combat-oriented of the three families. Due to Calamity and discontent, about a quarter of the Alnah family left to join the Coeurlclaw Poachers.
The Katti are the more reserved and mystic of the three families and the clan's current Matriarch, Zena, is of the Katti clan. The Katti watch the stars and speak to the land more than the other two families and are much more thoughtful in their actions. The Katti have stuck to tradition more so than many families have and have even began writing records of their dwindling culture before it vanishes.
The Renalah family was kind and hardworking and were knowledgeable of hunting and herbology. They were skilled in crafts and merriment, although not in the disregarding fashion of the Alnah. Prior to being wiped out in the Calamity the Renalah family were in charge of clan festivals and aiding in keeping tradition alive via song and dance. A few may have also been taken by the Coeurlclaw Poachers.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Valthoran Windwyrd / Aurelia Domna / Merri Renalah / Haihane Shiranui / Byron Mercer / Ansathota Nortisilwyn
Valthoran Windwyrd / Aurelia Domna / Merri Renalah / Haihane Shiranui / Byron Mercer / Ansathota Nortisilwyn
