News Clans

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04bfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A N W E T H I A</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A N W E T H I A"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>News Clans</I></div> <bR> <div> Liosliath has five major  <A NAME="clans"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>clans, each of the major clans has holdings (land).The</div> <div> five clans, current Pennaeth’s (clan head),Caer (Castle/Keep), known for are:  </div> <div>   Clan       Pennaeth           Caer     Known for                             </div> <div>   <A HREF="#gulban" TITLE="News Clans">Gulban</A>     Bedwyr Gulban      Righ     smiths,weapons,jewelry,river boats    </div> <div>   <A HREF="#docartaig" TITLE="News Clans">Docartaig</A>  Caitlin Docartaig  Wiell    sailors, bards                        </div> <div>   <A HREF="#duthchas" TITLE="News Clans">Duthchas</A>   Sarai Duthchas     Donn     tapestries, fabrics, blue dye.        </div> <div>   <A HREF="#melaghlin" TITLE="News Clans">Melaghlin</A>  Rian Melaghlin     Pent     healers, herbalists and apothecaries  </div> <div>   <A HREF="#mcdaid" TITLE="News Clans">McDaid</A>     Llewelyn McDaid    Cein     barren lands, horses                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>         Note: The five major clans have control all the land in Liosliath. This</div> <div> was not always the case, in history there were many clans who held land. In    </div> <div> time the strongest of the clans took over the lands of the weaker or the       </div> <div> smaller clans joined up with one of the larger more powerful clans. The smaller</div> <div> clan became part of the major clan. The minor clan head MAY have been left to  </div> <div> take care of what was his/hers lands though those lands would be the           </div> <div> Pennaeths.                                                                    </div> <div>         Note on the roster, the Ducs all are of a minor clan, +info *name will</div> <div> show you something like Clan: Riabhaigh who had joined with clan Docartaig.    </div> <div> What this also allows is players to have their own surname and be part of one  </div> <div> of the major clans.                                                            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                      news names for surname explanations                       </div> <div>                 news <clanname> for specific clan information.                 </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div>                                   NEWS CLANS                                  </div> <bR> <div> Clan Name     <A NAME="gulban"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Gulban                                                            </div> <div> Caer (Keep/Castle)    Caer Righ                                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Holdings    Lands bounded by Naithair Mountains to north (with Garragg on other</div> <div> side of mountain range), Tannis river to east, Melaghins clan holdings to     </div> <div> south and Duthchas clan holdings to west. The southern portion of the holdings </div> <div> wraps under the Duthchas holdings and is bordered to the south by the Melaghlin</div> <div> holdings and to the west by the Iarthar Ocean                                  </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The clan has been mining the Naithair Mountains for generations and are reputed</div> <div> to have master smiths who craft the best weapons in all of Liosliath. The      </div> <div> Tannis River goes underground here, under the Naithair Mountains to north.     </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Members of the Gulban clan have long sought, without success, a means to follow</div> <div> the underground river. Gulban jewelry craftspeople are unsurpassed, pieces     </div> <div> feature gold and gemstones from where the underground river emerges.           </div> <div> Accomplished river boatman, they use the Tannis River as the primary means of  </div> <div> travel southwards the length of Liosliath to Carraig and have a substantial    </div> <div> number of river boats.                                                         </div> <div>                               -  NEWS GULBAN                                  </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Clan Name     <A NAME="docartaig"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Docartaig                                                         </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Caer (Keep/Castle)    Caer Wiell                                               </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Holdings    Southern lands of Liosliath, bounded at north-east by McDaids clan</div> <div> holdings and northwest by Melaghins clan holdings. The eastern shoreline is on</div> <div> the Bay of Lathi, the western on the Iarhtar Ocean. Carraig the port city, on  </div> <div> the eastern coastline just south of where the Tannis River empties into the    </div> <div> eastern ocean, is home to Caer Glas which is the Thane of Liosliaths keep and </div> <div> where the fabled White Tower is. Stanyon Mountains are to the immediate        </div> <div> southwest of Carraig.                                                          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Many of the best sailors have hailed from the Docartaigs. A hamlet in the     </div> <div> northeast corner of the holdings has over the years come to be where bards     </div> <div> meets thrice a year. With the Thanes castle of Caer Glas and the port city of </div> <div> Carraig within the Docartaigs holdings, the Docartaigs have over time taken  </div> <div> more of a direct involvement in the protection of Caer Glas and Carraig.       </div> <div>                                 NEWS DOCARTAIG                                </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Clan Name     <A NAME="duthchas"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Duthchas                                                          </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Caer (Keep/Castle)    Caer Donn                                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Holdings    Lands bounded by Naithair Mountains to north (with Garragg on other</div> <div> side of mountain range), Gulbans clan holdings to east and Iarthar Ocean to   </div> <div> west. Caer Donn keeps vigil over whatever comes through Vik Pass, one of the   </div> <div> two high passes through the Naithair Mountains.                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Of all of Liosliath, the Duthchas clan has had the most exposure to Garragg, as</div> <div> such are very wary of any outsiders. Within the holdings is village where is   </div> <div> practiced a secret technique for making tapestries, featuring a special blue   </div> <div> dye from a plant that grows in the foothills of the Naithair Mountains, the    </div> <div> tapestries and blue fabrics are in demand by all of Liosliath. The White       </div> <div> Company maintains a small fortified tower, Caer Fionn, in the holdings.        </div> <div>                                 NEWS DUTHCHAS                                -</div> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Clan Name     <A NAME="melaghlin"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Melaghlin                                                         </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Caer (Keep/Castle)    Caer Pent                                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Holdings    Lands are bounded by Tannis River to east (McDaid clan holdings are</div> <div> on eastern side of river), Docartaig clan holdings to south, Iarthar Ocean to  </div> <div> the west and Gulban clan holdings to north. The Tannis River plummets in a     </div> <div> waterfall just north of the border of the Docartaig lands. From the Melaghlin  </div> <div> lands side of the falls (McDaid lands are on eastern side of Tannis River)     </div> <div> there is a dangerous ledge trail which disappears behind the thundering waters </div> <div> of the falls. Some say a passageway to the Otherworld is behind the thundering </div> <div> waters.                                                                        </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> The Melaghlin healers are perhaps the best of Liosliath, perhaps attributed to </div> <div> the herbalists and apothecaries who have gone beyond the other clans.          </div> <div>                                 NEWS MELAGHLIN                                </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Clan Name     <A NAME="mcdaid"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>McDaid                                                            </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Caer (Keep/Castle)    Caer Cein                                                </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> Holdings    Lands are bounded by Naithair Mountains to the north, (with Garragg</div> <div> on other side of mountain range). East ocean to east and Docartaig clan        </div> <div> holdings to the south and Tannis River to the west. Gulban holdings and        </div> <div> Melaghlin holdings are on the west side of the Tannis River. Caer Cein         </div> <div> maintains vigil over Piorad Pass, one of the two high passes through the       </div> <div> Naithair Mountains. The eastern point of the holdings where Garragg, Mordant   </div> <div> and Liosliaths borders meet remains barren, mute evidence of the devastation  </div> <div> the mages wrought in circa 1500. Supposedly there are caves and underground    </div> <div> passageways in the barren lands, few travel there.                             </div> <div>                                                                                </div> <div> McDaid mages are often times strongest in wind magics, earth mages are rare.  </div> <div> In the southern area of the McDaid holdings, horses reputed to be the most     </div> <div> superior of all Liosliath are breed and raised.                                </div> <div>                               -  NEWS MCDAID                                  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>