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Orlanthi Clan territory

Posted on November 2, 2023

The average Orlanthi clan in Dragon Pass or Heortland claims about 55 square km of territory. That may sound like a lot, but even my little city of Fort Collins could have…

Orlanthi tribal kings

Posted on June 23, 2023

So what does an Orlanthi tribal king actually do? We know that the Orlanthi clans tend to be organized into tribes – confederations of kinship groups, led by the Orlanth cult and…

Notes on Clans in the Grazelands.

Posted on May 9, 2023

As we know there are about 18,000 Pure Horse People in Dragon Pass. They all belong to one tribal group – with Yelm Sun Lords as the tribal leaders, aided by Yelm…

The Average Sartarite Clan

Posted on May 1, 2023

There are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and Pol-Joni), with an average population of about 900 people per clan. About 600 are adults, and about 300 are children. The…

Clan Membership

Posted on March 27, 2023

People can become clan members by birth or join a clan by adoption. Clans can be patrilineal, matrilineal, or mixed: The mixed descent system is most common among the Sartarites; however, all…

Tribes & Clans

Sartar Tribes Tribe Clans Settlements / Affiliation Ruler Notes References Aranwyth 6 clans Toena Fort (hillfort) King Jonatos 1621- Swenstown tribe Tribe locationPick a TribeCoR-DP 39, 75RQG 108 Big Horn Clan location…

Clan membership

Posted on October 25, 2021

Joining a Clan Although every clan traces its origin to a common founding event, spirit, or other occasion which forged the clan, outsiders can and often do join a clan. This is…

Clans of Sartar Sketch Map WIP

Posted on October 20, 2021

And my map sketchess of each of the Sartarite tribes are finished and now in Matt Ryan’s capable hands. This draft map of all 134 clans of Sartar does not include the…

Clan Map of Central Sartar

Posted on October 17, 2021

So as part of a Work in Project that Matt Ryan and I are working on, here is every clan in central Sartar and its approximate borders. The map is a composite…

Clan Map of the Culbrea, Kheldon, and Aranwyth tribes

Posted on October 16, 2021

As part of several projects, I have been looking at how the various tribes and their component clans lock together. Now that we have a master map of Sartar and all of…

Organization of tribes and clans

Posted on July 4, 2021

Here’s something more recent – some notes on the organization of tribes and clans for the Sartar Book. Although individual priests might be on the tribal ring, they usually are there as…

Pavis clan generator

The Pavis Clan Generator is based on the Sartar Clan Generator with the later questions replaced with locally specific questions and answers. The generator was created by Charles Corrigan.

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