Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind AAR

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With Orala's thirtieth year as chieftain of Swift Mare clan starting, it is time to take a short survey of the clan's situation and the surrounding world.



The clan is fairly small, with 360 people of whom half are children. Our 29 swordsmen are nonetheless a large force. The clan's morale is a bit shaky, most recently due to hard work on clearing the fields. The clan circle includes several very old people, but also some young newcomers.



The Akot family is represented only by chieftain Orala herself, although young Beren the Tall is set to reach adulthood within the year. Orala has been fairly unremarkable as chieftain, having achieved no great deeds of acclaim. However, her leadership has kept the people together through harsh times, and she continues to enjoy support for her position.



The Dasano family, on the other hand, has grown quite large. Since the death of Jereno a few years ago, Josadivus has taken his place on the circle, and other nobles of the family are mostly quite young. Of note is Hesten, a worshipper of Zarlen who has become our official explorer (though his success has been mixed so far).



The Erkent family has long enjoyed the leadership of Angakon, our main diplomat. Recently, young Doren has also begun to take on some diplomatic duties.



The Karent family is dominated by two people. The Raven shaman Bardalor, who was removed from the circle years ago, still occasionally gets up to his tricks. His replacement, Henedra, is a farmer and forager with decades of experience.



The Nordon family is firmly under the rule of its matriarch Derenei. Despite her years, she still possesses a silver tongue as our chief trader, and is pretty good at many other things.



The Parnt family is represented by three women. Eleen was our chief trader before Derenei and is still quite good at it. Ayvtu is one of the fire-blessed children and is the clan's premier magician. There is also Tolya, another up-and-coming magician with ambitions to make us a Pure Horse clan.



Finally, the Zarent family includes Elindrai, another former circle member who was not particularly good. There is also Yatakan, another of the fire-blessed children and our excellent warleader since the untimely death of Churka.



Our clan's wealth is middling, altough with the recent expansion of trade we are running more of a profit. Our herds are, unfortunately, still quite small. We also have several magical treasures: Bowl of Unity rewards us for openness to new ways, Clay Mask helps us communicate with spirits and occasionally gives us magic, Foaling Blanket helps our mares give birth, Helm of Elmal helps followers of the god in various ways, Hollow Spear can help us in battle, and Storm God Bone helps us against Rams.



In our clan stead, we have temples to Elmal and Ekarna, helping our dual focus on fighting and trade. We also have a vine-covered shrine to our people's forefather Hyalor (and his daughter Cenala), as well as shrines to the cow goddess Busenari, the earth mother Nyalda, and the grain goddess Pela. We've also learned many blessings of other gods, but still don't know much of Dostal, Gamari, Osara, Relandar, or Uryarda.



Finally, here is the map of the valley as we know it. We have some enemies among nearby clans, most notably the Shining Blossoms and (recently) the Blue Crests. Our allies are the Gryphons and the Old Eagles. We have not explored as much as we would like, but will try to do so a bit more in the future.

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