Difference between revisions of "Ellanher"

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Primitive nomadic tribe of Faerun. Kunoh's tribe.

The civilised idea of the family unit is unheard of to the Ellanher - the entire tribe is considered kin, with no greater value placed on blood relatives than others of the same generation. As such, the concept of family or bloodline names is completely foreign, and second names are something to be earned and awarded rather than a secondary designation.

Young members of the Ellanher typically do not have second names, having not earned them yet. When the time is right, the gods will speak to them and award them their name - this is typically once they have started to mature and show themself and others who they are. It will be a name that speaks of deeds, behaviour, and true self, and once they are awarded this name, it will become a part of them forever.

The second name is honorific only - there is no need to clarify who they are because there is only one of each name - children can be (and often are) named for certain past members of the tribe, but it is against tradition to name a child for a living relative, so as not to confuse the gods. Without a second name, they are known as of the Ellanher. Once a second name is earned, it is an addition to this full title not a replacement for the tribe name - the tribe is the most important part of a member's identity so to neglect to mention the tribe name in introductions is to show disrespect and dishonour to the Ellanher.

The only time a member of the tribe ceases to refer to themselves as such is if they become Outcast. Outcasts have lost their right to call themselves part of the tribe, due to their deeds being those that would bring the tribe into disrepute if/when they were made public. There is no greater wound that these people could receive than to be cast out - few who have been cast out remain functioning members of any society, rather tending to become recluses, animalistic in nature and behaviour, in an attempt to become one with the earth, in order to be received as worthy by their gods upon their death.

Besides Outcasts, there are only a very small few who have tended to drop the tribe name from their full title - these are exclusively those who have achieved such renown with their deeds, that to hear their name is to know their tribe and so the tribe name is implied.

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Kunoh has recently learned his people, the Ellanher, are in fact descended from the Dolg Catar who sacrificed themselves almost entirely to save the multiverses from the Carkade-Alin alliance. (July 19)