#clan building

[rasiedwithoutlove]

World Building // scars

most often azgeda warriors will scar their faces when their baseline training is over (since there training is never really over), other times they’ll do it after something traumatic happens or after their first kill, it’s a personal thing and there are no rules to it. they do it to remind themselves of the pain so that they never forget who they are or where they came from.

unfortunately the scars make it pretty easy to identify a member of azgeda, roan went so far as to hiding them with mud when he was traveling through trigeda territory to find clarke, niylah's family had to live in the outskirts of trigeda territory so that no one would see her mother's scars and spies never scar their faces. that said the rest of azgeda slicks the sides of their hair back and wears their scars proudly.

[quietthetreesarelistening]

Clan Building // funerals

death in any clan is held with grace and respect. yujleda people believe it’s best not to burn or bury the bodies but to return them to the swamps, you’d never see yujleda people willingly leaving their dead on the battle field or anywhere else.

the bodies are often wrapped in roots and plants before they are brought to a certain swamp on the outskirts of yujleda territory. it’s pretty disturbing to see this place but yujleda people are desensitised to it. where outsiders see bodies they see beauty.

when a yujleda commander dies they are wrapped in roots and plants in the throne room where the natblida’s will prey on them. after this they are sent back to yujleda and returned to the swamp and to their people, green smoke signals spread the word.

[e91techninja]

[youkaiyume]

Their daughter is really cute. I always liked seeing how well gargoyles took traits from both parents.

She is indeed a cutie pie! And her name sounds like a mashup of Leo and Una so it’s doubly cute. I love her freckles.

[warriorsochelp]

hey, uh. how far back do you think i have to go to figure out a family tree for three different clans? i mean. i dont want a COMPLETE family tree, because. yikes. but, enough to make sure there's not too much inbreeding. also my clans have a tradition of arranged mating because they have a basic knowledge of what inbreeding does so i suppose some of that early on would be fine??? for worldbuilding reasons???

A given clan will probably have three or four generations of cats in it at once, depending how lucky and long-lived the elders have been. Assuming you want to have every cat’s parents figured out, going back five generations would definitely be safe. I’m not entirely clear what you mean by how far you need to go back, but I hope this answers your question? You don’t have to make an intense family tree if you don’t want to, but it can be useful to make sure the genetics line up.

As for inbreeding, it’s up to you. In real life, cats don’t care at all about inbreeding, so that’s part of anthropomorphizing them to fit our cultural tastes. Choose to include as much or as little as you and your readers are comfortable with.

[quietthetreesarelistening]

Clan Building // fire shows

yujleda people are known for their fire shows, there’s not a gathering that goes on in yujleda that doesn’t involve a fire performance. these shows are performed only by yujleda born people who’ve trained for such shows. the performances themselves include pole twirling, pole spinning, fire breathing, fire eating and the art of dancing with the flames. the fire is of course yujleda’s signature green flame and loud drums are used to set the tone.

never has a performance taken place in another clan’s territory but shows have been done in polis. usually only a few shows take place a year but with the reign of a yujleda commander the art is considered much more popular. that said while the other clans are more than welcome to enjoy the art they are not allowed to participate in the show.

the shows performed after a war is won are arguably the loudest and most chaotic. there’s no dancing involved but sacrifices often take place. prisoners of war are burned during the show as a sign that war is truly over and the prisoners serve no purpose anymore. the drums are so loud that you could hear the prisoners screaming no louder than you could hear the person next to you.

[quietthetreesarelistening]

Moodboard // creepy swamp grounders

[quietthetreesarelistening]

Clan Building // mecha station

monty eventually becomes a leader of sorts at mecha station, while kane remained chancellor he sent people to lead each station as he couldn’t be everywhere at once. monty made a good leader and was well liked by mecha station citizens and the grounders.

harper of course joined him and gave birth to their son jordan a few years later, two years after jordan was born harper gave birth to a daughter, zoe, named for monroe. they only really saw the rest of their friends at grounder events and meetings.

despite living among them and being in positions of leadership their interactions with the grounders were few and in between. the relationship between skaikru and yujleda was one of the most peaceful and easily maintained, this left monty with a lot of time to do what he loved; farm.