Dwarven Clans

Dwarves are a clannish people. Literally. They organize into extended family groups, or clans. This is a list and description of the clans of Western Noefra.

Clan Name	Vernacular Name	Subrace	Location of Clan Hold	National Allegiance	Notes
Alkh	Hammer	Deepdown	Kaelthia	Holy Kaelthian Republic	Keepers of the Rune Anvil, they are the second most powerful clan. Much smaller than Tomor, but probably richer. The two are close allies
Alt	Gold	Deepdown	Fuar Uulan	Uulan Confederacy	Very traditional and religious. Specialized as lore-keepers.
Almaz	Diamond	Surfacer	Moon's Vengeance Foothills	Uulan Confederacy	Known as traders, they travel all over the Federated Nations.
Badmergh	Ruby	Surfacer	Moon's Vengeance Foothills	Uulan Confederacy	Farmers and ranchers. Low status.
Borzhin	Granite	Surfacer	Dreamshore	Duarchy of Kotimaa	Small, masonry-focused clan.
Chuuluu	Stone	Surfacer	Moon's Vengeance Foothills	Uulan Confederacy	Very traditional (especially for hill dwarves) quarry-based clan
Fuar	Red-beards	Deepdown	Near Fuar Uulan	Uulan Confederacy	Along with the Uul, they are the two original clans in the area. They've risen to prominence after the breakup of the Council Lands. Very conservative.
Gan	Steel	Deepdown	Dreamshore	Duarchy of Kotimaa	Miners, less traditional for mountain dwarves. Easternmost "regular" clan.
Laav	Magma	Deepdown	Shinevog	Shinevog	Moved en masse to Shinevog in 220 AC. Very non-traditional.
Margadh	Emerald	Surfacer	Sea of Grass	Holy Kaelthian Republic	Known for being the best engineers, especially of water wheels and windmills.
Mehng	Silver	Deepdown	Moon's Vengeance Foothills	Uulan Confederacy	Keepers of the two richest mines, they're widely renowned as greedy money-grubbers.
Mogoi	Snake	Mixed	Asai'ka	Asai'ka	All dwarves in the Jungle of Fangs belong to this meta-clan, which is subdivided into many families.
Shinevog	New	Mixed	Shinevog	Shinevog	Founded in 211 AC, this is the newest clan. Made out of disaffected members of other clans, they have almost completely rejected tradition.
Shoryu	Soil	Surfacer	Sundown Hills	Crisial Kingdom	Barely considered dwarven by the traditionalists. They've abandoned mining and clan-holds for life on the surface as farmers. Tolerated because they supply lots of delicacies the rich like
Tomor	Iron	Deepdown	Kaelthia	Holy Kaelthian Republic	Large and rich, they control the manufacturies of Kaelthia. Religious, but not very traditional.
Uul	Mountain	Deepdown	Fuar Uulan	Uulan Confederacy	One of the two original clans. Now experiencing a resurgence of power.
Zek	Copper Shields	Deepdown	Deep inside the Outer Border Range	Independent	Arch traditionalists. They are the deepest-dwelling dwarves, living deep in the tunnels and rarely interacting with non-dwarves.