Lineages of Naftusa
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This list includes the major and minor lineages who have their iftibal (lineage house) in Naftusa Province, as well as a few other neighbouring lineages relevant to life in the province and at Nemnosti.
Ifti | Mufan | Iftibal | Hengi | Description |
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Dusmanis | Common | Ai Dandura | Visifi | An impoverished farming lineage much of whose traditional landholdings were flooded when the Ai Dandura dam was built. |
Hemuska | Common | Ai Dandura | Ubeba | A lineage with a focus on military and guard work, particularly in the defense of the fortified town at Ai Dandura. |
Leraghe | Noble | Ai Dandura | Faisas | A powerful agricultural lineage in the southeastern part of the province, recently allied with their neighbours the Nukhumbi in northern Daligash, to the consternation of some. |
Mundurir | Craft | Ai Dandura | Malai | This lineage of architects and engineers are responsible for repairs and improvements to Nemnosti and historically worked on many of the province's great buildings. |
Rarduzu | Country | Ai Dandura | Mijodai | These fishers of Lake Dandura and landless farmers were once of Jegrude descent, brought here centuries ago as labourers. |
Ararta | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Palafu | A matriclan (mirifti) of herders and farmers, relatively poor but with good relations across Ravre villages. |
Fijem | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Piha | A lineage of foragers and scavengers that had a former iftibal at the now deserted site of Ichivang Sogo and still visits there. |
Hazh | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Rugo | A lineage with a longtime special relationship with Nemnu Ula and who enjoy privileged access to the bounty of the upper Pardopasu, their traditional rights. |
Igriz | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Zenef | A lineage of foragers and scavengers with a particular focus on the collection of various species of mushrooms. |
Koje | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Aivrafon | A small lineage of herders that had a former iftibal at the now deserted site of Ichivang Sogo and still visits there. |
Nadenigh | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Dijur | A lineage whose iftibal is largely subterranean and includes cave complexes that may even link up to those of Nemnosti. |
Pekai | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Ivati | A small, pious farming and herding lineage often said to have been once Hulti, or even whispered to still hold to the old faith. |
Ususam | Ravre | Akapa Sogo | Jasavaz | A large Ravre lineage of well-off farmers, often thought of by other Ravre lineages as having lost their culture and values. |
Dodolai | Common | Bemnes | Safir | A lineage of fishers who have historic land and water rights over the waterfalls of Ainef and Emnuz, and have rituals for their use. |
Etergoldi | Common | Bemnes | Tagezhai | A powerful mining lineage whose hengi is entitled by customary law to a mighty mantle that staves off the effects of aging. |
Femfe | Common | Bemnes | Lebolin | A lineage of miners and soldiers, in an eherdos relationship with the powerful Kaisastelovis. |
Kaisastelovis | Noble | Bemnes | Rembes | A noble lineage with a proud military history of centuries of service as Sentinels and alliances throughout Khutu's military families. |
Laigrunuf | Country | Bemnes | Urunu | Formerly of the Ravre and living in the far north of the province, this lineage now has customary rights over the care of Musune and Gil Hargush. |
Uchurdesi | Common | Bemnes | Nuzuzai | A very ancient common lineage with many prominent reckoners and Voices in its past, now mostly farmers and fishers. |
Vegru | Country | Bemnes | Roska | A lineage of Luetkan descent, with its ancestors brought here after The Blue Storm as prisoners of war, and whose elders still speak Luetkan. |
Nukhumbi | Noble | Daligash | Zenesh | A powerful landholding lineage in northern Daligash, recently allied formally with its Leraghe neighbours across the border in southern Khutu. |
Pusurdi | Craft | Fuzuzh | Pivim | A lineage of farmers and leatherworkers on the Lolenivi who make fine goods out of goat leather and whose work is widely prized and respected. |
Saijiva | Common | Fuzuzh | Libo | This lineage of goatherders holds grazing rights and enormous herds at the east end of Lolenivi up to the shores of Lake Dandura. |
Arfendazi | Craft | Hertu | Jegos | One of the most ancient and esteemed okhi lineages of alabaster miners and sculptors, creators of much of the fine art at Nemnosti. |
Gorga | Common | Hertu | Elono | A poor farming lineage in a decades-long feud with their neighbours the Teresu. |
Honogh | Common | Hertu | Ghegra | A formerly large and prosperous farming lineage, now in decline both economically and in numbers due to mistakes by present and former hengge. |
Keronaf | Country | Hertu | Tuvus | A lineage that migrated from western Omba several decades ago, mainly crab-fishers and foragers, and given to adopting those who wish membership. |
Teresu | Common | Hertu | Visantu | A poor farming lineage in a decades-long feud with their neighbours the Gorga. |
Zendustor | Country | Hertu | Cholof | An ifti whose volabas was (in their view) wrongly executed and who took his name as their own, well over a century ago. |
Gago | Ravre | Hong Sogo | Tocha | A high mountain lineage of Ravre, the Gago are held to be strange as a collective, even among other Ravre, and largely keep to themselves whenever possible. |
Zainai | Ravre | Hong Sogo | Huku | A lineage of fishers who have expertise over the many courses, rivers, and lakes of The Ghengom, up to Momichas, and even across the border into Taizi. |
Zipizmo | Ravre | Hong Sogo | Suski | A small but once-prestigious lineage whose volabas was a powerful Voice who is still visited by pilgrims wishing to consult him. |
Dendorfi | Noble | Naftusa | Rosem | The most powerful noble ifti in the province, wealthy and numerous, holding enormous power especially in the town of Naftusa. |
Gongai | Common | Naftusa | Charos | A small but important lineage in eherdos to the mighty Dendorfi, whose role by customary law is care and ritual practice at the natural wonder of Degh Ekorre. |
Halunemni | Common | Naftusa | Kufun | A small lineage consisting of those claiming biological descent from Nemnu Ula; in deep tension with the Nemni lineage and effectively excluded from Nemnosti. |
Jaizara | Country | Naftusa | Bazi | A country lineage with no known volabas, or at least none in Khutu, having migrated here from Omba over a century ago. |
Kerteroki | Common | Naftusa | Fonge | A well-off lineage of farmers and fruit growers with longstanding ties to Nemnosti and many acolytes. |
Losturi | Common | Naftusa | Ardamus | An agricultural lineage with large quinoa fields, which has long been in an eherdos relationship with the Nemni and provides many acolytes and marriage partners. |
Lutamu | Craft | Naftusa | Ezna | A noted craft lineage of jewelers whose work is sought after by Nemnu Ula and by important sigillants for their finest work. |
Migantonos | Craft | Naftusa | Miganton | An ancient, educated and urban lineage of merchants and scribes with broad connections to Omba and Daligash. |
Munuvela | Common | Naftusa | Angulti | A lineage that fissioned out of the large Kerteroki over land disputes a generation ago. |
Najeghendi | Craft | Naftusa | Shofra | A small lineage of bookbinders and scribes who supply much of Nemnosti's demand for the tools of writing. |
Ninderulai | Noble | Naftusa | Furusta | A small and declining noble ifti, once quite powerful, but now with only a handful of members and few real prospects for growth. |
Obe | Country | Naftusa | Onde | A lineage of herders believed to have been Ravre long ago, but with no strong cultural connection to the uplanders. |
Risovri | Common | Naftusa | Bibar | A farming clan recently moved into the area (within the last 60-70 years) by purchasing land rights from poorer lineages; widely resented by other farmers. |
Rumirabe | Craft | Naftusa | Adim | Experts in quarrying alabaster and turning it into fine thin translucent windows, this large lineage has a close relationship with Nemnosti. |
Sochavi | Common | Naftusa | Suba | A very wealthy common lineage of innkeepers and traders, closely allied with Nemnu and Nemnosti. |
Sortusai | Noble | Naftusa | Samirgeze | A lesser branch of a large and powerful landholding lineage in southern Khutu, with a long history in the region and many ties to the Nemni. |
Sortustor | Common | Naftusa | Chegus | An agricultural lineage who are servants of and farmers on the lands of the powerful Sortusai, to whom they are eherdos. |
Teghuspir | Common | Naftusa | Numur | A lineage of miners and stoneworkers who for a century or more have been excluded from access to Nemnosti, much to their anger. |
Tinef | Country | Naftusa | Gabasi | The largest Khutuan country lineage, who compete with corpseborn for unsanitary or distasteful work; the Naftusa branch is small but well-regarded. |
Uklorofte | Common | Naftusa | Vuruma | A matriclan (mirifti) of ibex herders, horn-workers, and weavers of fine and sought-after patterns of wool juskai garments. |
Urdof | Country | Naftusa | Ferfevu | A lineage of Luetkan descent, with its ancestors brought here after The Blue Storm as prisoners of war, and whose elders still speak Luetkan. |
Varokhi | Common | Naftusa | Duzu | A lineage with deep military roots, often employed by and allied with the noble Dendorfi. |
Vulivizmo | Common | Naftusa | (Contested) | A lineage of farmers in conflict for more than a decade over claims to leadership; currently has at least two if not more claimed hengge. |
Nemni | Saintly | Nemnosti | Hojon | The ulaji of Nemnu, the central lineage of Nemnosti, and one of the most powerful lineages in the province, with many acolytes seeking adoption. |
Foskon | Ravre | Ojon Sogo | Bultepi | One of only two lineages in remote Ojon Sogo, the herders of the Foskon are in a moiety relationship with their marriage partners, the Pilting. |
Pilting | Ravre | Ojon Sogo | Faska | One of only two lineages in remote Ojon Sogo, the herders of the Pilting are in a moiety relationship with their marriage partners, the Foskon. |
Gamusuldi | Common | Onighus | Galargo | A well-off lineage of farmers from outside Onighus who are frequently acolytes and have married into the Nemni more than once. |
Ichos | Folk | Onighus | Nainesh | Probably the largest Omban Empire folk lineage, spread throughout multiple nations and with numerous proud claims of great Imperial ancestors. |
Pechotukho | Noble | Onighus | Vovosin | An elite noble lineage in Onighus known for its piety, having given rise to a dozen or more Conduits over the span of Eluli Ula's reign in Khutu. |
Chuchuru | Ravre | Vija Sogo | Izu | A very poor, almost nomadic lineage often characterized as 'barbarian' even by other Ravre. |
Takovenga | Ravre | Vija Sogo | Ghumbukh | Widely regarded as the finest hunters in The Ghengom, this lineage has an iftibal built with horn and bone along with stone. |
Tokanai | Ravre | Vija Sogo | Manaf | A lineage whose hengge are always drawn from among the powerful vultures of the clan. |
Bazazo | Common | Zhustir | Ordakh | A lineage of horse herders, having moved into the area more recently than many, with threats to local grazing rights. |
Cheskai | Country | Zhustir | Okojimbi | A poor lineage of farmers ultimately descended from Jegrude warriors conquered centuries ago by the empire. |
Derteri | Common | Zhustir | Jivranel | Wealthy fos merchants who now have substantial ties and interests in Ashnabis and who provide much of Nemnosti's fos. |
Gaigen | Country | Zhustir | Rimuke | An ifti that emerged a generation or so ago out of the fusion of several disparate country lineages in the eastern part of the province. |
Gargimnai | Common | Zhustir | Higrikh | A poor lineage of mainly farmers, renowned today as the lineage of the revolutionary hero Ekrakosh, and still known for its radicalism today. |
Ghaglizote | Common | Zhustir | Rumna | A farming matriclan (mirifti) whose hengge are also, by customary law, always women. |
Izmoghir | Noble | Zhustir | Husulte | A well-off major noble landholding lineage in the eastern part of the province, whose iftibal is an enormous tower rather than the traditional longhouse style. |
Sempi | Craft | Zhustir | Kocha | A craft lineage of metalworkers, weaponmakers and armorers who provision the stoneguards and sentinels at Nemnosti, among others. |
Sighandi | Common | Zhustir | Bergesh | A farming lineage whose numbers were dramatically reduced by the Daghuri Plague a generation ago, and only now are beginning to recover. |
Vabaseli | Common | Zhustir | Ganu | An ancient mining and farming lineage with historical roots in and rights of care over the ruins at Gil Pirtu. |