Lineages of Naftusa

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
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	Posme	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.