L: A small reference for tsourai clans: who is who and what are they doing (:
First of all, all clans are ruling by the Queen or the King. They have their own elite, the knights, who look totally different from tsourai of their clan (sualokins’ knights are calling Cefeids, etc).
Every clan are mastering its own Craft, using a power of ink. Tsourai are merchants and exchange things they create with things made in other clans. It helps tsourai clans to survive in bizarre environment of Shang-La.
The King or the Queen have their own personal object, a Regalia. It’s literally the same as maverick (if you get the route of Candy in tCoL, then you know what it is) and can be called like that. But a Regalia is a much powerful thing and gives a ruler ability to produce the Flate on clan’s territory. So if the Flat destroyed by the Stream, clan’s city will remain inside the Flat anyway.
There are almost all known clans of Shang-La.
Grahn
The Queen: Saria
The Flat zone: Ayelahai, Daliotorm
The Craft: Dreams
Sualokin
The King: Lacedaemon (?) [We thought about changing his name]
The Flat Zone: Latori, Galroon
The Craft: Cookery
Lasius
The Queen: Leeheyma
The Flat zone: Latori
The Craft: Music, funeral rites
Glashtin (Deceased)
The King: Karkadann
The Flat zone: Latori
The Craft: electricity and machinery
Preedas
The Queen: Shepses
The Flat zone: Ayelahai, Five Feathers Wood
The Craft: glassblowing
Nomes
The King: the Black Pilgrim
The Flat zone: El-Balyama
The Craft: ???
Dangas
The King: Bamboo
The Flat zone: Beyleria
The Craft: illusions (?)