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  1. Boreas Silverfir

    Help Understanding Aiel Society

    I'm pretty sure that ties more closely to Ji'e'toh than to clan structure. He asked leave to enter and stay as though he had the same responsibilities and honor as Rhuarc, a clan chief. He is not a clan chief so it was a big breach of propriety to ask in that manner. He's not even a sept chief...
  2. Boreas Silverfir

    Help Understanding Aiel Society

    You are correct and yet not. Cause each hold is not for the entire clan. Each clan has several septs, which in turn are made up of many holds. Perhaps a way of thinking about it is the Clan is a country, the sept is a region, and the hold is the city someone is from. The names you've listed off...
  3. Boreas Silverfir

    Help Understanding Aiel Society

    Trying to find the right analogy for each level of society & culture here. You're right it can be somewhat convoluted. Clans are the biggest in some ways. They cover who owns which holds in a general sense. More of a "this territory belongs to this group" kinda way. Then there's septs which...
  4. Boreas Silverfir

    Help Understanding Aiel Society

    You're tackling the terms First-sibling, Second-Sibling, Near sibling, etc right?
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