Lealenya Terim
Aes Sedai
Can someone please help me under stand the septs and clans and familial relationships? I'm reading The Fires of Heaven and I hope to avoid spoilers so I haven't gone looking for myself.
I thought the Roofmistress could tell people if they could and couldn't ender the Hold of the entire Clan.It will be explained more in depth, but first siblings and near siblings are not necessarily blood relations. Family in Aiel society is more of who you choose more than who you are born into. However, Aiel are born into Septs and Septs make up a Clan. Think of Clans likes States and the Septs like Counties. Each Clan is led by a Chief. Each Sept has a Hold, an Aiel settlement, and they are governed by a Roofmistress.
However, there are several classes/organizations that supersede and permeate Clan and Sept: The Wise Ones, The Algai’d’siswai (Warriors), the Civilians (Roofmistresses & Craftspeople), and Gaishain (honorbound servants). The Wise Ones advise the Aiel and facilitate any spiritual and traditional practices. They are powerhouses and held as sacred in several ways. The Algai’d’siswai join Warrior Societies, which have their own leaders. The rest is kinda spoilery.
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.I thought the Roofmistress could tell people if they could and couldn't ender the Hold of the entire Clan.
Can you help with names? Like Shaido, Jindo, Taraad, Tomanelle, Daryne, Codarra, Miagoma, etc. I'm lost here.