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After the Sun Dornish, the next most numerous and populous of the peoples of the Desert are certainly the [[The_Desert_Clans|Clansmen]]. The original human inhabitants of the Desert, many of the Desertfolk's smaller Clans melded with the Sun Dornish, but that was not the case for all. The Eastern and Northern Clans hewed close to tradition, continuing to practice nomadic pastoralism, worship the Sun-God and honor their shamans, interacting with the tax-men and magistrates of the Kingdom only when needed. In the Brimstone Valley, the Shanins, Cooks and Seeps continued to be powerful nobles and traditionalist Clansmen both. In the West several Clans - the Arnights, Spiny and to a lesser extent Madsands - accepted the Faith but retained their language and customs largely unchanged, though many became ruling minorities in their own traditional lands.

Unlike the cosmopolitan Sun Dornish, the Clansmen ~~are~~ infamously withdrawn and suspicious of outsiders. Of the surviving Clans during the Second Century, this was even more true than of their ancestors. Isolation was, perhaps rightly, seen by many as the only way for old Clans, names and customs to persist against the tide. For a time, it served, though the Clansmen have, as a result, gained a reputation for poverty and stubborn provincialism even greater than in centuries past during the Three Kingdoms Period.

Unlike the cosmopolitan Sun Dornish, the Clansmen were infamously withdrawn and suspicious of outsiders. Of the surviving Clans during the Second Century, this was even more true than of their ancestors. Isolation was, perhaps rightly, seen by many as the only way for old Clans, names and customs to persist against the tide. For a time, it served, though the Clansmen have, as a result, gained a reputation for poverty and stubborn provincialism even greater than in centuries past during the Three Kingdoms Period.

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 After the Sun Dornish, the next most numerous and populous of the peoples of the Desert are certainly the [[The_Desert_Clans|Clansmen]]. The original human inhabitants of the Desert, many of the Desertfolk's smaller Clans melded with the Sun Dornish, but that was not the case for all. The Eastern and Northern Clans hewed close to tradition, continuing to practice nomadic pastoralism, worship the Sun-God and honor their shamans, interacting with the tax-men and magistrates of the Kingdom only when needed. In the Brimstone Valley, the Shanins, Cooks and Seeps continued to be powerful nobles and traditionalist Clansmen both. In the West several Clans - the Arnights, Spiny and to a lesser extent Madsands - accepted the Faith but retained their language and customs largely unchanged, though many became ruling minorities in their own traditional lands.
-Unlike the cosmopolitan Sun Dornish, the Clansmen are infamously withdrawn and suspicious of outsiders. Of the surviving Clans during the Second Century, this was even more true than of their ancestors. Isolation was, perhaps rightly, seen by many as the only way for old Clans, names and customs to persist against the tide. For a time, it served, though the Clansmen have, as a result, gained a reputation for poverty and stubborn provincialism even greater than in centuries past during the Three Kingdoms Period.
+Unlike the cosmopolitan Sun Dornish, the Clansmen were infamously withdrawn and suspicious of outsiders. Of the surviving Clans during the Second Century, this was even more true than of their ancestors. Isolation was, perhaps rightly, seen by many as the only way for old Clans, names and customs to persist against the tide. For a time, it served, though the Clansmen have, as a result, gained a reputation for poverty and stubborn provincialism even greater than in centuries past during the Three Kingdoms Period.
 === Other Cultures ===

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