Tellakir

	The Tellakir Alliance is ruled by twelve Houses, descended from the Twelve Tribes who came together centuries ago. Nothing resembling a royal family exists; its closest equivalent is the High Council, where the Chiefs of the Houses politic among themselves. Nobility exists and is inherited, but this process is complicated by two factors.
	First, a marriage is not considered exclusive, nor is it limited in the number of members. The Houses forbid their members from marrying outside the House, except to bring someone into the House — but this is not a law, and to enforce this a House must cast out violators and pressure their wives to divorce them or be cast out. As a result, each House is a nepotistic web of metamours, and informal rank roughly follows degrees of separation from the Chief.
	Second, men can't legally hold a noble title, own land, or marry. The last does happen informally, but legally a husband is merely a close associate. Noble titles are conferred from mother to daughter at birth.
	As a result, species is fairly unimportant in noble politics. A noble merely needs a daughter to carry on the family line, and the identity of the father is ignored. Likewise, there is no stigma for being spell-born. Each House has a traditional species, which features heavily among its members, but this is a weak tradition.
	Of the twelve Houses, four are the most influential: Mimmerya(bringers of order, tengu-heavy), Dannosu(bringers of horses, gnoll-heavy), Torabi(bringers of magic, kitsune-heavy), Nyagi(bringers of copper, naga-heavy).
	The most powerful commoner in the Alliance is the Moderator of the High Council, currently Manta Keiane. The Moderator is chosen by the Chiefs, and must be a female commoner; she has the difficult task of moderating debate among the Chiefs.

	The lands of the Alliance are largely cleared, but were once a thick forest. There were local horses, a smallish forest breed still cultivated to this day, but the military rides on bigger horses.
	Archery and horse riding are the traditional pursuits of nobles, and a noble will be expected to practice these even if she doesn't use(or even own) a bow or a horse. The Minor Hunt is a tradition of contests, enshrined in law. In a dispute between two people, they can draw up contracts, each favorable to themself, and the winner in a contest of horse archery chooses which contract goes into effect.
	Today, the expansion of the Ixion Horde has reached them, and the Alliance stands as a bulwark against Ixion expansion.

	Names: A commoner legally has only given names, usually two, first and secondary. These can be followed by "Ninil"("daughter of none") or "Uerenil"("son of none") to mark their common status. Varia Tanta shares no names with her mother, is "Varia" to her friends, and among nobles is sometimes called "Varia Tanta Ninil".
	A noble also uses a matronymic, with the prefix "Ni"("daughter of") and their mother's first name. This can be chained, for example Aveil Utma Ni Olan Ni Amarice is named "Aveil Utma" herself, she's the daughter of Olan, and Olan is the daughter of Amarice.
	Given Names: Amantevis, Amarice, Aveian, Aveil, Aviveera, Cyane, Keenta, Keiane, Kerrice, Livia, Manta, Marga, Olan, Otere, Tanta, Terreis, Tura, Uteis, Utma, Vanentere, Varia