“Protecting what is Built” - Glwyn the Elder.
Clan Alpha: Brynjar Threist
Notable PC Kaiha:
Brynjar Threist
Notable PC Zorathi: N/A
Relative NPC Size: On the verge of extinction.
About The Clan: Glwyn the Elder was the first Alpha of Clan Threist, he was rumoured to be the biggest Lupo ever both in human and in wolf form. He served the first Anasi to the best of his ability and began the loyal commitment to Clan Svard. While being a warrior most of his life, Glwyn became very spiritual towards the end of his life, stating the importance that Clan Threist remain loyal to the Gods and uphold the traditions of the Lupo way. By the end of his life, Glwyn had done much to build Clan Threist towards a golden age that he believed he had seen through a vision gifted by the Gods. He strengthened the Clan with nearly a dozen children, forged a legendary axe, Medelwr, that is meant to be passed down from the old Alpha to the new one. Glwyn the Elder also travelled the world after he passed the title of Alpha to his eldest, wishing to explore what was out there in the world. His grave was lost to Clan Threist and it is believed that finding the lost grave of Glwyn will return honour and pride if they were to ever reach their darkest days.
Glwyn’s children were called Gwyn (M), Bryn (M), Keinwn (M), Kerys (F), Awyn (F), Eiria (F), Sawel (M), Daffyd (M), Caer (M), Lagertha (F). There was a 100 years age difference between Gwyn and Lagertha, Gwyn took the role of Alpha and maintained the status quo of the Clan during his rule. Bryn left the Clan to explore the planets beyond the one that they were on, Keinwn and Kerys were twins that found themselves exploring the spiritual aspects of their culture, devoted to understanding the Gods and the gifts that they left behind. Awyn ran away, marrying into another clan far away, having fallen in love with a Lupo outside her betrothal set up by Gwyn. Eiria devoted herself to learning the combat ways that were then adopted and integral to Clan Threist’s ways in later years. Sawel and Daffyd both married into clans to maintain bonds and keep Threist a strong and desirable Clan to be a part of. Caer and Lagertha were childhood rivals and fought for the role of Alpha when Gwyn prepared to step down. During the contest, Lagertha won though she had to kill Caer since he attempted to dishonour himself and the Clan in order to defeat Lagertha since she was the superior fighter.
Lagertha pushed the Clan in a warrior direction, serving Clan Svard as the strongest fighters that they could be. Adopting the techniques that Eiria had dedicated herself to over a 100 years of training. Lagertha had only three children, Glwynjar (M), Ofin (M), and Erys (F). Glwynjar was trained and brought up to be the next Alpha once Lagertha passed. However, he succumbed to the insanity through a reluctance to shift to his wolf form as often as he needed to. This rocked Lagertha hard and she fell into a depressed spiral, losing her rock in her son. Erys stepped up in the role of Alpha, taking charge and helping the Clan survive a terrible loss. Ofin thought that he could find Glwyn’s grave believing this was the darkest days of the clan, however, he was never heard of after he left. Erys realised that she needed to take the role of Alpha in name to bring about real change, fighting Lagertha for the title since Lagertha in her grief refused to believe any other child would be ready for the burden. Once Erys won, Lagertha’s grief finally broke and she apologised to Erys for the abandonment she had done to the clan. In her elder years, Lagertha worked with Erys to bring Clan Threist back into the golden age.
For many generations after Erys, there was a steady growth in Clan Threist. It was one of the strongest clans for both physical strength and number of Kaiha. When Clan Svard disappeared, the Alpha, Freida (F), decided that there needed to be a focus on finding what happened and bringing Clan Svard back as the Anasi. She believed that without the leadership of Clan Svard, there would be distance between the Lupo and the Gods now. There was a fear that without Clan Svard, the Lupo people would suffer great loss and possibly never recover from it. Freida led the clan, driven to finding what happened to their former leaders.
Though Clan Threist never gave up on their quest to find Clan Svard, Gwyfr was the Alpha of the clan and the only member of Clan Threist to become an Anasi. His direction of all clans were not singularly focused on finding Clan Svard, that many members of Clan Threist felt he was turning his back on Freida’s direction. This led to growing opposition to Gwyfr’s son becoming the next Alpha, since he had been groomed by Gwyfr in focusing on providing to all the clans that remain and not on a singular focus towards finding a clan that might no longer exist.
Before the purge destroyed many Lupos clans, there was a civil war within Clan Threist that forever changed the clan. With the growing dissent between many Kaiha and Gwyfr, there was a challenge to his son’s claim to be the next Alpha. He had to contend with many opponents who all wanted to be the next Alpha, the battle was gruelling and there was a brief moment when Gwyfr’s son looked to be victorious before he was struck down from an attack from behind by Bradwr, the next Alpha. Bradwr was ready to receive Medelwr as part of the Clan Threist tradition, however, Gwyfr in his grief and horror at how his clan turned on him, shattered the axe, buried it and refused to tell the rest of the clan where it was. Announcing that only an honourable heir to the title of Alpha will find it and be able to fix the axe. Bradwr didn’t last a week as the Alpha before the collapse of the clan finally happened.
The infighting and dissent of the clan, as well as growing issues with the Fayth led to Brynjar’s grandparents fleeing the homeworld and hiding away from the galaxy. They married their eldest son, the other children died due to malnutrition and rough upbringing that had been adopted by the extremists that were Brynjar’s grandparents. They had taken Bradwr’s side in the rebellion but they were also extremists in tradition and did not believe Clan Svard were alive anymore, not sharing the long standing bond between the two clans to Brynjar’s father or to Brynjar himself.
While he was raised, Brynjar was instilled in the values of Bradwr, Gwyfr’s views on being Anasi and the strength of Lagertha. Brynjar was hoped by his parents to take these ideologies and become the best of the best in Clan Threist legacy. However, unknown to both him and his parents, he has more traits of Glwyn, Erys and Freida.
Brynjar’s recent adventures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Clan Beliefs: Brynjar was made to believe in the old ways, though ignorant of the legacy of his family. That they were once dedicated protectors of Clan Svard. This connection to Clan Svard is deeply instilled in all Kaiha from Clan Threist though members of Clan Svard apparently do not exist. Surrounded by others, Brynjar is slowly coming around to newer ideas and beliefs but priorities the old ways above all else.
Clan God/Deity: Cérmæ was the God followed by Glwyn and all his descendents till Gwyfr as Anasi turned to Aerðs believing it was his duty to follow the God of Gods. Brynjar currently follows Aerðs but is slowly questioning his beliefs.
Clan Specialty: Dedicated warriors with generations of honing fighting styles and battle strategy, formerly they were great Builders and peace keepers as well.
Clan Assets: Medelwr (WIP)
Clan Holding: Currently, Brynjar lives in a tent in the woods on Islimore, previously his family came from an unnamed world after fleeing Islimore before the purge. The ancestral homestead of Clan Threist is empty and in ruin on Islimore though Brynjar plans on rebuilding it someday once the Fayth is destroyed.
Accepting Members: Yes.
