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The nine suneater clans are a vestige of the pre-Jassalean era, when fanatical worship of the Erjan Sun dragged all of suneater civilization into tens of thousands of days of brutal civil war. For nearly 80 years, the Odashq region of Erj’s Western Waste was a particularly dangerous crossing for travellers, as the suneaters’ conflict grew ever more violent, and the remaining factions continued to divide. Ultimately, nine clans emerged, each with their own culture and labyrinthine ideology.
When the neighbouring regions of Amnu and Llyri—increasingly concerned for the safety of trade routes through Odashq—each threatened to use their own forces to quell the conflict, the suneaters at last began to seek alternate solutions to the violence. A summit, convened at the ancient foundry of Thola Uej, reoriented suneater society towards a future of social and technological development, rather than the religious zealotry that very nearly caused its extinction.
Today, the nine clans remain largely segregated, and are distrustful of one another, to say the least. However, inter-clan disputes are now settled not with weapons, but athletic contests, and other good-natured competition.