Banu-Hulyan -

![[aserai 1.png]] # Banu Hulyan ![[__0036_banner - 2024-08-31T163512.062.jpg|inlR|150]] The Ruling Clan and the Wealthiest - Legalistic but Somewhat Oppressive - Mercantile with Close Ties to the [[Ghilman]] Tier 6 > The current Sultan of [[Aserai-Sultanate]] is Unqid. He wears his authority lightly, preferring to charm rather than to coerce, always deferring to the laws of the [[Banu-Asera]] in his judgments. But there are some who say that Unqid is remiss in his duty to administer justice, allowing the wealthiest clans - such as his own - to use bribes and clever legal arguments to oppress the others. # Dialogue Sultan, [[Unqid]] on clan [[Banu-Hulyan]] > "The [[Banu-Hulyan]] have never sought glory or domination. Where some see an enemy, we see only a trading partner who has gone astray. For that reason, we have tried to treat all others with fairness and respect." > > "For that reason, the clans have always brought their quarrels to us, to adjudicate. And it was natural that, when it came time for the [[Banu-Asera]] to choose a sultan, that we were the ones chosen." > > "But it is wearisome to be a Sultan. The clans cling to their grievances as though they were their children. It is not in men's nature to appreciate the fruits of peace and order. Rather, they brood over small injustices and perceived slights, and dream of shedding blood." ## Others on --- [[Adram]] on clan [[Banu-Sarran]] and Sultan, [[Unqid]] [[Banu-Hulyan]] > "We are the [[Banu-Sarran]]. Our lineage is as old as is any of the [[Aserai-Sultanate]]. Our forefather Sarran was a grandson of [[Asera]], no less than Qild or Hulyan. But a hundred years ago we were driven into the desert. Only recently have we returned. The others look down on us for this." > > "[[Unqid]] is a wise man. He knows how to keep the peace, to soothe over tensions. But there is only so much he can do. We can overlook an insult, or two. But if we overlook too many, perhaps some people will think that we would also overlook an injury. That would be dangerous." > > "I would advise the other clans: Watch what you say about us. We have our pride, and our swords. Do not tempt us." # Settlements [[Quyaz]] [[Sanala]] # Game Files / Developer Diaries !--Quraysh-like clan, established and mercantile --> Quraysh, also based on Osama Bin Munqidh, fastidious Patriarch, Unqidh, cautious, generous POSITIVE ties to Ghulam ([[Ghilman]]) The leaders of the [[Banu-Hulyan]] claim the title of Sultan of the [[Aserai]] ([[Aserai-Sultanate]]). They are the richest of the clans in the south, masters of the key passes between the lake and the outer desert, and are seen by other tribes as haughty and amoral. They are close to the Ghulam (or [[Ghilman]]), a group of warrior slaves that has converted itself to a mercenary military order. The [[Banu-Sarran]] are recently settled bedouin, who seized the [[Banu-Hulyan]]'s holdings in the outer oases but were eventually accepted as clients and vassals. They are thought of as upstarts by the others, a reputation which they in fact relish. They celebrate their nomadic past with carefully poems on their success in battle over the other tribes, or in seducing the other tribes' daughters. This does not endear them to other Asuris. They maintain close ties with the [[Jawwal]], a clan of outcasts who still keep the nomadic lifestyle. The [[Banu-Qild]] are known as a dour ascetics, looking down from their desert fastnesses with disapproval on both the wealthy [[Banu-Hulyan]] and the poor and roguish [[Banu-Sarran]]. They answer readily enough to the [[Banu-Hulyan]]'s summons for war, but have also made hints that they may some day attempt to seize the sultanate to cleanse the [[Aserai]] lands from corruption. [[Quyaz]] was once a mercantile republic that dominated the trade between the western ocean and the Perassic Sea, speaking the now all-but-extinct [[Kannic]] tongue, a relative of Nahasawi. But [[Imperial]] hegemony slowly snuffed out its trade, and the rulers was taken over by mercenaries from the Nahasa. It came intermittently under [[Imperial]] subjugation ([[Calradian-Empire]]) but today is a prized holding of the [[Banu-Hulyan]], a leading clan of the [[Aserai-Sultanate]] Sultanate. | ![unqid](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/unqid.png "unqid") | !-- Unqid. Cautious, pragmatic, generous. A trader by temperament --> NPCCharacter id="lord_3_1" name="{=r3oIoCr8}Unqid" age="44" voice="ironic" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" is_hero="true" default_group="Cavalry" face_mesh_cache="true"> Trait id="Oligarchic" value="1" /> | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | ![jinda](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/jinda.png "jinda") | !-- Jinda. Fierce, and retains strong grudges --> NPCCharacter id="lord_3_2" name="{=JhLPgr5x}Jinda" age="45" voice="curt" is_female="true" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" is_hero="true" default_group="Cavalry" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![anidha](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/anidha.png "anidha") | !-- aserai heiresses --> !-- unqidh the merchant's daughter, conventional --> NPCCharacter id="lord_3_10" name="{=TfNSLFNF}Anidha" age="20" voice="earnest" default_group="Infantry" is_hero="true" is_female="true" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![dhiyul](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/dhiyul.png "dhiyul") | !-- Heirs, 3_7 to 3_9 --> !-- Dhiyul, decent but impulsive rich youth. Not especially martial --> NPCCharacter id="lord_3_7" name="{=xC3kCGte}Dhiyul" age="24" voice="earnest" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![nuqar](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/nuqar.png "nuqar") | !-- Nuqar, warrior, devious but clever --> NPCCharacter id="lord_3_13" name="{=WTCIOhvV}Nuqar" age="38" voice="curt" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![sira](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/sira.png "sira") | !-- Nuqar's wife --> NPCCharacter id="lord_3_13_1" name="{=psnfaZbC}Sira" is_female="true" age="37" voice="softspoken" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> | | ![razana](https://mountandblade2bannerlord.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Mount-and-Blade-2-Bannerlord/razana.png "razana") | name="{=13YN3S79}Razana" age="17" voice="curt" default_group="Cavalry" is_hero="true" culture="Culture.aserai" occupation="Lord" face_mesh_cache="true"> |