![[aserai 1.png]] # Banu Qild War-Minded Honorable Clan - Harsh Ascetics - Killed Nimr, Now Enemies with [[Banu-Sarran]] Tier 5 > 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. # Dialogue [[Tais]] [[Banu-Qild]] on a sultans job, and on [[Banu-Sarran]] > "The duty of a sultan is to lead the tribes in war, and to allow them to uphold their honor. It is not to make them love each other, and it is not to make men of honor sit down and pretend to be friends with thieves and scum in the name of 'peace.' That is all I will say." ## Others on --- [[Adram]] [[Banu-Sarran]] on [[Tais]] [[Banu-Qild]] > "We will not forget what the [[Banu-Qild]] did to my cousin Nimr. He seduced a Qildi princess, and penned a poem about it, as princes do. The [[Banu-Qild]] hunted him down - as princesses' families do. If they had slain him then, we would accept that as the way of the world. But he was not given an honorable death in battle. They took him alive, and hanged him in a cage to die of thirst. He was denied dignity in death. Someday I will make Thanza al-Qildi ([[Tais]] [[Banu-Qild]]) pay the price for his cruelty." # Settlements [[Hubyar]] # Game Files / Developer Diaries [[Tais]] of the [[Banu-Qild]]. Honor lineage. !-- Ascetics --> 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. The inland city of [[Hubyar]] is said to be built on the ruins of a luxurious hunting lodge built by the decadent and cruel king [[Thuran]], whom the patriarch [[Asera]] slew in vengeance for the enslavement of his family. This memory may explain the worldview of the fierce and austere [[Banu-Qild]], who hold the castle today and who detest all frivolity. But the scent of jasmine that can be detected on the night breezes here carries an undercurrent of temptation. It was here that the hero Nimr (of the [[Banu-Sarran]]) came to grief, caught in the chamber of a [[Banu-Qild]] maiden and left hanging in a cage in the market until he perished. Companion character is supposedly distantly related to Banu Qild: [[the-Falcon]] '[[Banu-Qaram]]' | | | |---|---| ||!-- Banu Qild, a proud ascetic clan --> <br>!-- Tais al-Qildi, harsh patriarch --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_3_5" <br>name="{=iOZtAOgk}Tais" <br>age="45" <br>voice="curt" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> | ||!-- Ruma, fierce, shames lords who do not uphold honor. Zeinab al-Ghazali type --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_3_6" <br>name="{=nBDKxiyC}Ruma" <br>age="41" <br>voice="curt" <br>is_female="true" <br>default_group="Infantry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> | ||!-- Usair al-Qildi, much younger than his father. Smart, friendly zealot. fanatically devoted to values of the Faction. Friendly but capable of turning quickly --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_3_9" <br>name="{=LJ6Intaq}Usair" <br>age="21" <br>voice="earnest" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> | ||!-- Manan, moralist but curious about solving ills of the world --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_3_12" <br>name="{=MlmPJ502}Manan" <br>age="22" <br>voice="earnest" <br>default_group="Cavalry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>is_female="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> | ||name="{=891zDKIl}Haqan" <br>age="19" <br>voice="curt" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true">| ||!-- Karith, misanthropic --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_3_20" <br>name="{=IgSZcCW0}Karith" <br>age="36" <br>voice="curt" <br>default_group="Cavalry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> | ||name="{=NiOxe8Y2}Judira" <br>age="35" <br>voice="softspoken" <br>is_female="true" <br>default_group="Cavalry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true">| ||name="{=brZGZw7D}Azina" <br>age="16" <br>voice="earnest" <br>is_female="true" <br>default_group="Cavalry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.aserai" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true">|