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# Khergit
The 'Roan Horses' - Valuable well Disciplined Warriors - Historically One of the Largest and Oldest Clans, now Shrunken Over Time With a Laundry List of Complaints over Injustices Dealt by Smaller Clans - Competing with [[Arkit]] - Brave but Nervous and Resentful
Tier 4
> [[Mesui]] is leader of the [[Khergit-clan]]. Once one of the largest clans in the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] confederacy, they suffered many losses during [[Urkhun LORE]] Khan's conquests and their lands were subsequently targeted by other tribes. [[Mesui]] has ruthlessly defended her clan's rights, and frequently complained about the injustices suffered by smaller clans that she says have shed blood for the khanate without reaping any rewards.
# Dialogue
[[Mesui]] on clan [[Khergit-clan]], [[Monchug]] [[Urkhunait]], and [[Khuzait-Khanate]] politics
> "The [[Khergit-clan]] have suffered greatly in the wars of the Khuzaits. So many of our men have fallen..."
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> "It is for this reason that I lead the clan. The other clans, they think that because the Khergits are led by woman, that we are weak. They look at our land, our wealth, and think - we could take that. I can fight one of them, I can fight two, but I cannot fight them all."
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> "So long as [[Monchug]] has a firm hand on things, I do not worry much. The other clans dare not covet our lands and herds too openly. Yes... A strong khan can be a great blessing to the weak, so long as he remains strong."
# Game Files / Developer Diaries
The [[Khergit-clan]], or 'Roan Horses', were one of the first peoples to be subjugated by [[Urkhun]]. Although assimilated into his confederacy by force, they proved themselves some of his most valuable warriors, and were rewarded with extensive lands in his new conquests. War however took a heavy toll of the clan's males, and ten years ago the [[Arkit]] made a bid for their territories. [[Mesui]], sister of a slain noyan (Solun) and part of a long tradition of steppe warrior-women, led the [[Khergit-clan]]'s counter-attack. She continues to rule a clan nervous about its brush with extinction, and resentful of the [[Urkhunait]] for doing little to help them.
Matriarch - female, widow, very conscious of her clan's brush with extinction
Heir: Baybuz Energetic but sometimes weak-willed confessional
Valorous, deceitful, generous
(Minor faction:) The Hawlan ([[Karakhergit]]) are unsubjugated nomads, living on the fringes of the [[Khuzait-Khanate]]'s kingdom. Other [[Khuzait-Khanate]] mock them for living only in yurts and smelling like the sheep dung they use for their fuel. They are what the [[Khuzait-Khanate]] used to be, but despite this - or perhaps because of this - the newly rich, newly settled tribes treat them with scorn. Sons of Noyans have even been known to lead expeditions into the deep steppe to hunt them like animals. The [[Khergit-clan]] however turned to them in their recent moment of crisis, using them as mercenaries. [— spclans.XML]
[[Ortongard]] sits in the dry center of the Devseg plateau, which is dry for most of the year but offers rich grazing in the spring. Founded by [[Darshia-Cnty.]]-speaking merchants, it made its wealth buying horses, sheep and cattle from the surrounding herding villages and sending them west to the markets of the [[Calradian-Empire]] in huge drives, accompanied by guards to ward off raiders from the steppes. Neither its walls nor its mercenary armies could withstand the coming of Khan [[Urkhun]], however, who it granted to the [[Khergit-clan]] clan in recognition of their valor.
|  | !-- Lady Mesui, clan leader. Honorable but thoroughly ruthless --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_6_4" <br>name="{=QJq4VAU7}Mesui" <br>voice="curt" <br>age="50" <br>is_female="true" <br>culture="Culture.khuzait" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_hero="true" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"><br><br>Trait id="Egalitarian" <br>value="1" /><br><br>!-- lord_6_4, lady mesui --> <br>string id="str_political_philosophy_lord_6_4_for_lord_6_1" text="{=dpYb59BB}The Khergit have suffered greatly in the wars of the Khuzaits. So many of our men have fallen..." /> <br>string id="str_political_philosophy_lord_6_4_for_lord_6_1_b" text="{=RyrdJI5j}It is for this reason that I lead the clan. The other clans, they think that because the Khergits are led by woman, that we are weak. They look at our land, our wealth, and think - we could take that. I can fight one of them, I can fight two, but I cannot fight them all." /> <br>string id="str_political_philosophy_lord_6_4_for_lord_6_1_c" text="{=l4quU1x3}So long as [[Monchug]] has a firm hand on things, I do not worry much. The other clans dare not covet our lands and herds too openly. Yes... A strong khan can be a great blessing to the weak, so long as he remains strong." /> |
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|  | !-- Bagai is mesui's consort, moderating factor --><br><br>!-- clan 2. Lady Mesui is clan leader --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_6_3" <br>name="{=pKf56MdS}Bagai" <br>age="52" <br>voice="ironic" <br>culture="Culture.khuzait" <br>default_group="Cavalry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> |
|  | !-- Esur, son of Khergit queen. Brave and generous --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_6_8" <br>name="{=mSV1FBu1}Esur" <br>age="22" <br>voice="ironic" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.khuzait" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> |
|  | name="{=EptYW9tj}Nayantai" <br>age="19" <br>voice="curt" <br>is_female="false" <br>culture="Culture.khuzait" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_hero="true" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> |
|  | !-- Yana, clan 2 khergit heiress --> <br>NPCCharacter id="lord_6_11" <br>name="{=YUoydtNS}Yana" <br>age="22" <br>voice="curt" <br>default_group="HorseArcher" <br>is_female="true" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.khuzait" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"> |
|  | name="{=3AMc9o0o}Solun" <br>age="61" <br>voice="curt" <br>default_group="Infantry" <br>is_hero="true" <br>culture="Culture.khuzait" <br>occupation="Lord" <br>face_mesh_cache="true"><br><br>Solun was the chief noyan of the [[Khergit-clan]] and the former husband of [[Mesui]], slain at [[Battle-of-Pendraic]]. |