Favorite Clan

[Krath]

I am wondering, what everyone's favorite clan was, and if the story is over an rl year old tell the defining moment
that made it your top pick.

[FantasyWriter]

My favorite clan experiences were with Kadius and the Jul Tavan, sadly they were both within the last year, so no i can share.

[Marauder Moe]

House Oash.

My two most long-lived characters were in it.

The two most defining moments that I feel are appropriate to recount are in the logs section under my name.  

[deviant storm]

The Tzai Byn, especially when Sujaal ran it. Getting my sargeant stripes from him...hard man to serve under but hella lot of fun.

The Soh Lanah Kah have a special place in my heart. I loved them back when Masha was the big bad ghost of the tablelands and ever since.


Edit: And after thinking some more I have to add Blackmoon.

[Tisiphone]

My favourite mentionable clan is Kurac, probably because I've never been there for a long period of time. 'tis a romance thing.


I take it all back. Arm of the Dragon, and you know who you are.

[Iota]

The T'zai Byn.

Getting my sergeant's stripes was probably one of the coolest things ever.

Being a newb and falling into holes while wearing said sergeant's stripes and having to get all my runners to come rescue me.

That dwarf "Blue" (I think? Or was his name House?) that was totally obsessed about making an awesome house. There was
this one emote that he did one time about his eyes glazing over happily as he pans his hand over the horizon
or something while talking about how phat his house is going to be. It just blew my mind. He just could not stop talking about it
and would get "house attacks" at the most inopportune times. Once I threw a bowl of stew at him while he was going on about
it and he didn't even notice.

There was this one time we got told by something really scary that it would eat our braaaaainz.

Sewer horror busted out of the latrines a few times. We killed it once and I tried to get all my unit to help me drag it out on the
street for a parade or something, but it dissolved before we could. There was this one half-giant in my unit who made this
retarded half-giant noise while attacking it, and I could not stop laughing IRL. It was like "RAAAAARRRRGH" or something.

[tortall]

T'zai Byn.

My first REAL char was Thalina. She was there WAAAY back in the day. Before Sujaal. With Zak and Stevith.

Most of my Arm friends come from that group of people I played with then. I miss you guys!!

Also, Kadius!! Thal ended up in Kadius. As did nearly all of my other Bynners. (So apparently talking to Ender while typing this made me type ender instead of ended. I'm special.)

Tia, who went in a fun silt horror hunt on a skimmer with Sujaal and that gang. She ended up working for Kadius as Head Hunter and crafter. Under... Domani Kadius I think. Damn spice, it kills a lot of Kadians. Don't take spice into Nak people! HG will kill you.

Nahfari, who also ended up Head Hunter. I -think- she almost ended up working as a merchant too at one point... That may have been Tia...

Oh, and of course my Kadian family member. The jaupper-bosomed woman. Enthatril. My favorite sdesc EVER.

So Byn and Kadius.... Though Fale is my mothership. I AM Fale.

And Karianna was the most awesome imm EVER! She made Fale fun.

[Elieson]

I will always love old Blackwing because it made me love the game, but since they're what they were...
Kurac.

Love Kurac and really can't say why... it's been far more than a year, but I don't know how many people know the story I'd tell either way, so it's best if I don't. 

[Voular]

Tribal people. It just seems to take real special people to pull those off.

[NoteworthyFellow]

My favorites, in no particular order:

• The T'zai Byn -- Because it's impossible to play in the Byn and not love the clan.
• House Tor -- Because of raw, intelligent badassery.  I had a dwarf Scorpion cadet during the gith invasion of Allanak, and there was no clan I'd rather have been a part of for it.  Too bad he got hacked into bits and didn't get to see the fireworks.
• Council of Allanaki Mages -- Because of reasons I'm not at liberty to discuss.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Tor = Military fun
Kurac = Exclusivity

[palomar]

Elan Pah Alliance

Having my first ever desert elf experience the struggles of the Tablelands last year was a great thing. It was tough and hard, often deeply frustrating but also very, very interesting to be part of the EPA. It gave me a perspective on some things in Armageddon and Zalanthas that I believe would have been hard to come by in another environment, time and clan.

[Gimfalisette]

Arm of the Dragon, and you know who you are.

Hell yeah. I'm of the opinion that it's the crew that makes the clan, and that was the crew. AoD certainly has some other points in its favor; simply the fact of being the first responders in a city where there's lots of conflict potential, being in on all the plots run by the templarate, and having the crim code for backup. Under the right leadership, the AoD has all the grit of the Byn, and all the military discipline of Tor, making it IMO better than either

But ultimately, it was the crew. And I think that's true for any clan experience.

Others: I love Bards of Poets' Circle for its depth of culture and the sheer freedom and potential in a bard's role. Other clans with deep culture are also awesome.

[Prince Prig]

Looking at just the clan and not the players, I can't say I have a favorite...but if I could mix and match, it would be House Lyksae, Tzai Byn, and Kurac mixed together.
Summary of my limited experience so far:

Tuluk:
House Lyksae - Works very well with my playing style I think.

GMH: Kurac - The atmosphere and uniqueness of the clan.

Other: Tzai Byn - Just the whole mercenary mentality is enjoyable for me.

If you count out the players in the clan at the time, I just like playing the professional, bad-ass, spice-smok'n warrior characters.
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...At least for now.  

With players included, I can't say, as the experience is always unique.

[fourTwenty]

Tzai Byn easy.

Anytime I'm standing there with two stripes on my arm thinking. WTF?!! We where there, now we're here, who was tha', why are we here, where is here, how did we get here, HOLY SHIT THAT DUDE JUST LOST AN ARM!

And yeah, beyond the RP experiences that I've not yet come close to repeating. It's really the people. Not sure if I'm suppose to drop names or not but Fathi, Fnord, X-D, and Kreig's Byn Sergeants are most defianatly the reason I stuck with and eventually became addicted to this game.

It's great players that make this a great game and I can think of no other clan that will allow total N00b$ to interact with some hawt Rp'rs with such regularity.

[Gunnerblaster]

I'm going to break away and say that any Clan can be awesome.

It just depends on the people currently within and the leaders who are setting up stuff.

Just a few months ago, House Kadius was one've the most wicked Clans I've been in.

A few weeks ago - People IG and on the forums are complaining about never finding a Byn Recruiter.

So it could really go both ways.

Awesome people/staff = Awesome adventures.

[Irulan]

Tzai Byn - My first clan, and what sucked me into this crazy game

House Tor - Had a great time with them...oh four years back or so. Played a dwarven Sergeant for the Academy.

House Kurac - Atmosphere, badassery, and overall amazing clan

Also a big fan of the al'Seik: neat documentation, awesome atmosphere

[Kronibas]

House Kadius.. though it hasn't been anywhere close to the same since the staff rotations.

[Krath]

House Kadius.. though it hasn't been anywhere close to the same since the staff rotations.

No comparisons with imms please, they all work their asses off for free so we cant complain
or try to discourage them. Thanks!

[LoD]

My two favorite clans were the T'zai-Byn and the Rebellion.

Both of these clans had two compelling features: the people and the environment.  They were both extremely functional in their design, wasting very little space on unnecessary roads, paths, buildings, or rooms.  This kept everyone bunched together and frequently interacting.  The atmosphere of both locations really allowed you to get into character and "feel" the part of a grizzled mercenary serving as a cog in the wheel of this rough and tumble machine, or as the outlaw rebel scrapping out an existence behind the camouflaged walls of your wilderness hideout with little more between you and the harsh elements but your freedom.

To those that have shared these spaces with me in the past, it was a grand and memorable adventure.

-LoD

[Decameron]

House Oash - Love my murdering with a hint of subtly, a splash of wince-inducing magicks, and a small dash of politics.

Byn- Too many stories to recount. One feeling of absolute awe I recall is of watching one of the younger runners getting dragged away in the night by a mantis (a few years back) and sitting in silence with the survivors in the dark.  Recall the feeling that each mission was just another roll of the dice, until your turn to die came up. Always being the first ones in, and the last ones out. It really established the theme of Arm for me as a eariler player (being that the character couldn't really have 'friends', since it was too painful to watch them die time after time). Was probably one of my favorite roles.

Arm of the Dragon - Super-sekrit plots combined with the fear of thinking your tongue will fall out if you try to talk to anyone about it? Count me in.

[Fathi]

Concept-wise I would have to say Kurac or House Lyksae. People who have seen the documentation or played extensively in both or either will know why. My actual experience playing in Kurac was excruciatingly boring and awful, but I think that was more to do with the timing of when I joined the clan than any failings with the structure or design of it.

The Byn will always feel like the heart and soul of Zalanthas to me. The Sunrunners will always have a special place in my heart as far as Best Delves Evar.

The '07-to-'08 Class of House Salarr had its own unique flavour of intrigue that was like playing in a book you just couldn't put down. Though I chalk that up more to the jaw-dropping quantity and quality of its roleplayers and not to any inherent awesomeness in the concept itself.

In fact, I'd say '07 was just a great year for the Merchant Houses all around.

[Is Friday]

T'zai Byn & Lyksae.

[Zoltan]

T'zai Byn, because it was the clan that popped my Arm cherry. It hurt so good. I got in when there were a lot of great players, so that always helps. Also, I really liked the clan structure and the layout of their holdings. Had some great Imm support, too!

Tor was cool, for the brief time I was in it. Cool documentation, and the academy is awesome.

Council of Allanaki Mages, because I like the clan structure and find the concept interesting. Great players, too.

[Cutthroat]

I've enjoyed my experience in Kurac, Arm of the Dragon, the Byn, Council of Allanaki Mages, and various independent groups/gangs in the main cities/'rinth (although those aren't official clans, but they deserve to be mentioned). Most of the clans I don't like, I haven't played in.