The Spriton Clan (SPRY-ten) 1 was a Gelfling clan which resided in the Spriton Plains.

Its members were characterized by their dark hair, calloused hands and sun-tanned skin.

Its patron tree was Nenadi-Staba, and its sigil animal was the Landstrider.

They were renowned throughout Skarith for their magically imbued crafts.

The Spriton also freely cohabited with Podlings, dividing their workload with them and raising their childlings in shared nurseries.

Despite this, they never lost their sense of community with the rest of their clan.

The second group consisted of dirt workers, who tended the land and animals, cultivated crops and kept oral records of seasonal wisdom.

The last group was the path workers, responsible for trading their wares with other clans.

Most of their crafts were made from wood, fiber and animal sources, due to the scarcity of metal in their territory.

Spriton textiles were easily recognized by their vivid colors and exposed stitching, deliberately left visible as a statement over how the Spriton viewed themselves as the stitchers of their race through their extensive trading.

Spriton sandals were also highly sought after because of their durable wooden soles.

As the straps were what held the sandal together, the Spriton left them exposed as a sign of respect.

Spriton pottery also emphasized the respect they held for binding materials, allowing the plant material used to fortify the clay to emerge from the surface of the pot.

Spriton lyres were unique among the Gelfling in having a seventh string, made from metal obtainable in Harar.

Tame Landstriders were fed fruit and nectar, and trained to wear saddles.

The beasts were mostly kept in spacious valleys outside Sami Thicket, where their handlers would erect feeding troughs and dig trenches to collect drinking water.

Historically, Landstriders were not the only mounts the Spriton used, as they also rode large knuckle-walking reptiles during the early Age of Division.

During the Festival of the Sour Squash, the plants would be roasted on the Spriton Pavilions hearth by scores of younglings.

Traditionally, participants could not eat their own squashes, thus the younglings would distribute the cooked squashes among their clan-mates and Podlings in the hope of receiving the same in return.

To prepare for the occasion, the Spriton would prune the trees around Sami Thicket and remove the thatching on their roofs in a ceremony known as sun-filling, thus allowing the Great Sun to fill the area and the houses with its light.

When the Longest Day began, the Spriton would create a pyre out of their old items and later spread the ashes on their newly thatched roofs.

As such, the majority of their diet was dominated by fruits and vegetables, with meat only being taken seldomly from carefully chosen creatures that were swiftly slaughtered in a solemn ceremony.

Spriton dishes frequently took the form of mixed salads flavored with tangy sauce or seasoned with nuts or toasted seeds.

The clan was also renowned for its dairy products, in particular its cheeses, which fetched good prices outside of the Spriton Plains, including Harar.

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