Chapter 37: Rewards
Marynku people have large families.
Dozens of wives and dozens of kids. Even Xeqani and Otuken, both have a few children.
Of course, after the battle most of them have been killed off and those who are spared are too young to possess a threat to him.
And while Marynku families could be large, they still needed to cooperate with others to successfully plan their movements, obtain food, and protect themselves.
Men who were related to each other grouped their families into clans, which could include hundreds of people.
As clans grew larger, they divided into smaller groups that often migrated together.
They each selected a leader, or chief. Sometimes it is called Warchief. Other times just chief. Sometimes they are called a Khatur
It is a position chosen not based on seniority but the person ability to lead, given to a person of merit
Clans joined larger groupings, called tribes usually for defence or to coordinate hunts and military actions against other tribes.
Since the tribes combined different clans, they sometimes were governed by councils made up of the heads of each clan, especially when one individual person was not strong or respected enough to be chosen as overall leader.
And Aeryon had eaten too fast and eaten to large of a land.