Editing Leaping Salmon Clan History (section)

==Citadels==

The hunter chiefs who tended the children of Balazar raised each according to their own tribal interests, so the three sons were quarrelsome rather than cooperative. The division of the citadels was mutually acceptable to Dykene and Trilus, but Elkoi did not recieve a citadel. Instead, he went into the wilderness and came back with three giants as slave, who built the citadel of Elkoi.  We had little to do with the quarrelsome children of King Balazar.  We had always maintained a distance form Balazar and his ways, and thus it continued with his children.  As the closest citadel, we naturally spent more time at Dykene.  We know that Dykene was actually the daughter of Balazar and Rigtaina, the hunter-nypmh, and was as fierce and aggressive as any man.  She took that citadel by force and would not relinquish it.  Many of our daughters follow Rigtaina as we have a tradition of hunter-women.

A trio of giants began ravaging travelers near the citadel of Dykene, and the queen was killed in combat with them. They tore the citadel down almost to the ground and scattered the survivors. They were seeking the one who had enslaved them, Elkoi, but got the wrong citadel.  Elkoi has always caused trouble among the people of Balazar and the citadels.  We did not trust him and do not trust his descendants.  They not align themselves with the outlander god of the moon.

Dykene remained in ruin. Wanderers and refugees increasingly moved into Balazar from the west. These were mostly barbarians who worshiped Solar or Storm deities, and who were retreating before the encroaching Moon Empire.  We avoided most of them with their peculiar ways and magics, though we did accept a few into our ranks.

Many Balazarings were among the allies or in the pay of the newly formed Tarshite army, which itself followed a pair of divine children. These children were the Twins, and they were the Founders of the Tarsh Kingdom. They defeated the Lunar host at the battle of Falling Hills and after that most refugees went to Tarsh rather than bleak Balazar.  We preferred to keep our warriors at home where they could be used for important things like finding food and fighting off trolls.

During this period the royal dynasties of the citadels changed often. Sometimes the throne was taken by a foreign adventurer, sometimes by a conservative great old chief, sometimes by some vigorous thinking hunter with his grandfather’s set of mail. A brave hunter from our clan took the Citadel and made himself king.

Kings of the Citadel made an occasional name for themselves.
Our King ruled peacefully, with wisdom. 
We were clever and lucky in war

The Lunars came with a column of soldiers and Moon Wizards, guided by a hunter named Bykotus. King Partobas was killed and the Lunars occupied Elkoi.
Bykotus was a kinsman of ours, and his descendants still rule Elkoi and owe us a favor.

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