Lore:Eagleseer Clan

The Eagleseer Clan is a prominent clan of Reachfolk that lives in the Reach, a region in western Skyrim. The Eagleseers are a proud, warrior clan that tends to feud with other clans for whatever reason, and even nurture these feuds like how other clans might nurse their children. While most clans view outsiders with contempt and annoyance, the Eagleseers pay no mind and are generally friendly to those they do not quarrel with. They view outsiders as unworthy of a good Reach feud.  For ages, the Eagleseers have been enemies of the Six-Ford Clan and vice versa, and it dates back to their foundation in years long past.  
 

History
In ancient history, there was a man and woman that were deeply in love and promised to wed each other. Together, they created the  , a totem of stone meant to symbolize their love but on the day of their wedding, it broke in half. Taking it as a sign of the spirits' displeasure, the two separated and grew to hate each other. The man's bloodline developed into the Eagleseer Clan while the woman's evolved into the Six-Fords. Both clans took one half of the coil and warred each other for the other half, and while the story of how it broke is contested, the history that took place after is engraved in Reach history. 

The battles fought in their conflict are mostly unknown, except for two, the battles at   and  , where the pieces of the coil were last located.  The Battle of Karthspire Lea was one of the bloodiest skirmishes in the conflict, so much so that the blood that stained the area looked black from afar. Unlike most battles in Reach history, this battle had no clear victory, and while most forces yield when defeat is nigh, both clans did not waver and fought like they intended to die. The chieftain of the Eagleseers at the time, Maddofra was mortally wounded early in the battle from a spear through the leg. He insisted that his clans folk bind him to a nearby pillar to prop him up and continue to fight. Few people survived the battle and while Maddofra's fate is unknown,  his piece of the Lover's Coil was buried at his post. 

When   of the   became the Ard of   in  , his power had only extended to the confines of his city while in the Reach proper, the strongest tribes at the time, such as the Eagleseers, the Six-Fords, the  , and the   had the most power. To the clans, the Ard was just another chieftain despite the  's authority over the Reach. 

By the spring of  , during the reign of Emperor  , the clan was ruled by Chief   and in that same year, a scholar from the  ,   traveled to the Eagleseers' dhun to study the Reach's way of life. His first time with the Eagleseers was in the early spring and witnessed the clan conduct a ritual to gain  's favor for a post-winter hunt. After their hunt, Tuliel studied the clan's hunters for two weeks before returning to Markarth. They returned to the Eagleseers' dhun in the midsummer to find the village half-empty as the clan divided themselves to stock up on food and preserve their livestock from mountain beasts like  s and  s. 

Tuliel returned for the third time in the fall to see them prepare for the coming winter. They gathered roots and berries, as well as culled their herd to preserve the meats in smokehouses. The scholar had also brought a bunch of tools, such as knives and blankets, and offered to help the Eagleseers any way he could. Eventually, they had grown accustomed to his help and before the winter broke out, Tuliel left the village and returned for the last time in the midwinter. Three days before his return, the Six-Fords intercepted an Eagleseer hunting party and killed Chief Darragh, to which his former advisor,   used to blame Tuliel and forever force him away from the clan. The scholar left and later documented his time with the clan four years later during Emperor  's reign. 

After years of constant feuding, the chiefs of Clan Eagleseer and Clan Six-Fords decided to patch it with a handfast between their children,   of the Eagleseers and   of the Six-Fords. The handfast was set to take place in   and overseen by the Chief-of-Chiefs,   of the  . The betrothed, however, could not go through with the ceremony, and the two escaped from the handfasting cave. Cannear had sent an   to retrieve the two but instead help them bring the Lover's Coil back together. Over time, Eslyn, and Madearn grew affection for each other, but it is unknown if they decided to proceed with the handfasting or not. And despite the cause of the feud having been resolved, it is unknown if their ageless conflict ended that day. 

Known Chieftains
Ancestor of the Eagleseer Clan 
 
  (2E ? -  )
Unnamed Chieftain  ''(ca.  )

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