Lin Clan

The Lin Clan was once a prominent influence in Blue Water Province, but has recently been brought to the brink of collapse with the fall of the Lin School.
== History ==
The Lin clan has deep roots in Blue Water Province and the surrounding regions, having originated south of the Shadow Forest. An unknown number of years ago, they founded the Lin School and became the controlling influence of Teng Lin townChapter 86 - Teng Chunhua POV.
About thirty years ago, Imperial schemes and Dun Fanshu ruined the Lin School and ignited the Three Schools ConflictChapter 5 (new) - Kun Juni POV. Ostensibly the school's fall was due to refusing to pick a side between the Imperial Court and the Azure Astral Authority. The true pressure came from the Lin School's placement near a major route out of Blue Water Province, and that it was also downstream of the Imperial-influenced Teng School and Golden Promise SchoolChapter 7 (new) - Jun Sana POV. Upon learning that their lineage was broken Lin Ling's great-grandfather cremated himself upon the Lin School's altar, breaking their ancestral ground and leaving it cursed and fallow to this dayChapter 75 - Lin Ling POV.
In the aftermath the Lin Clan itself splinteredChapter 30 - Kun Juni POV, leaving the survivors to take refuge in the rural regions of Yin EclipseChapter 1 (new) - Lu Ji POV. One of the clan's scattered fragments was able to relocate to West Flower Picking Town with the aid of the Blue Gate School and the Ha Clan. This fragment of the clan, the family of Lin Ling, had advocated for the Imperial Court prior to the school's fall, and has since doubled down and gone so far as to denounce other branchesChapter 13 - Lin Ling POV.
== Yin Eclipse Censure Incident ==
Following accusations of rebellion against the Imperial Court and investigations by the Azure Astral Authority, the remnants of the Lin Clan fled once again into the depths of the Shadow ForestBook 3 Prologue - Meng Fu POV.
== Family Arts ==
* Seven Spirits Thunder Light Manual
** A non-inheritance version for daughters intended to be married off
* Seven Thundering Monkeys Manual
* Seven Bamboo Rods - a divination art
== Membership ==
=== Notable Members ===
* Lin Ling
=== Ancestors ===
* Lin Lingzheng - Lin Ling's great grandfather, a diviner who broke the Lin clan's ancestral ground upon their near-collapse
* Lin Lingfan - Lin Ling's grandfather
* Lin Fengtian - Master at Arms of the Lin clan, perished during the Year of the Blood Eclipse
=== Other Members ===
* Lin Changfan - Lin Ling's older brother
* Lin Fanghai - Inner disciple of the Lin School, son of Fengtian, and friend of Jun Han
== References ==
Category:Clans
Category:Blue Water Province