Empiateo

Empiateo is a young clan nestled in the base of several southern crystalline peaks, nearing the Stanwood Strand. Lead by a council of four and their apprentices, the clan is considered first and foremost an ally of the beastclans and does not recognize the rule or worship of the deities. The territory is otherwise open to travelers with little question. 
==History==
====Creation====
Empiateo was originally conceived as the fated charge of its guardian founder, Dante. After traveling across Sornieth, he and his childhood friend, Mirta, returned to their birthplace in the Starfall Isles. Dante found himself drawn to a small patch of land well shaded by the peaks of the Crystalspine and determined it to be the location his charge was meant to grow. Together, he and several companions he had met along his Search settled in what was dubbed Empiateo. 
====Growing Population====
Something something Fergus, Fester, Kritios, all of them.
====The Plaguemancer====
Abbadon and her crew show up.
====Alliance with Beastclans====
Following Relic's adoption of a cervitaur as his charge, the Council's loose following of the Arcanist dissolved. 
==Geography==
Having very little knowledge of lithomancy, the founder's first cave was carved out by claw. Complex structures are still uncommon in Empiateo; to this day, it consists largely of worn dirt paths weaving between crystalline caves. Manaweed and other small purple, pink, and blue flowers are dotted around the perimeters of most lairs.
Included in the more notable of landmarks are Kritios' statues, which largely take the form of Grecian, idealized figures - life-sized dragons and beastclan alike - with great care put into highlighting their muscular structures. Older statues are often overgrown in dark creeper ivy and other native plants.
==Notable Locations==
* Location 1
* Location 2
* Location 3
==Notable Members==
=== Current Members ===
*Dante
*Mirta
*Hurrusi
*Dahak
*Relic
*Santino
*Baroness
*Muraryuu
*Vitreous
*Heptanimus
*Royal
*Kritios
*Fiamet
*Marauder
*Fergus
*Fester
*Maelstrom
*Agamagama
*Cookie
*Sariel
*Myst
*Caspian
*Pantomime
*Berbalang
*Maelstrom
*Gamekeeper
*The Plaguemancer [Abbadon]
*Wormwood
*Carrion
*Caedes
*Epidemic
=== Previous Members ===
* Divitia
* Sruvara (body of Murayuu)
* Unnamed skydancer (body of Sariel)
==Trivia==
* The name Empiateo comes from the Italian words empio (meaning impious, profane, or cruel) and ateo (meaning atheistic)
==Gallery==
File:Empiateo Concept.png|Concept art detailing a basic overview of Empiateo (art from phasmology#40235)
File:Empiateo Map Location.png|A screenshot displaying the approximate location of Empiateo on the official Sornieth map, x=1119 y=1731
Category:Clans
Category:Arcane