Cumann mBalógban

The **Cumann mBalógban**, **CmB** or **League of Female Wolves**, is a political movement and cooperative society (some assume them to be militant to some degree), mostly active in the Trossach, along the White Cliffs and the Baile. The CmB follows an ideology, which was termed by leading experts of the University of Fortham, mostly Finnya Araon, as *Radical Selkie-Feminism*.

The Ionchoisne assumes, that any and all organized criminal activity in the South-Western Half of the Mainland happens only with and under authorization of the CmB or against it, a reason, why the Ionchoisne counts them as an Organized Crime Syndicate themselves, together with (currently unproven) criminal activities.

## History

### Ideological foundations and Founding Mothers

Their main inspiration for their thoughts was and is the Khanate of Las, a

### The Egneir Inn Incident and its aftermath (2013 - 2019)

On the 18th of October, 2013 a foreign tourist in Wadebridge, the son of a high noble from a foreign land, entered the Egneir Inn in the same city. There, he made the receptionist believe, that he was the boyfriend of one of their guests and that he wanted to surprise her, handing him the keys to the woman's room. There, he, encouraged and encited by the over-objectification of Selkie-Women and other factors, sexually assaulted the actual guest for the better part of the night.

After he was apprehended by the City Guard, he confessed to the deed. However, in order to avoid an international incident, the Government of the Free Lands did not prosecute him, but expelled him, not punishing the man. This sparked outrage and protests all over the Free Lands, not only from the CmB, but also other groups, including the Tribalist Movement.

As a bit of a peace offering, the Elder Council set a law, that forbade Inns to give the keys to a booked room to anyone other then the guest, who booked it. The protests continued and do so to this day. The woman decided to keep the child and to raise it.

The Pobail, on the other hand, experienced a large intake of people. Violence against women became a major concern, both in the domestic sphere and outside of it.

## Ideology: *Radical Selkie-Feminism*

The CmB stands for a sharp opposition to Sexual Objectification of women (and also of men, but their main concern are women) and are for harder and heavier punishments . Although not opposed to the Geansai, they want the traditional garnment to, as they say, "regain its dignity".

The CmB sees society, even in the Free Lands, mostly as a patriarchy, men in power, either openly or behind closed doors, ruling the land. Although some of the Free Lands' largest companies are owned by women (SDY and Gabha Blacksmiths Limited), they argue, that the industrial basis supporting them is a patriarchy, which rules their every move and action. As an example, they typically cite Ironcastle Ironworks Limited. One of their core aims is, thus, to eliminate the male supremacy and, depending on the thinker, either replace it by female supremacy or, in the more popular variation, replace it by an equality between the genders (the latter school views, indeed, Bicíní Industries, as a good example, the two CEOs leading the fate of the company, although they do add, that the company has problems with the Sexual Objectification of women).

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### Sexual Objectification

The CmB opposes the objectification of women strongly - in more recent times, that also came to include men - both by the other gender and by the own gender.

#### Relationship to Bicíní Industries

CmB and BI have a rather complicated relationship,

In 2019, BI invited the CmB to not only attend the Archipelago Shooting, but also to enter a few designs for a shooting of their own designs, what they would see being worn, if their ideas would come true. They responded with a variety of designs, some inspired by traditional fashion from Zaijia, the images being shot on the 12th, 13th and 14th of December.

## Organization

### Leading Personages and Followers

* Ida Sreang of the Tribe of Fingal, Fashion Designer and one of the spokespersons of the CmB.

### Internal Organization

Much like the Daoine as Cruach, the CmB is organized in several chapters, in their parlance the *Pobaili* (singular *Pobail*, roughly translating to Communities), of which there are a total of 197 (mostly in the described areas, but there are *Pobaili* all over the Free Lands) with a total of 41,871 people living in these communities (and average population of 212.54 people per community). Membership in the CmB and thus the right to inhabit a Pobail is tied to the gender, only women and male children under eleven being allowed.

Many of the first members of the CmB came from the Gíománra, when it was dissolved in 1975. Some of their personell joined the

Aside from the Hamlet and Village Guards, which these Pobail are allowed to have, the CmB also has a military arm, its members known as the *Laochrai* (warriors, singular *Laochra*). It is estimated, that each *Pobail* has at least one unit of these Laochrai at its disposal for self-defense and defense of others, usually referred to as a *Drong* (band or gang, plural *Drongi*), a small unit of six to twelve armed horsewomen. The CmB is rumoured to possess illegal firearms, but so far, nothing could be confirmed despite heavy searches. The *Laochrai* are often called *Cathleispi*, 'Combat Lesbians', as a term of derision.