Ten Sons of Rrahn

Some cautions for those of you who are interested in reading this. This plot distinctly covers some touchy material, such as implied rape, and will also have abuse. Be warned, and don't read/participate in things you are not comfortable with.

### Characters Involved:

Mis'to, Morgana, Fionn, Rayne, Artair, Rowland, Rina'ta, Charbonnier, Zeke, Akiyu(Akiko), Kirigi, Trigario

The **Ten Sons of Rrahn** is a plot involving the Keeper Clans of Gridania; specifically the Parahel Clan, an isolationist clan that is not friendly with those of Eorzea. Driven by an unknown legend, this clan seeks to change the Keeper world....

## Events of the Past

Who were the Parahel, before they became who they were?

A New Matriarch Is Chosen

## Chapter 1 - The Ithilen Clan

A once progressive clan turned suddenly isolationist - and in doing so, Mis'to was reunited with two of his children. What made them turn that way, and why were his children sent away?

* Travelling to the Ithilen
* The First Son
* Safety
* Epilogue

## Chapter 2 - The Longest Night

After long years of waiting, the Parahels finally make their move, resulting in a bloody night of conflict that rocks Gridania to it's core...

* Hunting the Song - The Sixth and Seventh Sons
* The First to Fall
* Spread The Flame Thin
* The Tenth Son
* Help Arrives
* Converse with the Elementals
* Greenwrath
* A Terrible Mistake
* Saving Gridania
* Aftermath
* Epilogue

## Chapter 3 - History

The Parahel beaten back, the gang sets about picking up on the clues left behind, and Mis'to and Morgana leave to warn the older Miqo'te's clan of dark times ahead. Meanwhile, continued concerns with Garlemald have Sera gathering skilled men to investigate...

## Summary (TL:DR)

For those who wish to know the plot but do not want to wade through a novella of writing.

Obviously, spoilers.

### Chapter 1 - The Ithilen Clan

*Several months ago, Mis'to's children fled - were told to flee - their clan, the Ithilen. Once a peaceful clan that was in open harmony with Gridania, the death of their elderly Matriarch saw power pass to one who did not agree with their progressiveness. Instead, this new Matriarch preached a return to the old, isolationist ways - and thus did Liu'a and Manah's mothers send their children out before they could be affected by the change...*

*A twist of fate brought them to the Steps so as they could find their father. Events had conspired to stop Mis'to from intervening, but in recent times he was finally able to travel to the Shroud. Speaking to a young male Keeper on the way, the man expresses his concerns that the deep clans have become unusually hostile. Rayne counsels him to move his clan closer to Gridania, and he agrees.*

W*hereupon the source of the souring of the Ithilen soon became evident - an old Miqo'te, clearly in his sixties - and one of the dreaded Parahel clan.*

*Known for their extreme fundamentalism, and methods that have seen a number of male Keepers leave the life entirely, few care for this clan - but it is shocking to see them acting openly against Gridania.*

*Rrahn'a, however, has not counted on Rayne, Fionn, Mis'to and Morgana, who liberate those Ithilen who do not want to join the Parahel ways. They have, however, made an enemy - and someone who was expecting them...*

### Chapter 2 - The Longest Night

*Fionn dares to return to Gridania, desperate for supplies - and finds himself hunted by not one but two deadly foes.* *He escapes but is sorely wounded in the process, waking in the Conjurer's Guild. As Mis'to, Rayne and Morgana catch up, they muse the names of his attacker, as it hints there is a Miqo'te woman who has had seven sons - impossible as that is to Keepers.*

*Their thoughts are cruelly interrupted as the Conjurers bring in a wounded Keeper, the one they met before on the road. Gravely injured, he manages to warn them before succumbing to his injuries. Thus does the Longest Night begin...*

*Rayne flees out into the night to protect fellow Keepers - the Noralo clan to whom the slain Miqo'te belonged. There she finds them attacked by the Parahel, and one who seems particularly gifted in aether. Able to defend them, she calls on her flame to teleport them away to safety. One turns to be twins, though they proclaim they have bigger fish to fry and flee.*

*Meanwhile Morgana aids another clan, and finds herself up against the Miqo'te who attempted to kidnap Fionn - Rrahn'ir. Again she successfully defends and is able to capture the cruel hunter.*

*Akiyu arrives on the scene to help Mis'to, himself caught up defending a third clan. Yet another son attacks, near killing Mis'to and then taking on Akiyu with magics that are more than capable of standing up to hers. In a hardfought battle Akiyu narrows wins and escapes, taking Mis'to to safety. On reaching Morgana however she learns a terrible truth - she may just have killed Mis'to's son.*

*Aid continues to arrive. Although alone the conflict spills to Artair, dragging him into the carnage. Back in Gridania Zeke and Rowland set off, finding Rayne and helping her defend yet another clan. Zeke volunteers to take them to safety as Rowland and Rayne take off in search of others to help. He returns just as Rina'ta and Charbonnier arrive. Rina'ta seeks to commune with the elementals, finding them frightened and confused but learning more about other struggling Keepers. They set out to help. A guilt-stricken Akiyu is relieved to find Mis'to's son lives.*

*A conscious Mis'to talks wearily with Fionn; back in Gridania as Zeke arrives with the rescued children Rina'ta and Charbonnier arrive, Rina'ta desperate to understand what is happening to her home. She communes with the elementals and finds them them confused and dazed, a strange state to be for the beings that effectively own the Twelveswood. Out the three set to try and save more Keepers.*

*As Rayne battles, a desperate idea comes to her mind. Reaching out she attempts to beseech the Elementals, begging them to save the people of the Twelveswood. To this adds the voices of Rina'ta and Morgana, amongst the prayers of the many victims and potentially even the Padjal. To her surprise, the Twelveswood responds, invoking a Greenwrath of a power that has not been seen in many years. Aiding the fleeing Keepers and harrying their foe, this promises to turn the tide of the conflict.*

*Back in Gridania however, Mis'to, Morgana, Akiyu and Fionn soon find that Rrahn'ir is not yet out for the count; for he reappears next to Fionn and takes him once more. In panic the three try to save Fionn; in doing so Akiyu senses another presence and follows it. Mis'to's Echo gives them the edge they need, able to faintly pick out Fionn through Rrahn'ir's shroud and pulling him to safety. Finally beaten, Rrahn'ir withdraws but promises they've not seen the last of him.*

*Akiyu follows the trail deep into the Twelveswood, into untouched parts of the Shroud, finding a strange cave filled with strange aetherrich crystals. Finding the seventh son Rrahn'wo there, weaving some magic, she inadvertently saves Morgana from his strange power over Echo visions before she is caught off guard by another - Rrahn' herself. Akiyu is quickly captured in streams of aether that then rip the very Lifestream from her rift. Caught in a maddening Echo vision of her own, the limiters on Akiyu's rift break, and using Rrahn'wo's magic Rrahn directs this new weapon back towards Gridania...*

*All united, the adventurers band together to stop Akiyu before she can bring her entire power to bear on destroying Gridania.*

*With as many saved as they could, the longest night finally comes to an end; though there are more questions than answers. Why did the attack happen? What motivated it? How did a single clan, amongst a people not known to congregate in large numbers, amass so many so as to kill so many of their own? How did this slip past the notice of the omnipresent elementals? Will the Parahel strike again...and where? And surely of most concern, what does Rrahn want, and why....*