Great Eight Clans

The **Great Eight Clans** are the main antagonistic group in **Neolithic Girl**, they're an old and powerful clan which dates back to the Neolithic Era. Overtime they've become affiliated with and now serve the cult, White, largely operating from behind the scenes using the White Lotus Foundation.

## Background

The Great Eight Clans were the largest clans of the Baekje Kingdom. However, after the downfall of the Baekje Kingdom, the Great Eight Clans continued to build their influence and, through the White Lotus Foundation, have continued to expand their power. They're part of the White cult and are said to be one of the stronger forces within Korea.

## Clans

While there is limited information in regards to most of the clans, below is a few tidbits of information:

* **Baek Clan** - After the downfall of Baekje, the Baek family was renamed to avoid being wiped out. They would eventually go on to establish the oriental clinic, "**Baekgungwon**", and produced renowned doctors for generations. Their address is located at Incheon. After reaching the pinnacle of oriental medicine, they embraced western medicine and genetic engineering. They soon began merging their both styles to create products within the anti-aging industry and made a large profit of them. Thus the Baek Clan has been considered the most advanced in genetic engineering. However, they had been temporarily threatened by the rise of Y&Y's research as it had the support of the U.S. White Branch. The Baek clan had been stalking immortals and studying them even before the three kingdom period. In fact, they have records of Suki during the Neolithic ages. They even knew of when Suki was almost eaten by the very people she helped.  The Baek clan has traditionally been more patriarchal and conversative. For that reason, when Sunwoo Baek was born, she was often ill-treated.
* **Yeon Clan** - Operates Korea's powerful pharmaceutical company but after Hayeon's death, it became the weakest of the eight clans as the Y&Y disbanded.
* **Hae Clan** - not much is known about this clan
* **Sa Clan** - Operates the country's biggest security agency.
* **Jin Clan** - not much is known about this clan
* **Mok Clan** - not much is known about this clan
* **Hyeop Clan** - not much is known about this clan
* **Guk Clan** - not much is known about this clan

## Power and Reach

The group has one of the most powerful and versatile reach due to the combination of the eight families as each specialize in certain profession. Overall, their influence is high enough to wager persuasion in Korea and its society and possibility other parts of the world. Such as Korea's governments can be sided to their favor. However, at the end of Neolithic Girl, it seems the clan had come to an end as Munjang Baek reveals accusation against it, forcing a disbanding within the clans. Furthermore, Myeong Hae, Sunwoo Baek, and Dahui Guk died and with Hayeon's death earlier greatly reduces the power of the clans even further.

More in specifically, it has the Baekryeon foundation that deal in biotech. At front, it associates with war-related needs such as protecting war orphans, treating wounded soldiers, and responding to disasters. In reality, it deals with organ farming for their own benefits. It seems that Hae clan is in charge of the foundation as it owns it. However, after investigation from police collapses the foundation.

The Yeon clan specializes in pharmaceutical needs; their Y&Y group was so powerful that it alone can sway Korea's government, laws and media; giving the Eight Clans a great advantage. However, after Hayeon's death due to Jungwoo Min's interference, the Yeon clan lost so much power that they are considered the weakest link of the eight clans. Their worth is only owning a single hospital.

The Baek clan specializes in medicinal type needs; similar to the Yeon clan. they started with oriental medicine and greatly rose genetic engineered technology in combination of western and Korean medicine. Creating de-aging medicine in modern times. More importantly, with their research ands tech, they research in immortality and was able to create Chimera experiments; a step in achieving immortality it seems.

The Sa clan specializes in security type needs; owning at least a company. It is unknown how great the clan in contrast to the others. Supposedly this clan is a great way as a scapegoat.

Although unclear, the Jin clan could specializes in weapons or military personnel as the heir of the Jin clan possessed dozens of unmanned tanks. This would suggest the Eight clans to have weapons and military type influence.

## Affiliates/Associates

Any affiliates or associates that are not direct subsidiaries or branches?

## References

1. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 27
2. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 27
3. ↑ YLAB Universe Encyclopedia, p.33
4. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.21
5. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep.21
6. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 55
7. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 40
8. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 40
9. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 40
10. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 40
11. ↑ Neolithic Girl, Ep. 40