Doran Clan

The Doran Clan is an organization made up of descendants of Devin Doran and Dorans from Estines who were attempting to escape persecution. The clan functions as both a crime syndicate and a monarchy, with the head of the clan being crowned as emperor.

## Information

### Leader

Devin Doran (former)
Winton Doran (former)

Guiren Doran (former)

Peizhi Doran (former)

Yusheng Doran (former)

Donghai Doran (former)

Jianyu Doran (former)

Meirong Doran

### Notable members

Xiurong DoranJianying Doran

Guozhi Doran

Mengyao Doran

Luli Doran

Baozhi Doran

Bojing Doran

Quan Doran

Chikao Doran

Taizong Lin

### Affiliations

Estinian Government
Harmony Seekers Movement

Twenty Noble Families (former)

### History

#### Before Devin Doran's Death

While Devin Doran was alive, the clan was made up solely of his family. He had one wife and eight concubines and had about fifty children total. He made most of his initial wealth by facilitating trade between Wu and the various Playtan regions. Through his wealth, he amassed a small army and conquered the Hamiltone region, which is where the city of Wheaton resides. He was unsuccessful in conquering the surrounding regions.

At this point, his family functioned as a fusion between Playtan's court culture and Wu's court culture, with the clothing, language, and daily rituals emulating Playtus while his concubines, religious views, and governing values aligning more with Wu. He wasn't particularly interested in power or wealth but sought to govern a just state and wrote a thorough legal code that he hoped his descendants would follow.

#### After Devin Doran's Death, Early Estines

Upon Devin Doran's death, Winton Doran feared his family's collapse. They returned to the Hamiltone, where they were still somewhat accepted, and bought a large plot of land with the remaining funds they had.

The Doran family remained divided on numerous issues and weren't happy with Winton's leadership.

In order to unify the family, Winton made several reforms. The Doran family became the Doran clan, with Winton declaring himself head of the clan and as Emperor of the clan. Culturally, they shifted back towards a Wu style government, readopting the yellow dragon robe for emperors and creating new hairpins and crowns based on Wuyan culture for Emperors and Empress's.

Additionally, Winton created a new social structure for the clan. He adopted nine classes of people based on which concubine your father descended from. They were in order from who Devin introduced first to last. The order is Doran, Meng, Zou, Chen, Lin, Kang, Duan, Tian, and Yi. As the Doran clan expanded and non-family members joined the clan, marrying into any one of these surnames became highly desirable. They are typically referred to as the Nine Noble Names.

Winton also created a new legal code based on Devin's but one that incorporated his new value system he hoped would stick. The Doran clan would speak, write, and read in Wuyan as opposed to Playtan. They would firmly oppose the corrupt Estinian government and the greedy King Arthur who ousted Devin for attempting to create a harmonious government for the people.

These reforms were incredibly popular and succeeded in unifying the clan. It wasn't long after that Winton realized he had almost no money left.

Due to the family's Playtan roots, many members were well-trained soldiers. Winton ordered hits on numerous high ranking Estinian government officials, including the head of the Snow family, the third highest ranked family at the time.

By doing this, he succesfully blackmailed King Arthur into handing over a large sum of money, which would allow the clan to live quietly for awhile.

Later on, King Crawford approached the leader of the clan at the time and offered a deal. If the Doran clan agreed to work as mercenaries or accept hits on whomever the crown asked, he would offer the Doran clan complete autonomy. The clan leader agreed.