Lore:Horn-Stride Clan

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"The battle is over and won. The Horn-Stride clan is gone. Banished to the dark below the crag." —The Song of Gwyna.[1]
"The Horn-Stride was beaten back
But our heart was cut from us
We smile to one another in victory
The season will pass on to winter
And by next spring we will be gone
As fog in the light of day"
—The Song of Gwyna.[1]

Horn-Stride Clan was an ancient and legendary clan of Reachfolk. According to the tales they were active during the First Era.[nb 1][nb 2] They feature prominently in oral tales of the Reachfolk Vateshrans, though their depictions vary significantly from work to work. In some versions of the Song of Gwyna, the eponymous character Gwyna was portrayed as a huntress of the Horn-Stride Clan. However, in other depictions she was presented as a kindred to Chief Rowolan, descendant of Demigoddess Dearola instead. Vateshran songs state that the Horn-Stride clan was eradicated by Rowolan and his kin. This feat, however, cost chief Rowolan his life.

Although no exact date of Horn-Stride Clan's dissolution is provided, it is known that they were destroyed after 1E 930[nb 1] and long before 2E 302, when tales of their fall were considered ancient.[nb 2]

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  1. ^ a b According to Vateshran Tosmorn, Rowolan's kin fought against the 'king' of Markarth,[1] placing his life at some point after 1E 930, when the ruins of Nchuand-Zel were given the name Markarth and became fully-fledged settlement that was active all year round.[2]
  2. ^ a b Vateshran Tosmorn, who was the author of one of the versions of The Song of Gwyna also recorded the death of Faolan,[3] and as such lived after 1E 1030.[4] Two decades before 2E 322, when the first draft of the translated version of the Tosmorn's manuscript was published, the original was already considered ancient.[5]

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  1. ^ a b c The Translated Works of Tosmorn, III — Xandier Edette
    Edited by Vanesse Aurilie
  2. ^ History of Markarth: A Story in Stone — Consul Cardea, the Ard's Administrator
  3. ^ The Translated Works of Tosmorn, IV — Xandier Edette
    Edited by Vanesse Aurilie
  4. ^ The Legend of Red Eagle — Tredayn Dren
  5. ^ The Translated Works of Tosmorn, I — Vanesse Aurilie
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