Chelonar Clan

The Chelonar Clan is a Dwarven clan dedicated to the cultivation and exploitation of turtles.

Culture
Chelonar culture is dominated by the turtles they cultivate. Chelonar live around a penned-off seagrass bed and nearby beach, where the turtles live. Large migration pathways are sometimes penned off as well, to allow the turtles to replicate their migration pattern. Chelonar houses are usually small beachside cottages of stone. Food often contains turtle meat. The sale of turtle shells funds most of the lives of the Chelonar, supplied by traveling Dwarven mariners to whom the shells are sold.

Chelonar cultivate the seagrass that turtles eat, fertilizing the beds and introducing symbiotic organisms to stimulate its growth.

The most successful Chelonar groups will occupy entire tropical coastlines, owning tens of thousands of turtles and possessing a large port facility for the sale of products. Sometimes, sea cows are also introduced to seagrass beds for the sale of yet more products. A Chelonar group, regardless of size, will have a Deg. The most powerful Chelonar Degs control entire tropical planes and own millions of turtles, hundreds of migration paths, and entire quadrants of tropical ocean marked off as grazing grounds.