> Clan Inner Ring Members are appointed by the chief. However, there is a lot
> of politicing in some cases, and the intelligent chief listens to his
> people - the "Inner" Ring, the "Outer" Ring and Joe Orlanthi the Farmer.
I'll say. ;-) I think the degree of this varies from clan to clan somewhat. I've never played in an Elmal clan (other than in KoDP!), but I see the chief having fairly free discretion to appoint whom he will. "Times are hard, do what the chief tells you", echoing the dire measures necessary in the Darkness. Other clans (I think especially Ernaldan, or Ernaldan-ish) ones are more the other way; the "say" of certain others is appointing certain ring members is strong enough custom and practice that if it isn't actually law, it might as well be. Thus the women's circle "advises" the chief who will be Earth Mother, the warriors acclaim which of them should fill the war seat, etc. Of course, a chief can person the Conservative Party Leader Quest, and tell his clan "back me or sack me", and if he's strong enough, ride roughshod over (a greater or lesser degree of) dissent.
> Tribal Ring members are usually
> nominated by the King and approved by the Clan Chiefs.
I'd have guessed the other way around. Isn't it more often than not that a clan lobbies for a candidate for the seat they've "traditionally" held, and the tribal king decides, doubtless amid more horse-trading than... a very horse-tradey thing.
> KoS has the most information currently published. One of the heortling books
> (Probably Storm Tribes) will have more.
Yay!
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