Threadweaver Family
The reclusive Threadweavers are a family that originated before Ettermiddag, according to legend. They erected their keep, Peatwood, upon an untouched land of emerald green plains and dense forests. Whether they required lumber for their multitude of pioneer villages or land for their livestock to graze, the family had it all. Eventually, this fell apart when The Starfall Rupture occurred. The comet reduced the beautiful land to a vile abode of black swamps and dead trees, with little capable of surviving beyond dark aberrations and monstrosities. Upon correspondence, the family has always claimed to retain their faith in the Ohdaufeen, but this has been subject to scrutiny for generations. This scrutiny gave rise to rumors about the family. Many think that they sought for the land to be corrupted and prayed to Chal Churdour to seek their ends. Others think that they started making deals with the devils in the modern era. Whether it's worshipping the voices of the swamp, eating their children, or strange breeding rituals, the Threadweavers have been accused of it.
While they're seen as creepy, they are invited to barony-wide celebrations to be cordial, but mostly because everyone knows they won't come anyway.
Culture
The Threadweavers are an airtight territory, closing out foreign ideas and cherishing their own. If rumors are to be believed, their culture centers around the gods of both nature and its perversion. Given the amount of bizarre creatures in the area, it is presumed that the Threadweavers had something to do with creating them.
History
The Threadweavers, originally named the Kjelts, changed their name during Ettermiddag in a coup against their lord. The dark age changed the status quo for everyone, but with most of their livestock and crops wiped away by Verivem's Comet, the Threadweavers turned to darker forms of leadership. Some believe that they began to worship Verivem or other Ithitar, or forces such as the Uthuquate.
Regardless, secondhand stories from the land depict the Threadweavers as turning to cannibalism during their famine, especially feasting upon their servants' newborns. As a way to promote their relationship with whatever ungodly forces they had turned to, they created many of the monstrosities that roam Eldurgrund (such as cyclops and chimeras) with unethical experimentation. They have remained in Peatwood for longer than anyone expected to be possible, but they are always safe from invasion as long as their waters remain free for the other lordships to use.
There has only been one known attack against the Threadweavers, involving the Hestafulk Family shortly after their arrival in Vastplain. The Hestafulks soon learned the error of their ways, when their initial push into Peatwood resulted in zero of their soldiers returning. It is unknown what happened to them, but the Threadweavers have never publicly discussed the incident, nor shown any ill will towards the Hestafulks.
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