Your neighbors to the northwest of the Danda Creek are old rivals: the Dolutha clan.
The ambition of the chieftain of the Dolutha, Ivar Quickstep, is destroying his clan. You have always had a rivalry with the Dolutha, who live to the west of you. However, when the Lunar Empire came, Ivar embraced their rule and grew rich and fat on the Empire’s favor. His clan has turned to foreign gods. Few keep the faith of Orlanth. He despises Queen Ivartha and instead looks for allies among the Lords of the North, King Petrad of the Dinacoli, and Harvar Ironfist of Alda-Chur.
The Red Cow and Dolutha have contended for the kingship of the Cinsina ever since the founding of the tribe. Usually the clans confine their rivalry to cattle and horse raids, but the occasional accidental injury or death leads to claims of compensation and sometimes feuds.
The Dolutha often view the Red Cow with jealousy, sometimes anger, and occasionally hatred. They envy the Red Cow’s leadership of the tribe; it dominates their politics and ambitions. The Dolutha delight in undermining Red Cow leadership. Any misfortune, any adverse turn of events is seized upon to try to win advantage in the tribe.
Despite their troubled relations, the Dolutha and the Red Cow can act together. They share a hatred of the Dinacoli and the Telmori. Since the resettlement of Dragon Pass, they have fought together, bled together, and died together.
Due to their ancestry, they still use some Tarshite words and follow some customs that bear more resemblance to northern tribes, such as the Dinacoli, than southern tribes like the Cinsina. When times are difficult, other Cinsina clans are quick to point out these differences and question whether Dolutha loyalty lies “north or south of the Creek.”