When General Fazzur Wideread defeated Kallyr Starbrow, the Culbrea king, Ranulf Turn-Tail, earned his nickname by fleeing when Lunar Empire demons dragged Hofstaring Treeleaper into Lunar Hell.
The Empire keeps Ranulf in power, as king of the Culbrea, believing him cowed. Jomes Hostralos is satisfied with his scrupulous and even servile obedience to their every demand, however humiliating.
Because of this cooperation, King Ranulf’s hall in Fox Hollow is rich and his hospitality substantial, even if a melancholy suffuses the tribe.
Many of the clans did not want to follow a loser, who had fled when his king fell. Those who were neighbors to Cinsina clans, and had kin amongst them, found it the easiest to break from the Culbrea. The Lunars encouraged this, eager to shatter this troublesome tribe, rewarding defecting clans with ‘cloaks and pigs.’
King Ranulf remains unhappy that these clans are part of the Cinsina, and is keen to see them return to the fold. However, the clans have prospered under Queen Ivartha the Skinner, and while she enjoys success they remain unconvinced that they should return.