Initial understanding is 6 clans cultivate different lands for all types of resources. Parithyn is provided with man power and resources in exchange for protection from the DOAS. A banished clan (but the clans don’t know this). Parithyn trains warriors, fights the doas who are trying to rejoin and also escape the taiga or tundra habitat. But the clans slowly learn that Parithyn isnt that good and there are all types of rebilious groups in each clan, uknown to most clan members. Each of the 7 main characters eventually join together to remove Parithyn from power, reinclude the doas and restore the 8 clans again. Parithyn used to be a normal clan but rose to power, slaughtered many and silenced others, so history is unknown until someone uncovers it. There’s is a guy that suspects, so trains this kid and sends him to Parithyn to find the history and then that kid returns and confirms it. The Parithyn warriors walk amongst the clans in their cities they are idolised and patrol the cities to protect from raids etc.