Clan of the Claw

The Clan of the Claw was a Mrem clan in the Warm Lands following the flooding of the Hollow Lands. Rantan Taggah, who had been a kit at the time of the flood, rose to become the clan's talonmaster. Demm Etter was the chief priestess of the clan at this time. Due to the growing threat of Liskash, Taggah proposed a wholesale migration to the northern continent. Despite opposition from the rancher Zhanns Bostofa, the movement passed.

Sassin was the Liskash lord who presented the most immediate danger to the Clan as their migration began.

Literary comment
Harry Turtledove's "The Mrem Go West" is the first story in Exiled: Clan of the Claw, the first volume in the Mrem shared universe. Turtledove never again contributed to the series. Treating the story as a stand-alone work, it appears that the forces led by Etter and Taggah make up the entire Clan of the Claw. However, other stories in the same volume reveal that the clan is a much vaster entity, with Etter and Taggah's branch being simply the primary one. Other divisions of the Clan of the Claw are isolated from Etter and Taggah by Liskash blockades, and must make their own migrations without assistance from others. Within the first volume, there are no cases of overlapping characters who appear in more than one story, although each story contains passing references to names and events of previous ones.