Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan became nomadic after discovering their magic responded much better to lower altitudes and nicer climates. They roamed for generations until forming their pact with the Hillsfort and using their plant-based magic to do what no normal beings could on such a scale. Few of their number become warriors as they rely mainly on wood and plant-based golems to protect them and the compound as well as the training given to all Hillsfort men.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan is known to settle at the highest peaks not claimed by dragons. This has led to the lower peaks around the great mountain to be claimed by them in order for them to build the high reaching spires they are known for. They have a strong love for Kord, and many take holy journeys away from the mountain to accumulate stories, skills, and more to bring back to their mountain spires. These gophers are known to have killed and battled many dragons for the right to some peaks throughout time and have the least love for the dragons of all the Gopher clans.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan is known to have the most direct fighting spirit and live the closestest to the territory of the Tarrasques. These gophers tend to show the most animosity for outsiders of all the gophers being only tolerant of other gophers and some forms of Dragons. They are known to almost never leave the great mountain for to do so is to them the most grevious mark of shame.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan is often thought to be the most powerful due to the disposition of the mountain. In actuality this has allowed them to best acclimate to the weather becoming the most populace clan by far. They are known to keep their settlements mostly above ground and the deepest in gopher territory as to not give up the strategic advantages of burrowing. Due to being located deep within gopher territory they tend to not interact with other races but due to some unknown relationship of the past they have an arrangement with the Giants to the far Northeast who occasionally send visitation every few generations for legendary banquets.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan is known for its dominion over necrotic and shadow magics. These gophers are by far the most stealthy and upon occasion work with Clan Asssassinorum to eliminate threats to the mountain covertly. They are also known to burrow far deeper than the rest of their kind and their settlements tend to be the furthest down the mountain. Due to this the gophers of this clan are the most likely of those on the mountain to treat with other races but not always the first sought out due to thier darker nature.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan is known to send agents from the mountain in attempts to cut off any potential threats preemptively. This is fortified by their use of poison and poison magics. These gophers are known to congregate with green dragons from time to time many of their elders making pilgrimage to meet Lord Verdge at the peak of the mountain as a rite of passage. These gophers are upon occasion known to lurk in the black markets of cities across the continent running unknown portions of the markets from the shadows.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan is known to the most proficient healers of all the gophers. They use their radiant affinity to aid in keeping evil forces away from the clans with high proficiency for its offensive spells as well as their healing abilities. These gophers spread their settlements across the territory of the gophers in order to best support all clans. They are also known to have put forth the first royal of gopher kind.
Descending from one of the great gopher founders of the Great Mountain this clan has been assumed to have been wiped out in one of the great Tarrasque conflicts. Rumors of surviving members forever circulate both the mountain and the continent that these most evil of Gophers may yet survive.
Most powerful of the gophers are those born with royal blood. These gophers are not always found at birth and can surface in later childhood. Gophers of royal blood are able to make use of the magics of multiple of the clans and are considered extremely rare. Such blessed individuals come from every clan and are almost always destined to either lead their settlement alongside clan leaders or to relocate to the hidden capital of the Royal Gophers to be married to another in order for the pure blood to more likely produce additional royals. Royal Gophers able to call upon the powers of all the clans are marked as the highest of the society and can go on to become some of the most powerful casters of any race.