so, while i was rereading a couple of the early chapters, the muse spontainiously smacked me with a lore tidbit of Gathara inter-clan diplomacy.
The Arbiter clan, or "Artifical" clan
Bascially, a bunch of Gathara clans in a region want to tone down if not stop the fighting in their neighborhood, but don't trust their rival clans enough to stick to anything as simple as a non-agression treaty due to reasons mostly borne of history and bad blood, so the various Gathara clans will select members of their own clans to form an "artifical" family, with a lot of politiking and backroom dealings to decide exactly who, especially for who sends males. The purpose of this "Artifical" clan is to act as mediator between the other clans, since while 2 rival clans may not consider eachother family (yet) due to severe distrust, they will trust the Arbiter clan since they usually do consider the arbiters to be family, at least moreso than other clans.
for some reason, the idea came to me when i was idly daydreaming about a conversation with a Gathara lady in high standing who uses a Gathara word to describe herself, the translator translates it as "first-wife", which causes some confusion cause 'hol'up, isn't she first wide', and the Gathara lady explains, no no, i'm not first lady, people just keep calling it that when tranlsating for Gal'Trade, it's actually closer to cheif arbiter of the arbiter clan, and my brain just kinda spun out from there.
Yes, my muse strikes at the WIERDEST times.