Dara-Said: A longstanding rumor holds that those of the Dara-Said sept are not true Lintha, that their blood is so thin and their line so weak that the Lintha soul has left them mere mortals and that their continu- ance in Bluehaven is a mockery of tradition. Indeed, they have none of the traditional Lintha features and seem to all appearances to be ordinary mortals. They seem to have very little good business sense and have been known to relish the taste of base mortal flesh. Other rumors abound that they have a similar fondness for Lintha flesh as well. They do excel at cruelty and are rightly lauded for their ferocity in battle, but it is thought to be an uncouth wildness and not in keeping with the true Lintha spirit, which is savage, yet controlled and unemotional. The Dara-Said sept controls three fleets of pirate ships and five fleets of slavers, though their profits are either woefully miscalculated or spent with deplor- able abandon and with little to show for it. The Dara-Said elder grandmother, Karatull, is a belligerent and unin- viting dwarf with a quick tongue and a haughty manner.
